McCain Promises Leadership on Climate Change
By Associated Press, via International Herald Tribune September 24, 2008 Article Excerpts: CANBERRA, Australia -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain told Australians Tuesday the United States will provide global leadership in the fight against climate change if he wins the November election. In a column published in The Australian national newspaper, McCain affirmed America's longtime alliance with Australia and also promised leadership on global trade liberalization, greater U.S. engagement with Asia as well as more action against weapons proliferation. He said the United States under his administration would join international efforts to achieve a new agreement in Copenhagen next year on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. "Australians have looked to the U.S. for leadership on climate change and it is time for us to answer that call," McCain wrote in the article submitted at the newspaper's invitation. "I support a market-based cap-and-trade system aimed at reducing carbon emissions, and I will work with Australia and other nations to establish a global framework that encourages China and India to join us in becoming part of the solution to man-made climate change," he added. . . . Click here to read the entire article.