Tainted Al Gore School Seen as 'Poster Child' for National Toxics Debate - NYTimes.com

For conservatives given to eye-rolling at the mere mention of Al Gore, the news seemed like a gift from the comedy gods: green groups warning of polluted soil beneath a Los Angeles school set to be named after the former vice president and climate change activist.

"The toxic fumes" emanating from the elementary school, Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly joked on Wednesday, might "create an army of zombies which will destroy Los Angeles." Dennis Miller, a favorite guest of O'Reilly's, shot back that he "was catching toxic fumes off Gore" while viewing the Nobel Peace Prize winner's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."

Frank Sesno: Can Climate Change Survive the 112th Congress?

As Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund notes, the odds of a Republican-led climate change bill are low enough to leave Democrats scrambling to pass legislation before election day.
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The true test of our political candidates will come after election day, when they are faced with the monumental task of addressing global climate change and its effects on American industry and energy security. Regardless of what candidates from both parties say during campaign season, once in government they will be hard-pressed to deny the job-creation potential of alternative energy development.