Finally a republican wants to do something about climate change. I hope McCain isn't joking.

So I read an article about a speech John McCain gave on climate change. The speech was actually pretty good. You can read the actual speech here or you can read an article about it here.

Basically McCain proposes doing a cap and trade program where emission limits will be set and anyone who doesn't use theirs can trade them. This gives an incentive for companies to cut emissions so they can sell credits. Also the cap will be reduced each year effectively reducing U.S. emissions. He also talked about working with China and other countries to get them to reduce emissions, but this part was less well designed. Still the intentions are good and I hope McCain is serious about this and that it is not just a campaign promise he hopes everyone will forget.

Recently I've seen a lot of appeal with the Democratic party. They support some issues I am against (abortion, socialized medicine) but they also support other causes like education and the environment. It is nice to see a Republican finally recognize the problems we are facing with global warming. I do have other problems with McCain so we'll see what happens in November, but I like this development.