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This week, U.S. President Barack Obama will head to Trinidad and Tobago for the 5th Summit of the Americas. He will meet with leaders from Western Hemisphere Nations and discuss a number of pressing issues such as the worldwide economic crisis, U.S. relations with Cuba, trade, energy, conservation, illegal immigration, poverty, and drugs.
Should we expect anything meaningful to happen on the conservation front as a result of the summit and Obamas new approach toward international relations?
Probably not. But after giving it some thought, I think that the Summit will actually present Obama with an opportunity to begin discussing one of the more important environmental initiatives that would strengthen political, social, and economic ties in the Americas: a carbon cap and trade program.
In fact, discussing a cap and trade program would be as timely as it could be, with the U.S. Congressional Branch commencing debate on legislation this week, complete with a new plan for carbon cap and trade.
To make a brief but relevant aside, some critics, such as the well-known journalist Thomas Friedman say that carbon cap and trade is too complicated to work. Friedman believes that the current effort to cap carbon will be killed politically by Obamas rival party as
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