By Samuel Thernstrom Thursday, November 5, 2009

Filed under: Science & Technology, Government & Politics, World Watch

Reading the climate-change news in recent weeks, one might wonder who won the last election.

The Obama administration has rejected the Kyoto Protocol (ensuring it will expire), adopted some of former President George W. Bush’s key positions in international climate negotiations, and demurred when asked about reports that the president has decided to skip the December climate...