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Fred Barbash-Moderator: Welcome everyone. And welcome Bill. Let's get started.
12:31 [Comment From Jason] Advocates for action on climate change had high hopes when Obama came into office, but I think those hopes may be fading. Do you think that’s true domestically, that things like health care and the economic crisis have eclipsed it?
12:31 William Antholis: Cheer up!! The Obama administration has already done more on climate change than any previous administration.
12:32 William Antholis: First, the stimulus package had almost $50 billion of tax credits and spending for renewable and other clean energy technology.
12:33 William Antholis: And it worked with the House of Representatives to pass the first comprehensive bill to address greenhouse gas emissions. While that bill is not all that some environmentalists wanted -- and while it still has to pass the Senate -- it is quite a start.
12:34 William Antholis: The real action lies ahead -- in the Senate and in the international negotiations in Copenhagen this coming December. But climate action is just starting, so I think those who are disappointed need to see the glass as half full.
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