Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

The Associated Press

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Nov. 8

Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, on climate change:

It's easy to see why people don't want to believe that global warming is real or that we can do anything about it. ...

Climate change is real, though, and judging from the loss of polar ice, it's advancing even faster than scientists predicted. ...

The Senate should quickly join the House in committing to major reductions in emissions.

The Kerry-Boxer bill approved by a Senate committee last week, despite a Republican boycott, does that by requiring a 20 percent reduction by 2020. The legislation is not perfect, but it moves us in the right direction.

By putting a price on carbon through a market-based cap-and-trade system, the legislation provides what many in business and industry are demanding: enough certainty to make long-term investments. ...