Meteorological Musings: A Reply to Al Gore's Rant from Walter Russell Mead

All three of these indisputable environmental problems receive a tiny, tiny, fraction of the media attention of global warming. The people working on these efforts receive almost no recognition, let alone Nobel Prizes.

Like Mr. Mead, I do not understand why global warming has received such overcoverage and Mr. Gore (who has become, according to some, the first global warming billionaire) so much non-deserved praise -- when compared to the people who working on water, malaria, polio because of dedication to their fellow man rather than being motivated by wealth.

I suggest it is time to reexamine our priorities and our attitudes toward earth's many environmental problems.