Big Al Gore, the inventor of not only the internet, but also the “buy your way out of guilt by purchasing the made-up resource… carbon neutrality!”, has finally managed to pull in the full swing of the religious fanatics. The environment is changing – it always does – and mankind may be contributing to the process; I have no definitive answer, but refuse to buy into the fear-mongering.

The highlight of this article is not so much the additional fear-mongering being heaped on by the religious, but the fact that the “global warming awareness” seminar may be, well, snowed out. A religious person might think god was trying to send a message. Doesn’t seem to be the same message they’re shoving, though.

Interfaith group braves storm in climate change trek – Boston.com

“God has given us this Eden, and our behavior is making a mess of it,” said the Rev. Jim Antal, president of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ, the state’s largest Protestant denomination.

The religious walkers are part of Religious Witness for the Earth, a 6-year-old national interfaith environmental organization.

And then there’s this:

MINNEAPOLIS – A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite. The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme cold temperatures drained the batteries in some of their electronic equipment.