Christian Science Monitor: When it comes to the fight against climate change, the United States is often cast as a laggard if not an outright pariah.
But that portrait is quietly changing.
On one hand, the fundamentals of Americas conflict over the human role in climate change remain unchanged. A cap-and-trade bill to reduce carbon emissions remains a nonstarter in Congress, and 41 percent of Americans say global warming has more to do with natural causes than human activity, according to Gallup.
But executive...