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Our Analysis Shows That, For The Extreme Hot Weather Of The Recent Past, There Is Virtually No Explanation Other Than Climate Change. The Deadly European Heat Wave Of 2003, The Fiery Russian Heat Wave Of 2010 And Catastrophic Droughts In Texas And Oklahoma Last Year [2011] Can Each Be Attributed To Climate Change. The Odds That Natural Variability Created These Extremes Are Minuscule, Vanishingly Small. To Count On Those Odds Would Be Like Quitting Your Job And Playing The Lottery Every Morning To Pay The Bills.

Recent Warming Coincides With Rapid Growth Of Human-made Greenhouse Gases. The Observed Rapid Warming Gives Urgency To Discussions About How To Slow Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

The Danger Is That The Compromises And Special Interests Inherent In Kyoto-style Targets And Cap-and-trade Will Be Accepted Because Of Bureaucratic Momentum.

I Think We Have A Very Brief Window Of Opportunity To Deal With Climate Change. No Longer Than A Decade At Most.

The Democratic Process Is Supposed To Be One Person One Vote, But It Turns Out That Money Is Talking Louder Than The Votes.