Planet at the Crossroads
GarryRogers Nature Conservation
GR: The short-term focus of our news media reflects the short-term focus of news consumers. Reporters often omit critical elements of a story in order to meet the need for brevity. For instance, an NPR story yesterday gave a glowing report on an unexpected discovery of a great new oil reservoir in west Texas. At a time when most of our scientists are on the verge of losing hope for the survival of our civilization due to greenhouse gas production, it would seem that the danger implicit in a major Texas oil discovery should have been mentioned in the story. But no. The story below covers the brevity problem quite well.
From Animalista Untaimed: “The ecosystems that underpin our economies, well-being and survival are collapsing. Species are becoming extinct at unprecedented rates. Our climate is in crisis. And it’s all happening on our watch.”
“The Rio Olympics went out…
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