FYI, CNN will be presenting documentaries in October 2007 related to the topic of, among others, Global Warming. Fox News has emerged as an unabashedly right-wing commentary rather than a news network. This has encouraged many conservative voices who see the "News" in "Fox News" as proof that it is a "fair and balanced" network to "prove" that CNN is liberally biased. While not a new claim, when compared to Fox News, any other mainstream television news show or network is going to look quite liberal, indeed. Viewers of the BBC know that it has reported on Global Warming for years now, and it clearly does not see any debate left in the issue. Al Gore wisely has positioned "Climate Change" as a moral and ethical issue, not a political one.
I am in the process of trying to find sources that question what conservatives call "Climate Change" (and yes, many liberals have sneaked away from "Global Warming" because "Climate Change" doesn't blame human activity for the unprecedented changes in our environment). Interestingly, all of the projected changes of wild swings in the weather including exceptionally cold periods, are happening. The shocking truth is that even with an updated version of "An Inconvenient Truth", the apparent increases in temperature and even something as "in your face" as record-setting wild fire activity around the world are coming to pass faster than expected, and the pace of that change is accelerating. Incredibly, these changes (including 2007 becoming the hottest year on record) are emerging faster than the most dire predictions that have been made as recently as this year, 2007.
American media have been very slow to accept the Global Warming or even Climate Change premise is a valid one. Video of wild fires and temperatures in the U.S. over 100 degrees in most of the eastern U.S. for about 10 days this past summer have allowed mainstream U.S. media to begin to look at what's going on. Nevertheless, there is a pushback from conservative groups that may or may not constitute themselves under names that may be "objective" as well as others who choose "environmentally friendly" sounding names.
The BP (British Petroleum) logo has "1984" written all over it as the company created a logo that looks about as earth-friendly as any logo you might find. They also have an advertising campaign extolling the virtues of BP in doing something about the impact of the use of its products on the environment. My guess (Klopfenstein © 2007...yes, you are allowed to chuckle) is that BP sees this is more of a marketing ploy to attract customers than great devotion to creating alternative sources of energy (which, as Al Gore kept emphasizing in the 2000 presidential race, could make the energy companies even more money as they invent new ebergy technologies). I hope someone from BP challenges me on this, but that would bring attention to this blog...not a good idea if you are BP.
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