Opinion: Reality interferes with global warming measures | state, reality, plan : Desert Dispatch

Indeed, the aversion to imposing economic upheaval to reduce greenhouse gases is growing in Washington, where only months ago fighting global warming was a top priority — until it became obvious the extreme costs were too much to pay on top of soaring energy prices. Now neither presidential candidate dwells on the subject unless prodded by the press. Only 1 percent rated global warming as the most important campaign issue, according to new research at Yale and George Mason universities.