Everywhere you turn right now, whether its the business press, popular press, mainstream TV, whatever, they're talking about environmental issues and the importance of taking action in the face of an incredibly hot summer and other visible evidence of global warming. Its been interesting to see an issue that has been muted and ignored for so long finally become credible in what feels like overnight.

Random thought: US education will be that next "overnight" issue of importance sometime over the next 5 years.