Presidential candidates: Where do you stand on climate change?

Physics Today : In the third quarter of 2007, Physics Today asked all the presidential candidates a series of questions related to science policy. Despite repeated quests by the online Physics Today staff, all the candidates declined to comment. In response Physics Today has collected material from the candidates web site, and quotes from the candidates public speeches on six related science policy issues: science education , teaching evolution , nuclear weapons , science investment , energy policy and climate change . This new campaign 2008 site will track the candidates views on science policy throughout 2008. Presidential candidates: Where do you stand on climate change? Virtually all reputable research supports the conclusion that global warming is a growing crisis caused, at least in part, by the burning of fossil fuels. Would you propose mechanisms to control and reduce carbon emissions through a carbon tax, a “cap and trade: system, or some other regulatory program? Would you favor a moratorium on coal-fired power plants that do not capture and sequester CO2? Should a U.S. program to limit CO2 emissions depend on what other countries do?See the answers at http://blogs.physicstoday.org/politics08/climate.html