A Republican Secretary of State Urges Action on Climate Change
Scientific American  As Secretary of State under President
Ronald Reagan, George Shultz helped negotiate the most
successful global environmental treaty to date: the Montreal
Protocol, which phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons and
other ozone-depleting chemicals. Those chemicals also act as
potent greenhouse gases, so the agreement also makes him the
negotiator of one of the most effective global climate treaties
ever, despite being part of an administration that famously
removed solar technology from the White House roof.  Few modern
Republican politicians favor such environmental effort, or even
believe climate change is happening or that humanity could be
primarily responsible for it. In addition, the Republican-
controlled U.S. House of Representatives is currently suggesting
that the federal budget almost eliminate support for the
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy and other clean
energy efforts from the Department of Energy.