EDITORIAL HOT TOPIC GLOBAL WARMING IS THE POLITICAL DEBATE.THIS unusually steamy summer will no doubt be remembered as the turning point for legitimizing global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. as a political topic. Everyone's talking Everyone's Talking, actual name Everybody's Talking, was a game show which aired on ABC February 6 – December 29, 1967. Former dance-party host Lloyd Thaxton was the host, and Wink Martindale and Charlie O'Donnell were the announcers. about it, and the unrelenting heat wave from one end of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to the other has given the issue an urgency that it never had. Global warming, in fact, was the main topic of conversation between British Prime Minister Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] on Monday, when the two announced a British-California partnership to curb greenhouse gas emissions. ``There is not great leadership from the federal government when it comes to protecting the environment,'' Schwarzenegger said during the announcement Monday. That's an understatement. So far, this is just about ``sharing ideas.'' Time only will tell if this was more than hot air from the governor or if he will push for lowered emissions in the state. But the announcement does show the hot political currency of global warming as an issue and will no doubt add much-needed pressure on Washington leaders. |
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