The public is always allegedly "greener" on the other side

Greg Barker, shadow minister for the environment and climate change in the UK, seriously overestimates US political support for a "green revolution"

The language in the climate change and fossil fuels debate used by both camps in the race for the White House is a world away from what we are used to in the UK. Whereas here in Britain, concern for the environment is still scoffed at by the sceptics as a lifestyle choice, in America the spike in oil prices and the threat to national security from an over-reliance on oil and gas from dangerous parts of the world has driven the economists, the energy security lobby and the environmental movement onto the same ground.

The big argument in US politics now is not the sterile debate of whether global warming is manmade, but how America can lead the global response.
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Here in the UK, only David Cameron has truly grasped that Climate Change is both an immense challenge and an enormous economic opportunity for UK plc and begun to put in place the ambitious policies to deliver that potential. But in the USA, whoever wins on November 4th, one thing is sure, with new leadership and real change at the top, the green collar jobs revolution will begin in earnest. If we are to remain globally competitive and avert dangerous climate change, Britain cannot afford to be left behind.