COPENHAGEN - As George W. Bush and Tony Blair learned the hard way, the public does not take kindly to being misled about the nature of potential threats. The after-the-fact revelation that the reasons for invading Iraq were vastly exaggerated - and in some cases completely fabricated - produced an angry backlash that helped toss the Republicans out of power in the United States in 2008 and may do the same to Britain's Labour Party later this year. A similar shift in global public opinion is occurring with respect to climate change.




COPENHAGEN - Thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, and environmental activists have arrived in Cope...
BRUSSELS - There is a forgotten player in the global efforts to limit CO2 emissions: the consumer. H...
