New climate change symbol - a kid with asthma

The new symbol of climate change -
a kid struggling with asthma.

Forget the polar bear. The new face of climate change is a child with asthma.

In proposing regulations today to slash carbon pollution from power plants by 30 percent, the Obama administration made it clear it will sell the United States’ most sweeping move to fight global warming as a critical health issue.

“This is not just about disappearing polar bears and melting ice caps, though I like polar bears and I know about melting ice caps,” Gina McCarthy, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, declared at a press conference this morning. “This is about protecting our health and our homes. This is about protecting local economies and jobs.”

Read the takepart story - “Meet the New Symbol of Climate Change.”