This Will Mean the World to Us
How the next president can get America to stop dragging its feet, confront global warming, and save the planet.
The American Prospect
by Chris Mooney
Is it any wonder that progress on global climate change has been so slow? As the University of Washington ethicist Stephen Gardiner has recently argued, nothing in human experience has prepared us to deal 
with a problem that has such far-flung causes and uneven and momentous effects.
Perhaps, though, there’s still hope. Despite decades of delay, the next president could still move us toward a solution before devastating climate change becomes irreversible. It would take an unprecedented effort, to be sure, both domestically and internationally, and require a vision and leadership that George W. Bush has never shown.
But if we get a president who is equal to the challenge, what exactly could he or she do? What follows is a roadmap for action — for literally saving the world as we know it.
First the good news: There’s momentum, finally. Thanks to Al Gore and others, global warming has gone mainstream.
