Bill Becker • SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER • March 1, 2008
Three of the four remaining presidential candidates have vowed to take strong action on the linked threats of climate change and energy insecurity. Remarkably, this means our next president – Republican or Democrat – will almost certainly end Washington’s eight-year hiatus from meaningful climate action.
Not a moment too soon. The 44th president will inherit the Mother of All Environmental Issues, a global crisis that world leaders have called “our defining moment” and the science community says we must address now. Meantime, the world is running low on oil. Within seven years, the head of Shell Oil predicts, global demand for oil will surpass production.