A Climate Change Idea That Might Work January 16, 2012, 10:45 pm A new proposal to slow global warming is extraordinary, John Tierney writes in The New York Times, because it would help poor countries now, and "it might actually work." The proposal, outlined in the latest issue of Science magazine, takes into account an often ignored fact: "When there's a conflict between policies promoting economic growth and policies restricting carbon dioxide, economic growth wins every time," the article says. Instead of attempting to convince nations to shrink fossil fuel consumption over decades, the proposal suggests focusing on cutting soot, or black carbon and smog for short-term health and agriculture benefits: Reductions in low-level ozone and black carbon would yield lots of benefits long before 2050. Read The New York Times article here. Read the Science journal proposal here.