The SJR editorializes against the punditry class that's making a cottage industry out of global warming debunkery, eloquently invoking Carl Sagan's gift for bridging the scientific community and the public at-large.
And it's true: we need more people can better bridge that chasm. But we can also make do with what we have, which is engagement between scientists, activists, businesspeople, government officials, and politicians, working in a variety of spheres with varying degrees of expertise in climate science and other issues. The public at large is convinced of the reality of global warming and the need to act.
So what we also need is mounting pressure to do what we can, with the tools at hand. And there is much that we can do--our tools are as varied as the problem, and there is a long way that we can go before we start hitting a wall where great technological advance is required. Quite simply, what we need most of all is commitment. I hope the SJR's global warming realism extends that far, as well.