article_snippet.sent: Many of our elected representatives persist in inaction and complacency by arguing that individual nations are powerless to solve the problem because every nation is culpable.
article_snippet.sent: Others choose to dispute the science, deny the evidence, and avoid the question of how to solve the problem.
article_snippet.sent: There will always be reasons for inaction.
article_snippet.sent: Many will argue that responsible reforms will hurt us economy as our economy recovers from the Great Recession.
article_snippet.sent: They will exploit the fears of that time to justify extracting rents from industries and fuels whose days are numbered.