There is little doubt that Global Warming is happening. Regardless of how much is due to nature, and how much is due to our activities and inaction, it's important to take steps to Protect Our Climate. Speak up and take part in a discussion to find solutions that we and our children all can live with.

The signs of global warming are all around us, from melting glaciers to stifling heat waves. The 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990, and scientists say global warming is likely to disrupt water supplies, flood coastal areas, increase disease outbreaks and cause fragile lands, such as alpine meadows and coastal marshes, to vanish.

So it's time for you to get involved in the discussions and help find answers that we and our children can live with.

Last week we reported on some research from UPenn professor Karl Ulrich, who also happens to the founder of TerraPass, that came to the contrarian conclusion that bicycles offer little benefit to the environment. The nub of the argument is that bicycle riders are healthier than non-cyclists, and their increased longevity places a drain on energy resources that largely cancels out the gas savings from cycling.

How To Give Your Parents “The Talk” - You recycle, you drive a fuel efficient car, you buy organic food, you turn the thermostat down at night: in short, you are trying your best to make this world a better place. Your parents however still use incandescent light bulbs, still don’t recycle, and still look at you like an alien every time you suggest they trade in their giant land tank for something more sensible. If this sounds like your life it’s time for “the talk.”

Talking about global warming and climate change can stir up strong debate. People want to shout about it: whether or not it's happening, who or what causes it, and what we can or should do about it. The Dirt believes that the scientific community has spoken loud and clear on the subject.

The Evidence for Global Warming
Last weekend I had a chance to chat with a world-renowned scientist in the field of global climate change. His assessment, and I quote, "We're f*cked." He told me he does not say this publicly because he does not want to encourage the, "So why try?" response. He definitely believes there are still major things we humans can do to limit the severity of the coming disaster.

Global Warming: An Open Discussion
By Brian Neudorff
The discussion of Global Warming continues to make headlines and probably will, as much if not more, as we go through 2007. Here are some of the headlines today:

A Global Warming Discussion?

I am still figuring out exactly what I think about global warming, but I don't think this kind of reporting on the issue is going to change any minds.

CNN's O'Brien Insists Global Warming Debate Is Over
By Brad Wilmouth | July 23, 2007 - 00:04 ET
On the Friday July 20 The Situation Room on CNN, substitute anchor Miles O'Brien insisted that, regarding the role of carbon emissions in global warming, "the scientific debate is over," as he lectured former Republican Congressman J.C. Watts on the subject. In response to Watts' contention that "I don't believe the Earth is melting because of carbon emissions," O'Brien responded: "Well, you're not paying attention to the science, J.C. You're definitely not paying attention. ... The scientific debate is over, J.C., we're done." (Transcript follows)