The acceptance of global warming is growing, even in places like Boise, where Al Gore recently sold out a concert hall. In fact, the West is becoming ready converts to the cause.
That said, in Federal Way, WA a parent who is likely from the "intelligent design" lunatic fringe has gotten a school board to restrict showing An Inconvenient Truth to students there. Oh, you can show it, but then you'd have to present some psycho humans-played-with-dinosaurs-14,000-years-ago spiel as actual fact.
Kind of like this moronic museum in Kentucky.
So, we weigh religious kooks against the mind of Stephen Hawking, who supports addressing the issues of global warming. Seriously, who the hell are you going to believe?
Even Big Business is on board, working with environmental groups. The list includes DuPont, Caterpillar, and Alcoa. More on that here.
Still poking your head in the sand waiting for the Rapture? The Weather Channel has a new site devoted solely to climate change at One Degree.
And while we quibble about the problem even existing, Japan is taking the lead in developing new conservation technologies.
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