An assessment of the state of climate change in the United States
January 28, 2008

"As the United States begins the eighth year of the 21st century, the most dangerous and difficult challenge of our time remains largely unaddressed. Global climate change continues unabated. The United States is the nation that is most responsible for the problem and most capable of helping to solve it. Yet today, our nation stands virtually alone in the world community in refusing to accept the need for decisive action.

"Consequently, we regret to report that today the state of the nation’s climate policy is poor, and the climate and the ecosystems that depend upon it are showing increasing signs of disruption. Global climate change now threatens not only the environment, but also our national security, our economic stability, and public health and safety. We can no longer discuss the State of the Union without assessing the state of the nation’s climate.

"The growing consequences of climate change have not arrived without warning. Physicist John Tyndall first identified the greenhouse effect in the 1860s. Swedish geochemist Svante Arrhenius predicted in 1896 that the burning of fossil fuels would result in global warming.

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