Editorial - The greening of America

It’s the environment stupid.That one phrase expresses the mood sweeping middle America of late. The scepticism of the 1990s over greenhouse gases, rising carbon dioxide levels and even melting polar icecaps is starting to change.The dangers of global warming are no longer perceived either as a threat to do the US economy down, or the work of crazy scientists (who were probably sandal wearers anyway).Thanks in large part for this sea-change in attitude has to go...