Washington Monthly has the YouTube link (24:56). A good and important speech. D.R. Tucker's article also discusses the Shell lease:

Obama has made some missteps in his second term as well, promoting the climate-controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership and, shall we say, taking his sweet time on the Keystone XL pipeline. However, it’s clear that Obama has now found his climate footing—and your children and grandchildren will praise him for becoming the climate warrior so many hoped he would be when he first assumed office.

Leaders usually aren’t appreciated or understood in their time. Obama has been catching grief for having given final approval for Shell to drill in the Arctic—a decision that was borne of a lack of legal alternatives, a point that apparently has yet to be disproved by his critics:

Aides also point out that while Mr. Obama has opened some new federal waters to drilling, including off the southeastern Atlantic coast, his hand was in part forced on Arctic drilling by his predecessor. The George W. Bush administration was the first to sell federal oil drilling leases in the Chukchi Sea, and Shell, which bought its leases from the Bush administration for $2.1 billion, then applied to the Obama administration for a permit to drill.

Advisers to Mr. Obama say that legally, the administration probably had no choice but to process that permit. If he had wanted to block the drilling, Mr. Obama could have faced legal challenges from Shell and may also have had to buy the leases back from the company at a loss to taxpayers.

Obama doesn’t deserve blame for the legally compelled decision on Shell. He does deserve blame for other failures on climate—but he also deserves praise for his successes, including last year’s historic climate deal with China. His speech and his visit to the Arctic should be remembered. His compassion and caring should be remembered as well.

Cheers,
Scott.