Not to be overdramatic, but there have been times in the last few months that the health care negotiations, as important as they are, have seemed like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic considering the looming threat of climate change. Today Senate hearings begin on Sen. Barbara Boxer’s major climate change legislation, and to coincide with that, the White House has scheduled green events for the President and Vice President. No final action is expected on climate change this year, and regrettably the United States will arrive at the Copenhagen talks in December empty-handed. But today is an important marker nonetheless.
