Cold Irony: ABC's Sam Stuck in Snowfield for Report on Wind Power

April 20th, 2007 9:17 AM
Mother Nature must have a wicked sense of humor. She forced ABC's Sam Champion to report on anti-global warming initiative . . . . while standing in a field of snow in late April.Champion was there as part of Good Morning America's "Planet Earth 2007" segment, in which reporters chimed in from around the globe on various environmental initiatives. Diane Sawyer [badly alarmed by a warm spell…

NY Mag: Global Warming Cure Depends on ‘Fat, Spoiled 21st-Century Am

April 18th, 2007 11:35 AM
A few weeks ago as the world awaited the release of the most recent report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, some well-known scientists were quoted as saying that the media’s sensationalistic coverage of the issue was interfering with a reasoned discussion on the topic. Their thinking was that the more the press and Hollywoodans suggest that the problem is so…

Skiers Protest Global Warming Hours Before Record Snowstorm Arrives

April 14th, 2007 2:41 PM
Are those combustibles, potables, and sharp objects still in a safe place? Good, because the Silly Saturday Snowstorm Stories continue.As reported Saturday morning by the Associated Press (emphasis added):WILMINGTON, N.Y. -- Skiers unfurled a protest banner in April snow on Whiteface Mountain on Saturday to kick off a nationwide day of demonstrations aimed at drawing attention to global warming.…

Kansans Hoping Record Snowstorm Won’t Cancel Global Warming Rally

April 14th, 2007 11:39 AM
Don’t remove combustibles, potables, and sharp objects from safe stowage just yet, sports fans, for the news this morning continues to provide chuckles that could prove dangerous to computer equipment and other consumer electronics.And I'm loving it!There is supposed to be a global warming rally in Salina, Kansas, on Saturday. However -- as if totally on cue! -- a record snowstorm for this late…