Scientific American Editorial on Climate Change

The December 2007 issue of Scientific American ha an editorial on U.S. policy with respect to climate change. It states my view well, so I quote:

When U.S. President George W. Bush urged the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases to follow his administration's lead in confronting climate change at the end of September, listeners could easily view the speech as a lot of hot air about a lot of hot air. After all, during most of President Bush's time in office, he has consistently cast doubt on any human role in global warming and rejected the international Kyoto Protocol on reducing such emissions as an unacceptable drag on economic development. But even if the president's newfound interest in cutting greenhouse gas releases is directed at voters who will elect his replacement next year, his change in attitude--though long overdue and still maddeningly provisional--could at least mark the start of a genuine solution to this looming problem.