Climate Change Denial Is Denying Death

Submitted by edg on Thu, 12 Nov '09 9.21pm

Copenhagen in December, but the battle for hearts and minds is being lost. 

Writes George Monbiot in his latest Guardian article: "There is no point in denying it: we’re losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease."

Monbiot - as always impeccably researched - says the older people are, the more likely they are to deny climate change. Why?

"There are some obvious answers: they won’t be around to see the results; they were brought up in a period of technological optimism; they feel entitled, having worked all their lives, to fly or cruise to wherever they wish. But there might also be a less intuitive reason..."

Read the article here