This kind of irresponsible reporting and backpedaling by media and government is, imho, a large part of why the public is so slow to react to climate change. I

This kind of irresponsible reporting and backpedaling by media and government is, imho, a large part of why the public is so slow to react to climate change. Imagine how someone who heard Al Gore say that, by 2014, the poles would have no ice, or that glaciers in Montana would be gone by 2020, feels now. Is that person more or less likely to think climate change is an issue that deserves their attention?