Global warming hot topic on presidential visit

 


ANCHORAGE (AP) – President Barack Obama brought the power of the presidential pulpit to Alaska on Monday, aiming to thrust climate change to the forefront of the global agenda with a historic visit that will put the state’s liquefying glaciers and sinking villages on graphic display.

During his three-day tour of Alaska, Obama planned to hike a glacier, converse with fishermen and tape a reality TV show with survivalist Bear Grylls– all part of a highly-orchestrated White House campaign to illustrate how climate change is damaging the state’s stunning landscape. The goal at each stop...



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