an interesting essay on why (some) Americans insist there is no Climate Change

[gardengirl6]

"The American 'allergy' to Global Warming"

"But the headline on the 1975 report was bold: "Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?" And this article that coined the term may have marked the last time a mention of "global warming" didn't set off an instant outcry of angry denial.
In the paper, Columbia University geoscientist Wally

Comments

[helwen]

For corporations and various industries, admitting it means taking responsibility and costs of changing things.

Same for people, really, plus they're used to living the way they do, and don't want to do anything that would make their lives less comfortable (whatever that means).

[parakletos]

I always think that the best approach is to think along the lines of greater efficiency, saving money etc. People get uptight when it comes to cutting down consumption especially as our economies are built on it.