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By Bill McKibben | Saturday, September 29, 2007 | The Washington Post

Recent dire predictions about the urgent need for massive, worldwide reductions in carbon dioxide emissions are finally getting attention by Congress and the White House:

“…Such news has finally begun to penetrate the bubble of denial that has surrounded Washington for two decades. President Bush, after ignoring the issue for six years, has convened a conference of the major carbon-emitting nations to begin considering . . . something. Bush said in a speech yesterday that “we acknowledge there is a problem,” but few expect the process to amount to much; cynics see it as a way to derail ongoing U.N.-sponsored talks for a firm agreement on reducing emissions.

On Capitol Hill, the situation is a little more interesting. The Democratic majority is finally beginning to move legislation that would commit the United States to long-term reductions in carbon dioxide emissions — the first law Congress might actually pass in the years since global warming became an issue….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/28/AR2007092801400_pf.html