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Nature 445, 248 (18 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/445248a; Published online 17 January 2007

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Party of One Climate of opportunity

David Goldston1

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With the shift of power in the US Congress comes an chance to re-engage in the debate over climate change. But the process will not be simple, says our new columnist David Goldston.

The 110th Congress convened in Washington DC on 4 January, with the Democrats in control of both chambers for the first time in a dozen years. The banging of the gavel by the new Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, was in effect the starting gun for what is likely to be two years of political strife, as both Democrats and Republicans race towards the 2008 congressional and presidential elections.