In fact, the opposite is true. Even if there were no such thing as man-made climate change, there is such a thing as polluting the air and water so that it effects our health.
Ignorant folks still think that climate change is something that you "believe in." Wingnuts have another agenda on science and that is it doesn't fit with their religious beliefs.
Truthfully, I think there is some politicking going on regarding climate change. "Climate-gate" is evidence of that. Wingnuts also despise Al Gore, who is the leading advocate for climate change, so following wingnut irrationality, hating Gore means denying climate change.
But scientists behaving badly and wingnuts dislike of Gore doesn't mean that climate change is fantasy.
Sarah Palin is one of those leading the way in the fight against science. The past couple of years have been really interesting. Mediocre has risen to the top and wingnut voices seem to be getting a disproportionate amount of air time. I think it's an example of our failing education system. People who aren't getting science and math in school are turning to religion for their answers.
Climate change is discussed in this video. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, who attended the jobs summit yesterday, also says something very interesting -- that companies aren't hiring, in part, because they can't find workers with the right skills. Seems to me the fact that companies can't find skilled workers is linked to our failing education system, which is responsible for creating the type of environment where a person such as Sarah Palin could be worshipped.
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Future Earth (airs Dec. 20), a rather dramatic telling of climate change and its effect on water:
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