Action on climate is justified, not because the science is certain, but precisely because it is not The Economist | Mar 18th 2010 CLIMATE-change legislation, dormant for six months, is showing signs of life again in Washington, DC. This week senators and industrial groups have been discussing a compromise bill to introduce mandatory controls on carbon (see article). Yet although green activists around the world have been waiting for 20 years for American action, nobody is cheering. Eve... [Read Post]
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