Signaling a refreshing new direction in White House leadership, President-elect Barack Obama today indicated that global warming will be one of his top priorities as president. In a video address to a bipartisan group of U.S. governors and officials from governments around the globe who were meeting in Los Angeles, Obama promised the group that his presidency “will mark a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change that will strengthen our security and create millions of new jobs in the process.” The president-elect pledged to: