Much of the credit for the rising tide of public skepticism toward
the outlandish claims of the global warming Jeremiahs goes to the Heartland Institute, which The Economist has called «the world's most prominent think tank promoting skepticism about man - made climate change.»
Other environmentalists have undermined the cause with
claims bordering on the
outlandish; they've blamed
global warming for shrinking sheep in Scotland, more shark and cougar attacks, genetic changes in squirrels, an increase in kidney stones and even the crash
of Air France Flight 447.