I've heard many people stating they don't believe in environmental policies (whether rain forest protection, recycling, alternative energy) solely on the basis that "global warming is a myth". That purely because they believe that either it isn't real (scientifically disputed) or is a natural process, it is acceptable to continue to pollute the seas, destroy forests, use up future generations resources. As you can probably tell, I'm quite environmentally minded. It may surprise people then that I am myself doubtful as to "global warming", particularly due to similar occurrences at several points in the earth's history. However I see this as one particular concern amongst a handful of others. IMO it can be detached from "climate change" (which I don't think you can really argue with). We HAVE affected our surroundings e.g: in overfishing, through deforestation and through pollution. It seems to me that is now somewhat in vogue to be "anti-environmental". After the enthusiasm of the early nougties, people have either become apathetic or downright annoyed with the "green movement" (perhaps I'd agree at the overuse of the words green or eco ). I've heard people stating that they are "sick of green policy" or "agenda", which to me personally is a bit much given that we encounter our environments on a day to day basis; how can we ever be "too involved"? (for instance even fly-tipping or noise complaints are technically a matter of environmental law). I'm not saying everyone HAS to care about the environment, but just