ONE BYPRODUCT of the day-to-day chaos of the Trump presidency is that the nation’s biggest, long-term challenges are often forgotten. While Washington spent this week agonizing over the prospect of a totally unnecessary government shutdown, what should have been far bigger news went nearly unremarked. This decade is on track to be warmer than the 2000s, which were warmer than the 1990s, and so on. Some climate doubters insist that while the warming trend is established, humans’ responsibility is not. But because humans are warming the planet, the top priority must be to remove the underlying cause by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2018 00:33 UTC