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January 24, 2013

Climate Change & the Cult of the Presidency

David Roberts, Grist Magazine


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If you read nothing else this week, please read this piece from Jonathan Chait. Seriously. Just read it. He makes a point I’ve made a number of times, but (unsurprisingly) makes it better. . .

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TAGGED: global warming, climate change, Grist Magazine

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