Death of Global Warming Anniversary Coming

It was one year ago–September 7, 2007–that ABC News stopped updating its Global Warming section. (Link to my original post on the subject.

Congratulations to you skeptics. I knew you could do it!

Obsidian Wings: Envirobloggin'

So I was a little late getting to the “blogger lounge,” so I missed Michelle. But I did catch the New Republic’s environmental panel earlier today — “the Politics of Green.” It was a good group — Rep. Ed Markey, Sen. Bingaman, a Sierra Club bigshot, Cass Sunstein, the Obama energy advisor, and a Third Way polling guy (lost the sheet with the names). Anyway, the thrust of it was about whether and how comprehensive energy reform was politically possible.

It was a friendly audience, but I thought the Third Way guy made the most important point. He explained that while the public was both generally aware of (and concerned about) climate change, the numbers “dropped radically” when people were asked whether they would support higher energy prices to do something about it. (Hopefully, the question was phrased in a less leading way).