USA - Despite all the scandals and hysteria, it appears that humans are indeed causing climate change. However, it is not because of lawnmowers, driving, or having the audacity to keep their houses at a comfortable temperature; nor does it have anything to do with human-produced Co2.
One significant danger to the Earth, long known to many legitimate environmentalists who did not get sidetracked by Al Gore and the Club of Rome, is deforestation. Data released last week by NOAA shows that deforestation is having a significant effect on both the temperature or overall precipitation of the impacted regions. In some regions, deforestation doubled and even quadrupled the frequency of hot, dry summers.
Much like other environmental disasters waiting in the wings, paying carbon taxes to bankers or donating to Al Gore is not going to solve anything. Solutions like industrial hemp and increased recycling are a few that come to mind. Deforestation is not a problem that has crept up on the world from behind and there is no excuse not to have an adequate solution to it.
While climate change fanatics blame humans and progress for environmental catastrophe, it is the lack of progress that is doing more harm to the planet than anything else.