Published on Friday, May 30, 2008 by The Guardian/UK
Act On Climate Change, Top Scientists Warn US
by Dan Glaister in Los Angeles and James Randerson
A group of 1,700 leading scientists called on the US government yesterday to take the lead in fighting global warming. Citing the “unprecedented and unanticipated” effects of global warming, the scientists, including six Nobel prizewinners, presented a letter calling for an immediate reduction in US carbon emissions.
The statement came as the Senate prepares to debate a bill next week that would impose economy-wide limits on greenhouse emissions to avert what it describes as “catastrophic climate change”.