Well, everyone wants a safer, cleaner environment. If all it takes to be an environmentalist is taking care of the earth (as is commanded by God in Genesis), then sign me up.
The problem arises when radical environmentalists (hereafter labeled "greenies") try to take away the rights of the working man in the name of protecting the earth. This may come as a shock, but the earth is a remarkably sturdy piece of work. Does that mean we have license to pollute and demolish it as we see fit? I should certainly hope not. But it's rather foolish to think that a bunch of insignificant ants (hereafter labeled "mankind") can affect the planet as much as some are suggesting in such a short amount of time.
Of course, when the politicians realized the concept and theory of global warming could give them an excuse to exert more control over the taxpayers, they were all but sold. That's the way dictators come into power; they take advantage of a crisis (which may or may not be real) and muscle in when everyone else is losing his head.
It's utterly backwards to put the well-being of plants and animals above that of man, and just as backwards to send our level of technology back into medieval times over a theory that hasn't been and will never be proven scientifically. What are you going to do if a country, say, China, doesn't agree to cut their emissions (and it doesn't appear that they will)? Are you going to go to war over it? That's a bit extreme. Are you going to impose trade embargoes on them? That might work if we weren't up to our eyeballs in debt to them. This is all to say nothing of developing countries in Africa. Is it really fair to them to impose restricting carbon emissions? The DDT scare has already prevented their growth and success once, and in my opinion, that's one time too many.
There are good people like you, PL, who legitimately care about our well-being, and then there are the politicians and fear mongers who care only about the money and power to be gained. The latter ones, who want to halt the People's way of life for nothing, are the ones I have a beef with.