California: Where the Players Play
Editorial, The New York Times | October 7, 2008
Given the Bush administration's obstinacy in refusing to take action against climate change, many US states have stepped up to the challenge - none more so than California. ++ California has taken the bold step of becoming the nation's first state to introduce a law intended to curb urban sprawl, and hence commuter travel (automobile traffic accounts for the single largest source of CO2 there). ++ New York will soon follow suit; there is, however, "no substitute for federal action or for American global leadership on climate change."
