UN Priority

UN Chief Says Climate His Top Priority

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday his No. 1 priority is persuading the world—and most problematically, its biggest polluter, the United States—to agree to new controls on global- warming gases before the end of 2009.

Ban did not hesitate when asked to name the biggest obstacle to a new treaty.

"U.S. absence has been the most serious one, in fact," he said.

It is admirable to see that the concern about climate change as a result of global warming is such a high priority with the Secretary-General of the U.N.

Simultaneously it is distressing to see that the USA consistently lags way behind on this issue.

Innovation in the face of a great challenge at one time was a paramount characteristic of America. That innovation is now dormant and the overall picture is handicapped by a government that has little to no regard for green energy creation.