When Will Global Warming Reach a Political Tipping Point?

By , Sierra Magazine
Posted on January 11, 2008, Printed on January 11, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/72999/

Presidential candidates traditionally blow off the environment as an issue. But can they continue to dither as the world heats up?

"What should be the nation's top concern?" When pollsters pose such a question to voters, few, historically, have answered "the environment." Yet when asked specifically about how important global warming will be to their vote for U.S. president in 2008, more than half of respondents to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll last May answered "extremely" or "very."