text: But the hyping of every possible scare that comes down the road such as melting glaciers, shearing polar ice sheets, flowers blooming earlier than usual, animals migrating north, hurricanes, European heat waves, northeastern U.S. cold snaps, and so on is backfiring on environmentalists, and the issue is losing steam. The annual Gallup Poll on the environment last spring found declining public interest in global warming. "Last year at this time," the firm's Lydia Saad wrote, "Gallup reported that global warming was "a bit of a yawn' to most Americans. Today, one might say the public is practically dozing . . . Global warming ranks near the bottom of the list of specific environmental issues for which Gallup measured public concern." Unable to persuade the public, environmentalists are increasingly looking for ways to file lawsuits to stop climate change.