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...conflation of pollutants and carcinogens. Even allowing for the distortion-in-the-service-of-simplification that comes naturally to politicians who spend too much time appearing on Fox News, excuse me for being mildly shocked that such an ignorant comment could encapsulate the views of one of the two major political parties in the greatest country in the world. Clearly, the purpose was misleading the more than 50 percent of Americans who aren’t sure if global warming is a manmade phenomenon...
...which can’t be said of its predecessor). The rest of the world is, once again, prepared to follow America’s lead. Even China, whose official stance for years has been that the carbon in the atmosphere wreaking havoc today was emitted by the major powers during the Industrial Revolution, thus absolving itself of any responsibility to curb emissions, appears ready to relent somewhat. Although they remain unwilling to cut e=missions at the expense of economic growth, a growing number of top-level Chinese bureaucrats are coming to the realization that, at the very least...
...After the major shortcomings of Kyoto, it would be extremely discouraging for nothing to materialize in Copenhagen. Nothing is more likely to bring such a result than the perception that the United States still cannot muster the political will to begin to seriously address climate change. Republicans and coal-state Democrats appear determined, not unjustifiably, to block domestic legislation until after Copenhagen out of fear that American business will be disadvantaged vis-a-vis foreign competitors. Hopefully, the threat of EPA regulation, and the political pressure for serious legislation that it engenders, will weigh seriously in the international balance leading...
...said, "that insists on instant gratification in the form of immediate results or higher poll numbers. When a crisis hits, there is all too often a lurch from shock to trance, with everyone responding to the tempest of the moment until the furor has died down ... instead of confronting major challenges that will shape our future in a sustained and focused way." (See a special report on Obama's first 100 days...
Gates is considered a major success within the Administration, as is the straight-talking Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. There is some concern, however, about National Security Adviser James Jones, who is still adjusting to civilian life after a brilliant career in the military. "Obama has appointed all these high-powered envoys like [Richard] Holbrooke and [George] Mitchell, but we don't know who's going to really be in charge of setting the foreign policy priorities," says a prominent foreign policy realist who admires Jones. "That should be Jim's job. But he's throwing off a sense...