Global warming is now starting to become a main concern of politicians just as the Intergovernmental Panel that won the Nobel Prize for Climate Change warns that if nothing is done about this it will start to become abrupt and irreversible. A bipartisan bill “America’s Climate Security” would create a cap-and-trade and would then reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65%. This bill means that each company is given a “cap” on how much pollution is given off by the company. They also are allowed to sell any leftover allowances they have to other companies so they can pollute more. However during an environmental forum Edwards brought attention to Lieberman-Warners idea to give money to heavy polluting industries and urged Hillary Clinton to join him. But since he could have attacked her, it would have made it less likely that anything would be done about the climate change this year because Clinton’s vote is crucial. Most companies want to withhold the bill until it is stronger or until there is a Democrat in the White House. This strategy could go wrong because a Democrat either could not be voted in the election. There was one line in this article that I particularly liked, “fixing the climate is like saving for retirement-the longer we wait, the harder it gets”.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1686807,00.htmlBy: Eric Pooley
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