Hallelujah! Americans are Waking Up to Global Warming Reality

Across the nation, a Fox-News-induced fog is lifting away from the brains of Americans. You see, while most of us are fully aware of the realities of global warming - and some are skeptical, but still want to be proactive just in case - others have been living in a fantasy world of unicorns and gumdrop trees. Or perhaps they’re part of the group that’s making so much disgusting money off of our current policies and practices that they don’t want to change. Either way, good news from Reuters:

A new Harris Poll reports that 2/3 of Americans not only believe that global warming is real, but they also believe that humans are a main cause of it. And of the remaining 1/3, only roughly half of those believe that human activity has nothing to do with climate change. This represents a slight change from the previous years. One in ten Americans has looked up their carbon footprint, with younger people taking a more active interest in defining their footprint (18% of 18 - 31 year olds). This seems to bode well for the next generation’s willingness to take personal responsibility.

The poll also found that 63% of respondents reporting that they’re actively trying to reduce their energy use and 43% are purchasing more energy efficient appliances. Unfortunately, the bad news is, people seem to think the problem won’t affect them during their lifetime, and fewer feel that climate change is as substantial as they did last year.

America: TURN OFF FOX NEWS. It’s for the good of all mankind. Change the channel to just about anything, and you’ll be better off. Their endless shit stream of opinions parading as fact is enough to send us straight to Idiocracy (speaking of which, if you haven’t seen this movie, RENT IT. You won’t be sorry.)

Link [Reuters]

From The ‘Not An April Fools Prank’ Files: FBI’s #1 Priority is Eco-Terrorism

Great FSM I wish this was an April Fools Day Joke. Fox News and the FBI are teaming up to proclaim eco-terrorism their priority #1. Check it out:

For nearly seven years, the nation has turned its terror focus on Al Qaeda and the hunt for Usama bin Laden. But there is a domestic terror threat that federal officials still consider priority No. 1 — eco-terrorism.

The torching of luxury homes in the swank Seattle suburb of Woodinville earlier this month served as a reminder that the decades-long war with militant environmentalists on American soil has not ended.

“It remains what we would probably consider the No. 1 domestic terrorism threat, because they have successfully continued to conduct different types of attacks in and around the country,” said FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko.

The FBI defines eco-terrorism “as the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature.”

Really!?! With all the crazy shit going on in the world the FBI has the noodles to say that a bunch of grungy dreadies living in a shared house in Eugene, Oregon plotting to burn SUVs is their most pressing priority?

WTF.

Link [Faux Fox News] via [Groovy Green]

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