As a British DUer whose been

[bennywhale]

away from DU for about a year, can people please inform me of the state of the debate in America regarding Global Warming

What is the attitude amongst the polity?, the public? and the media?.

Also has there been, or is there planned any protest movements or campaigns to raise awareness and pressure government, people and business?

many Thanks in advance

[HereSince1628]

1. Bush now says it's real...But blames it on Hillary's firey tongue.

[Vidar]

2. Largely ignored by the public, sorry to say.

[IndyOp]

3. Hey BW - Welcome Back! We need all the help we can get...

I think the biggest news - pop culture wise (as opposed to scientific circles) is that people *are* now discussing Global Warming as a reality instead of as a theory.

Al Gore's new movie, 'An Inconvenient Truth' premiered at Sundance Film Festival to 3 standing ovations...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2066074

If you search "Gore" hear at DU you will also find articles about his speeches to business leaders about global warming.

Other issues related to GW: drowning polar bears, fast-melting polar ice caps, the global warming crack made by Steven Colbert at the White House dinner last weekend ("Jesse Jackson speaks as fast as a glacier moves. Enjoy that joke folks, your grandkids won't know what a glacier is...")

The news articles appear here often...

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. It's starting to get more traction

There is less denial though not yet enough of a sense of urgency. Of course Al Gore is still a leading voice and is being listened to more. I am active at Wes Clark's web site and he issue three podcasts about Global warming recently, plus a group of specialized bloggers on his site have launched a series of reports that really are good which are featured there, so the issue is entering the public debate more. Here is the direct link to the Global Warming blog series: http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/5790

[saltpoint]

5. Hi to you, bennywhale. I saw this post was a dupe and responded to you

on the other one.

Welcome back.

[Vinca]

6. Hey, the American Idol finale is soon.

We ain't got time for no stinkin' global warming. (P.S. The white haired guy was voted "most presidential.")

[NMDemDist2]

7. I see you found the E/E forum

lots of good info over there

but since HBO did a special and Al Gore has a movie coming out it's getting more play thank goodness

[B3Nut]

8. One of the elders at my church

Dr. Rich Lindroth < http://plantpath.wisc.edu/~lindroth/ > is a Ph.D. and prof in the Ecology department at UW Madison. Pastor had him up on the platform last Sunday speaking about the reality of global warming, stating that amongst scientists there is no debate, it is real and humans have contributed greatly to it. One of the topics was the need to care for creation, and Dr. Lindroth was brought up to speak about it. He did a good job laying out the significance of even seemingly small changes in average temperature. He said in a few years Wisconsin's climate will be like Arkansas's. :scared: Not the kind of thing you'd expect to hear in church, but refreshing to hear nonetheless.

The only people denying it nowadays are neocons and Dittoheads and that ilk, and fake "scientists" on the payroll of Big Oil.

Todd in Beerbratistan