“Facts are stubborn things,” remarked John Adams 239 years ago. And so they remain. Which is why President Obama and the world’s leaders can’t agree on what to do to prevent the disastrous consequences of the global warming they have persuaded themselves is our fate — unless they act together to cool things down.
The first fact that has proved stubborn is that national interests, including the survival instincts of national leaders, trump international cooperation every time.
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