McClatchy: To the lame-duck Congress: Act on climate change now! The midterm elections are over and, as anticipated, Republicans have retaken the House and improved their margin in the Senate. Not surprisingly, commentators now talk about likely political gridlock in Congress. Yet for now Democrats retain a majority in both houses and with that power they could find some way to cooperate with Republicans on a national energy and climate change policy. Months ago the Senate put aside such energy legislation…