Pope Francis spoke before Congress.  I heard it on the radio and did not hear anything explosive.  He did talk about refugees and immigration, but he was careful not to step on anyone's shoes.  Same on abortion and marriage.  It was a vanilla speech, and very difficult to understand because of the pope's thick accent. My suggestion is that Pope Francis take his climate change message to China, because that's where the problem is, as reported by the BBC a couple of months ago: China -- the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases -- has announced details of its climate action plan. The office of Premier Li Keqiang said that emissions "will peak by around 2030" and China would work hard to achieve the target even earlier. The pope should also travel to India and give a similar speech.  India is third on the list!  The U.S. is #2. My point is that too much of the climate change criticism is directed at the...(Read Full Post)