Cause and Effect of Global Warming One of the hottest topics in the United States is the issue of global warming. This issue, once discounted and ridiculed as the wild imaginings of over enthusiastic environmentalists and "tree lovers," is now being taken seriously by scientists, politicians, business leaders, and the American environmentalist community. Environmental scientists have been trying to warn these groups that our continued use of coal and petroleum products, as well as established …showed first 75 words of 1323 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1323 total…When El Nino comes this winter, it will be a wakeup call to all of us that the time to take action is NOW. Works Cited The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. Dickens, Charles. Hard Times. New York: Holt Publishing, 1967. Divine, Breen, Fredrisckson, and Williams. America Past and Present, Vol. 2. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. Gerstenzang, James. "Clinton Backs Broad Plan to Fight Global Warming." Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, October 22, 1997. Pages A1-A27.