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On his first day in the White House Barack Obama's dedication to addressing climate change will be tested and could radically change Bush Administration policies.
Obama takes office today in the midst of an economic crisis, and he will have to build a consensus to effect broad change. But some major actions -- and symbolic ones -- are solely at his discretion.
"He should find Jimmy Carter's solar panels, wherever Ronald Reagan threw them, and put them back up on the White House, because they probably still work," said the president of San Francisco Bay Area solar installer Sungevity, Danny Kennedy.
As soon as Obama is in office he could change, for instance, government procurement policies -- from buying more alternative energy power to weatherizing federal buildings.
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Source: Reuters
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