KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Western Michigan University political science professor says he’s encouraged by discussions this week at the Paris Climate Summit.
Dr. Paul Clements says members of the United Nations will leave talks next Friday with first-time-ever binding commitments from advanced and developing countries to significantly reduce carbon emissions.
“We know it’s not going to give us the cuts in carbon pollution that we need to stop global warming,” Clements said. “But this is the first time we’re making substantial progress in that direction.”
Clements will lead a march to U.S. Rep. Fred Upton’s office in Kalamazoo on Friday night, urging the congressman and other Republicans to embrace data from climate scientists who claim global warming is a man-made phenomenon.
Republicans in the U.S. House approved legislation earlier this week blocking some federal greenhouse gas regulations.
– Anthony Pollreisz
