MEDIA ALERT: IN THE SPIRIT OF NERO
“There ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! We're all gonna die.”
('Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die' Rag, Country Joe and The Fish, 1967)
The science is now clear: humanity +is+ bringing disaster to our planet. On February 3, the Independent noted that the latest scientific assessment by the prestigious UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides “humanity's loudest warning yet of the catastrophe that is threatening to overtake us”. “No more excuses,” the Guardian’s editorial intoned on the same day.
The irony is bitter indeed. While the Guardian’s front page was packed with doom-laden warnings, the centre spread consisted of a two-page, full-colour advert for Renault cars: “Everything is sport.” For good measure, the cover story of the Travel supplement promoted holidays to New York.
READ FULL ALERT http://www.medialens.org/alerts/index.php
This media alert will be archived shortly here:
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/07/070206_in_the_spirit.php
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media
http://www.medialens.org
Please also see:
In wake of latest climate report, calls mount for global response
UN findings name human activity as 'very likely' cause of 'unequivocal' climate change. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0205/p02s01-wogi.html
IPCC adopts major assessment of climate change science
http://www.ipcc.ch/press/prwg2feb07.htm
UN NATURAL ARENA FOR CONCERTED, COORDINATED INTERNATIONAL ACTION TO PROTECT
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO PARIS CONFERENCE
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sgsm10865.doc.htm
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FINDINGS OF WORKING GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/sgsm10866.doc.htm
UNFCCC Expert meeting on adaptation for small island developing States (SIDS) to be held in Kingston, Jamaica from 5-7 February
http://unfccc.int/adaptation/adverse_effects_and_response_measures_art_48/items/3915.php
Evidence is now ‘unequivocal’ that humans are causing global warming – UN report
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21429&Cr=climate&Cr1=change
Poor countries will suffer most from global warming, Ban Ki-moon warns
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21448&Cr=climate&Cr1=
Climate Talks Adrift (photo source)
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1163656974775&pagename=Zone-English-HealthScience%2FHSELayout
Climate Change: American Indians Offer Warnings and Hope,
a report by Brenda Norrell
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2936&blz=1
UPDATES
Action needed now to mitigate future disasters caused by global warming – UN http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21480&Cr=climate&Cr1=change
Climate Campaign Issues 'Wake-up Call' to World Leaders
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0207-01.htm
“There ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! We're all gonna die.”
('Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die' Rag, Country Joe and The Fish, 1967)
The science is now clear: humanity +is+ bringing disaster to our planet. On February 3, the Independent noted that the latest scientific assessment by the prestigious UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides “humanity's loudest warning yet of the catastrophe that is threatening to overtake us”. “No more excuses,” the Guardian’s editorial intoned on the same day.
The irony is bitter indeed. While the Guardian’s front page was packed with doom-laden warnings, the centre spread consisted of a two-page, full-colour advert for Renault cars: “Everything is sport.” For good measure, the cover story of the Travel supplement promoted holidays to New York.
READ FULL ALERT http://www.medialens.org/alerts/index.php
This media alert will be archived shortly here:
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/07/070206_in_the_spirit.php
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media
http://www.medialens.org
Please also see:
In wake of latest climate report, calls mount for global response
UN findings name human activity as 'very likely' cause of 'unequivocal' climate change. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0205/p02s01-wogi.html
IPCC adopts major assessment of climate change science
http://www.ipcc.ch/press/prwg2feb07.htm
UN NATURAL ARENA FOR CONCERTED, COORDINATED INTERNATIONAL ACTION TO PROTECT
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO PARIS CONFERENCE
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sgsm10865.doc.htm
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FINDINGS OF WORKING GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/sgsm10866.doc.htm
UNFCCC Expert meeting on adaptation for small island developing States (SIDS) to be held in Kingston, Jamaica from 5-7 February
http://unfccc.int/adaptation/adverse_effects_and_response_measures_art_48/items/3915.php
Evidence is now ‘unequivocal’ that humans are causing global warming – UN report
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21429&Cr=climate&Cr1=change
Poor countries will suffer most from global warming, Ban Ki-moon warns
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21448&Cr=climate&Cr1=
Climate Talks Adrift (photo source)
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1163656974775&pagename=Zone-English-HealthScience%2FHSELayout
Climate Change: American Indians Offer Warnings and Hope,
a report by Brenda Norrell
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2936&blz=1
UPDATES
Action needed now to mitigate future disasters caused by global warming – UN http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21480&Cr=climate&Cr1=change
Climate Campaign Issues 'Wake-up Call' to World Leaders
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0207-01.htm