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“Ending the Energy Stalemate”

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013
  • By Jeff Young
The World

President Bush gave Kyoto the cold shoulder but some advocates of climate change policy see signs that the U.S. could take some steps toward action. Jeff Young reports from Washington.

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