1.0 link 48729 <![CDATA[Stepping Up To the Plate]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-pope/stepping-up-to-the-plate_b_48729.html Albuquerque, NM -- When the 2008 presidential campaign season commenced, one open question was whether candidates would deal with global warming and energy in a substantive way.

Of the initial front-runners, only Senator John McCain had an established track record on the issue -- and he has remained almost silent in recent months. John Edwards took the first big steps, coming out with a major commitment to "80 by 50" -- that is, 80 percent CO2 reductions by 2050,...

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