Pledges are fine, but they do not really address the problem of global warming. Congress seems to be totally unable to act rationally. The Administration seems more interested in compromise solutions that kick the can down the road than taking aggressive action.<p>To see how bad things are likely to become, read <i>Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climage modeling, and modern observations that 2 degree C global warming is highly dangerous</i> (<a href="http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/15/20059/.../acpd-15-20059-2015.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/15/20059/.../acpd-15-...</a>).