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Elected officials far and near are doing it. The European Union is doing it. U.S. governors are doing it. Even U.S. mayors are doing it. France’s Jacques Chirac calls it “revolutionary,” and California’s Arnold Schwarzenegger says “the time to act is now.” Even Wal-Mart is getting off the dime. The world is waking up to the crisis of global warming. But the U.S. Congress is still dozing. Given the fact that the United States produces 25% of all greenhouse gases, while only accounting for 5% of the world’s population, it is not difficult to understand why Congress is so intractable on this issue.
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