The other day I saw two political pundits on TV debating the reality of climate change and I was astonished. Glaciers are melting, a hurricane decimated New Orleans and most scientists concur that global temperatures continue to rise. While controversy and debate might sell well with the media, human-caused climate change has been widely recognized as the reality. Clearly, our world's climate is on a slippery slope to chaos.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Time for MU to kick the coal habit
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST;
updated 10:57 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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