Where Did Global Warming Go?

As a political issue, climate change has fallen off the US policy agenda due to an economic downturn and dogged insistence by climate-change naysayers that science has not produced enough evidence on whether human activity contributes to global warming. The United States stands as the “one significant outlier” on responding to climate change, suggests an HSBC global research report, while other nations tackle the issue with emissions trading and taxes on coal and carbon, notes Elisabeth Rosenthal in a New York Times article. In Europe, conservatives view the transition from fossil fuels to green energies as economic opportunity, and even emerging countries embrace the need to invest in alternative sources. In the US, climate change is another partisan issue for gridlock, as controls to stem climate change threaten individual choice and an American way of life. Mohandas Gandhi once observed, “Action expresses priorities,” and for now, the US is content with the status quo while letting other nations sacrifice. – YaleGlobal