Climate change has been cited as the greatest current threat to human health and to the environment. Even though one poll suggested that 70 percent of the U.S. population considers climate change to be a serious problem, relatively little has been done to mitigate its causes and future impacts. Why, John Patrick [0] asks, haven’t we as a nation reacted to this growing problem? How can we become opinion leaders and give effective, and ethical, communications to others concerning climate change?