TODAY: FOCUS ON RICHARD BARR,FEATURED COMMENTATOR ON ACCOUNTABILITY-CENTRAL;"CARBON: THE STAFF OF LIFE, THE BAIN OF DESTRUCTION"

His perspective: We will never make any progress on the fight against global warming until we put a price on carbon. There is no ESG and long-term sustainability factor more important than this one -- and it is Corporate America that must step up to the plate. The corporate discharge of CO2 into the atmosphere will continue at alarming rates until corporations are given an incentive to cut their emissions.

Highlights: Richard Barr, a long-time "Socially Responsible Investment" (SRI) portfolio manager with First Affirmative Financial Network, is now a featured commentator on the Accountability-Central Web site (a resource for leaders in the corporate, social and public sector, and for journalists and editors). He comments today on the need for reconciliation in Washington despite the relative death of bipartisanship in Washington in setting stringent limits on carbon emissions. "Whatever President Barack Obama promised at the Copenhagen Conference, he must deliver through the U.S. Congress. This means one thing: reconciliation,