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“This bill is unquestionably the most important step taken in this country to control greenhouse emissions since 1998, when the Clinton administration signed the Kyoto Protocol.”

New York Times leader on Californian legislation that would force car makers to limit carbon dioxide emissions (8 July)

“None of us wants to be one of the eight extra women [in 10,000] who may get breast cancer as a result of taking HRT, or one of the seven who has a heart attack. But nor do we want to be the one who lights up like a Christmas tree during an important business meeting.”…

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