How communities can combat 'climate fatigue' :: The Hook

Dawson Creek has a reputation of being one of B.C.'s most progressive municipalities when it comes to renewable energy.

So when councilor Cheryl Shuman completed Al Gore's climate change training in Montreal last spring, she thought residents back home would be thrilled to hear the inconvenient truth.

Instead, she became "that climate change girl, almost in a derogatory way," she says.

"Even though the resident of my region are very keen to talk about renewable energy and saving energy and energy efficiencies…the minute you start talking about climate change, they start arguing with you."

Perhaps that should come as no surprise. There were signs of a general climate fatigue amongst the public two years ago...

Why are not citizens up in arms against a carbon tax? - GLG News

Carbon dioxide is a basic part of the atmosphere and its concentration varies all the time, sometimes a lot, sometimes not so much. Much depends on volcanic activity, a highly variable series of events which vent billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at peak periods of activity. But not to worry. The oceans soak it up.Without carbon dioxide, we would have no White Cliffs of Dover. Plant life needs it for photosynthesis. No carbon dioxide, no forests. What would a Coca Cola be without a charge of carbon dioxide?