article_snippet: Consider two efforts to move beyond the contentious debate about climate change.
article_snippet: In Washington, the Senate made a splash by voting for the first time to acknowledge that global warming is really happening.
article_snippet: Unfortunately, senators couldn't agree on whether humans are changing the climate and what to do about it.
article_snippet: Local leaders appealed across party lines by framing the issue as one of protecting residents from rising sea levels and storm surges, rather than as a divisive referendum on whether to believe in climate science.