Let's play a game of who said this:
"It's surreal to have pre-eminent scientists tell us very seriously that civilization as we know it is over."
No, it was not a politician, or a celebrity. It was, in fact, ABC reporter Bill Blakemore who has been covering global warming for the network for more than two years. His remark was made at the American Bar Association's environmental law conference and printed in The Summit Daily News (Colo.) on March 13.
Another reporter, John Fialka of The Wall Street Journal proclaimed basic global warming science to be "third-grade" stuff at the conference.
Blakemore also called out Exxon and Peabody Coal by name as groups that have spun the debate. There was only one journalist on the panel who had a different view: Sean Paige of the Colorado Springs Gazette. Paige mentioned the extreme costs to the economy of global warming policies.
