United States President Obama’s re-election may end the country’s political silence on the climate change issue but environmentalists should not hope for too much, say analysts. The public has raised its expectations for actions on the issue after a reference to global warming in Obama’s election acceptance speech and an increased focus on climate change due to the East Coast devastation from Hurricane Sandy. However, the President will continue to face many of the obstacles he saw in his first term, including a Republican party-dominated House of Representatives that has previously opposed the majority of his environmental initiatives. Analysts say a carbon tax remains unlikely, but that stricter rules on emissions and fracking chemicals were a possibility.
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