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The issue of climate change is now in a sad state of political and legislative suspension, awaiting an election, a new president and a new Congress. The first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic decision ordering the regulation of greenhouse gases came and went last week without any action by the administration, forcing state governors

and other plaintiffs in the case to return to court to compel a response.

In the Senate, Joseph Lieberman continued to speak hopefully of getting a veto-proof majority for a bill he is co-sponsoring with John Warner to start capping emissions across the entire economy. Yet time is running short to get such an ambitious program right. The Lieberman-Warner bill would also set ambitious targets, establish a system of tradable allowances and require investments in new technologies.

Therein lies the motivation for Al Gore’s latest climate change initiative. Last week he announced a three-year, $300 million campaign to build awareness of the dangers of climate changes and light a fire under Washington. Gore’s ambition is not just to change individual behaviour by getting people to buy energy-saving light bulbs: it is to change policy. If he can compete with the public’s preoccupations with war and economy is unclear, but it is worth the effort. — The New York Times