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==Politics of global warming==
 
==Politics of global warming==
Upon the dissolution of the [[USSR]], and when the [[Berlin Wall]] was torn down, leftists sought a new cause. They joined with [[environmentalist]]s to publicize various [[climate change]] issues such as [[ozone depletion]] and the [[runaway greenhouse effect]].
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Assessments of climate science by the United Nations (see [[IPCC]] - ''Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'')
 
Assessments of climate science by the United Nations (see [[IPCC]] - ''Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'')
 
have claimed that there is a scientific consensus on the subject. According to their latest report, scientists are 90% sure that over 50% of the observed global warming in recent decades is human-caused, and that continued global warming could be expected to raise sea levels by one foot over the next century.
 
have claimed that there is a scientific consensus on the subject. According to their latest report, scientists are 90% sure that over 50% of the observed global warming in recent decades is human-caused, and that continued global warming could be expected to raise sea levels by one foot over the next century.
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