The National Research Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, just issued three reports on climate change. The Council finds the case for harmful human influence on climate overwhelming. It urges an emission budget, a price on carbon, and a single agency to coordinate action research.


CONSEQUENCES
SCOTUS Poised to Handcuff the EPA
In the wake of reactionary rulings by the Supreme Court that seized a woman’s right to abortion after the Justices had unleashed potentially lethal freedoms to gun owners, one can only shudder at the prospect of the court’s upcoming decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).