After years as the butt of cruel jokes because of its questionable sweet taste, and thanks perhaps to temperatures raised by global warming, quality has improved in leaps and bounds and sales volumes have soared.
Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin "For months, legitimate questions have been raised about global warming data not being verified and conflicting data being suppressed, better known to some as 'Climategate.'" — February 12 , 2010 weekly column.
William Clay Ford Jr., the chairman of Ford, was among the first corporate executives to raise the global warming issue, mentioning it in speeches since 1996.
My artistic staff of writers, actors, designers, and directors tried to raise the global warming alarm through our plays, developing an art form called the "eco-cabaret," but art turned out to be too indirect for the urgency of this issue.
Four degrees of warming could raise global sea levels by one or possibly even two meters by 2100 (and would lock in at least a few additional meters over future centuries).
Recent environmental studies have raised fears that global warming is causing Greenland's ice cover to melt increasingly fast, and that this could have serious implications for future sea levels and ocean currents.
For instance, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, what if instead of a "carbon tax" or "cap and trade" (neither of which mean anything to most people), there were a "Green Dividend," in which all the tax revenues raised to combat global warming were mailed out per capita?
His cause: raising awareness about global warming and how people are battling it.
Mr. Robert is a French stuntman who said he climbed the Times Building to raise awareness against global warming.
Ice climber Will Gadd is raising awareness of global warming through photographs of the rapidly receding glaciers he has climbed.
