Lynne Peeples at the New York Times:
The Sunshine Protection Act, passed by the House this month, promises an easy fix to an unpopular ritual: The bill would halt the twice-yearly changing of the clocks and make daylight saving time permanent.
A competing House measure, introduced in early July, would lock the clock on standard time. Now lawmakers confront three imperfect options: permanent daylight saving time, permanent standard time, or the seasonal clock-switching we have now.
Permanent daylight saving time may well be the riskiest of those choices, many scientists believe, with unintended consequences for health and the economy.
More here.
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