Sacramento Bee: The global economic downturn should not curtail the U.S. government’s commitment to addressing the problem of climate change, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday. Speaking to a gathering at the Sonoma Wine Co. in Graton, Blair said high-tech entrepreneurs and investors willing to take a risk in the clean technology sector will play a major role in developing technologies to reduce society’s dependence on fossil fuels. “Instead of losing interest in the issue or pushing it…