More and more people are starting to see (radical) environmentalism as the New Religion.
The scientist Freeman Dyson has his say:
Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the leading secular religion… some members of the environmental movement have also adopted as an article of faith the belief that global warming is the greatest threat to the ecology of our planet.
He goes on:
[Skeptics] are horrified to see the obsession with global warming distracting public attention from what they see as more serious and more immediate dangers to the planet, including problems of nuclear weaponry, environmental degradation, and social injustice. Whether they turn out to be right or wrong, their arguments on these issues deserve to be heard.
Inertia Wins! 