Tiime: On the federal level, climate change bills get stuck in committees like terrible pop songs get lodged in our heads. But governors on the West Coast are trying to spur action. On Monday, leaders of Oregon, Washington and California, along with a proxy for the premier of British Columbia, signed a regional pact to reduce greenhouse gases and promote clean energy--while acknowledging that their efforts would be more powerful if other states and leaders got on board.
At a press conference in San Francisco...