Valley News: Since the 1980s, the dangerous long-term consequences of largely human-caused climate disruption have been plainly and forcefully explained to us. Repeatedly, scientists -- generally a conservative lot -- have issued new reports that promise accelerating degradation of the planet as a whole, and project especially unfair consequences for non-industrialized peoples who are the least responsible for global warming.
Recently, the U.N.s World Meteorological Organization reported that levels of heat-trapping...