The Environmental Movement’s Winter of Discontent - Newsweek

The “Climategate” data-manipulation scandal, though ultimately debunked, seems to have set back the cause. And Al Gore, once the global figurehead for the global-warming movement, has been largely quiet of late, appearing in headlines most recently for his divorce and a sexual misconduct allegation of which he was later cleared after a police investigation. Through a spokeswoman, Gore declined to comment for this story. Haxthausen worries that the general awareness and understanding of the science has “walked back” recently. Perhaps there needs to be more focus on how global warming could affect typical Americans, he says. “It’s become associated with polar bears and icons like that,” Haxthausen says. “That’s one piece, but humans are a species that’s going to be affected too, and people tend to care more about people than polar bears.”

Boulder researcher: Climate change could threaten wolverines - Boulder Daily Camera

"The results varied locally -- some states had a more rapid decline than others -- but in all of these regions, there was a very serious decline by the middle of the 21st century," Peacock said. "But in the best-case scenario, things actually looked really good."