WHY was the term "Global Warming" changed to "Climate Change"?

[Philip]

Wasn't the world supposed to run out of oil by now, and shouldn't we all be dead from swine flu, or the bird flu, or the.....................
Alarmists had to change global warming to climate change because the earth has actually been going into its cooling cycle since 1997. Right on schedule. Just like it did in all of its cycles LONG before the internal combustion engine. Unfortunately, the "greenies" have stuck around and have made their economical damage permanent. They have started a movement based on junk science that we will not soon be rid of, I am afraid...

[Shovel Ready]

The globe isn't warming, so a new term is needed. It is easier to make up a new crisis than to give up the opportunity to control people.

[Pfo]

The idea that the planet is on a runaway warming cycle has had a hard time finding solid evidence that it is.

[ck4829]

Sounds like political correctness to appease the right wingers to me.

[CONvict Shrubya]

because many people were too dense to understand the term "global warming" was not a literal, exclusive term

my thoughts are that the results of our activities (pollution) are not natural and they are increasing exponentially so we should be proactive and try to limit their impact on the environment before we are faced with a crisis point that may only present limited options.

[Pfo]

The idea that the planet is on a runaway warming cycle has had a hard time finding solid evidence that it is.