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The Guardian by Peter Preston | Mar. 8, 2010 (Opinion)
People are drifting into a lethal slumber on climate change. More of the same won't wake them up

(Blog Post) People are drifting into a lethal slumber on climate change. More of the same won?t wake them up It?s an exceptionally inconvenient truth. Only one American in three believes that human beings are responsible for climate change : a polling result 10% down on where opinion rested the year before. Worse, the number of Americans who believe that climate change is a hoax or a scientific conspiracy – not doubting, just damned blank certain – has doubled ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Global Warming, U.S. Senate, Energy, Green Technology, Science, Climate Change
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Posted by: Posted by Andre Heinemann - Mar 7, 2010 - 2:11 PM PST
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 by Andre Heinemann - Mar. 9, 2010

Well-written opinion piece about global warming in public opinion looking at the UK and the US. Mr. Preston examines the causes and possible solutions to the dwindling support for legislation and action to stop global warming.

Public attention span is short, which is why mainstream media isn't on this topic unless something attention grabbing happens that is likely to increase eyeballs. Science isn't perfect and even in the unlikely event that the scientific interpretation of the global climate data is wrong, I'd personally prefer to err on the side of caution. Reducing carbon emissions reduces fossil fuel consumption, something that will have to happen sooner or later as the amount of available fossil ... More »

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