Green Economy: Climate Change as a Threat

The Climate Change deniers are just using this to once again lock the brakes on human societies ability to continue advancing, but now, unlike some thirty plus years ago, it's the obvious one big part of the need for us to continue what had been started back then and the only false argument they can use. There was another recent report a few days ago that you should view if you missed it, it aired on PBS NOVA: Power Surge. In this it points to one simple act by a succeeding U.S. President in removing solar panels from the roof of the White House installed by the previous President. That act signaled the end of what had been a growing movement, much as the dissolving of the air traffic controllers union of another important issue, towards cleaner energy thus a cleaner planet for many who were as visionary as that preceding President.

Gallup: Fewer Americans see climate change as threat

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Apr 21, 2011 - Fewer Americans and Europeans view climate change as a threat than did a few years ago, but more Latin Americans and sub-Saharan Africans see themselves at risk, according to Gallup surveys in 111 countries.

The 42% of adults worldwide who see it as a threat to themselves and their families hasn't budged in recent years, but changes in some regions reflect divisions on the issue between the developed and developing world.

In the USA, 53% said climate change is a serious personal threat in Gallup's most recent 2010 global survey, down from 63% in 2007-2008. In Congress, Republicans and some Democrats have raised questions about climate science. The House of Representatives approved a bill earlier this month to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, but the Senate rejected it. {continued}