Why are we Still Doing so Little About Climate Change?

Why are we Still Doing so Little About Climate Change?

by coheng@oilprice.com (Dave Cohen)

Freelance journalist Beth Gardiner had an editorial called We're All Climate Change Idiots in the New York TimesSunday Review on July 21, 2012. There are valuable insights in it, though they are not the ones Beth had in mind when she wrote it.Climate change is staring us in the face. The science is clear, and the need to reduce planet-warming emissions has grown urgent. So why, collectively, are we doing so little about it?Yes, that's the Big Question.Yes, there are political and economic barriers, as well as some strong ideological opposition,…Read more...http://oilprice.com/The-Environment/Global-Warming/Why-are-we-Still-Doing-so-Little-About-Climate-Change.html