Washington Post: FOR MORE than a century, scientists have understood the basic physics of the greenhouse effect. For decades, theyve realized humans can affect the climate by burning coal, oil and gas. But the countrys leaders remain divided on the need to curb greenhouse emissions, let alone how to do it.
Among mainstream scientists, this paralysis is mind-boggling.
There is now no doubt that the world is warming. In 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deemed this conclusion unequivocal,...