There has been a lot going on recently in regards to to the global warming or if you prefer, climate change topic. We have the big U.N. Conference on Climate Change still going on in Bali, Indonesia. They just had the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change bill go to a committee vote last week, and by the way it passed 11-8, but it still has a long way to go and no further action (congressional vote) will not be taken until next year. The Seattle Times had an interesting article about climate language, and specifically the terms climate change and global warming. When it comes to talking about, well you know......., we get two versions, climate change or global warming from particular people or organizations. Here's a sampling........

Mainstream media.....global warming, they love that term!
Scientists......climate change, believe it or not!
IPCC (large group of scientists)......climate change. Hey, it's the CC in IPCC.
Democrats....global warming. I agree with the Seattle Times.
Republicans......climate change. Seems about right.
Environmentalists.........global warming. That's obvious.
Auto Industry........climate change.
Hollywood.........global warming.
NOAA..........global warming.
EPA..........climate change.
NASA.......both climate change and global warming.
Department of Energy......climate change
Accuweather.com......global warming....It's the Global Warming Center.
President Bush.....seems to go both ways now (does this count as flip-flopping?)
Al Gore........global warming.......preferred phrase.

A new one gaining steam is global climate change.

What term do you prefer? I'll take a vote. Also, feel free to add to the list.