Here's a pretty good mainstream media article on the iminent and potentially irreversible dangers of global warming. James Hansen, a prominent NASA climate scientist is quoted in the article. He's the same guy that's been in the news several times recently asserting that the Whitehouse has been silencing his, and NASA's, views on the topic.

It doesn't happen very often, but it's wonderful when mainstream media does well with a scientific topic.

ADDENDUM: Kevin Drum suggests the following strategy to begin addressing greenhouse gas emmissions and global warming:

Step 1: Get rid of the nitwit in the White House who's convinced global warming can't exist because that would be inconvenient for the Republican Party's funding base.
Step 2: Replace him with someone who can read a simple chart.
Step 3: Pray

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