Begin writing a better history: Improve, pass climate bill
Burns H. Weston and Daniel P. Schramm are members of The Climate Legacy Network; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; July 9,2009
 
When our children, and our children's children, learn about this period of U.S. history, let us hope the extramarital travails of South Carolina's governor will be no more than a footnote. Let us hope they are taught that this year, the U.S. Congress passed a new kind of law, one that not only reduced harmful greenhouse-gas emissions but set the United States on a new trajectory to a more just, healthy and sustainable future.

The U.S. House of Representatives did just that late last month when it passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act. The bill in its current form does not go nearly far enough in reducing emissions and is overladen with giveaways to powerful business lobbies, but it aims in the right direction. If our children are to have a world in which they have the luxury to study history, this bill (or a stronger version) must become law.
 
For the rest of the article please go to http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009907090351
 
Thank you,
 
Dana

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