People who are devoted to the enviromentalist movement seem unable to understand why people reject what appears to be obvious evidence of problems like global warming.  For me the problem is that enviromentalists seem to buy into claims that are not supported by the evidence or naively accept certain claims as being scientifically established.  One example is the claim that plastic shopping bags are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of wildlife.  This article from the Times of London reveals that this claim is based upon “flawed science and exaggerated claims.”

Does it ever occur to the people that generate these kinds of “scientific” claims that they are harming their own cause?  Or do they not care as long as they further their environmentalist agendas?

I am increasingly concerned over the enviroment, sustainable agriculture, etc.  But this kind of carelessness and/or dishonesty makes it hard for me to commit my time or money to the environmentalist movement.