Thank God

Evangelical Leaders Swing Influence Behind Effort to Combat Global Warming.

No joke. We need these kind of coalitions.

UPDATE: One commenter suggests Michael Crichton as an authority on global climate change. That is such an unfortunate recommendation that I have to take exception. Michael Crichton went to medical school decades ago (so even his opinions on medicine would likely be out-to-date.) He is a fine writer of pulp escapist novels (I hope that is not an oxymoron) which I have quoted admiringly, in their proper context.. But he has as much credibility as I do to be quoted on the science of climate change i.e. zero. Of course everyone is free to opine on politics (that is why there is so many "political" blogs -- it requires little substantive knowledge). But to offer Crichton as an authority on science rather than "faith" (under which category he properly belongs when it comes to climate for he is relying on others' opinion) is inappropriate, maybe even preposterous.

Chrichton's "ideas" have been thoroughly shredded at RealClimate, a group blog of working climate scientists which I highly recommend. There is something to be said for the authority of people actually working in the trenches -- in this case doing science rather than simply reading/hearing about it in Rupert Murdoch media -- and who have first hand experience with "the material."