Newsweek is (not) neutral
“Al Gore, who is now in contention as a possible presidential candidate and who is leading a campaign to recognize the potential danger of global warming. Hooray that he is back.”
- Eleanor Clift , December 24, 2006
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Warm Weather = Death?
“So I’m running in the park on Saturday, in shorts, thinking this is great, but are we all gonna die? You know? I can’t, I can’t figure this out..There were record breaking temperatures across the, 72 in New York City, 69 in Boston on Saturday. A lot of people wondering is it global warming or something much simpler?”
- Meredith Vieira , January 8, 2007
End of the world
“A controversy in Washington over what literally could be the end of the world as we know it. Did the Bush administration freeze out scientists trying to sound the alarm on global warming?”
- Matt Lauer , January 31, 2007
Stretching the truth is necessary to get people’s attention
“Nobody is interested in solutions if they don’t think there’s a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an overrepresentation of factual presentations on how dangerous it [global warming] is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis.”
- Al Gore , May 9, 2006
Global warming will raise sea levels 20 feet.
“[With global warming, if nothing changes in 50 years,] sea-level increases of 20 feet or more [will occur] worldwide. Of course, Florida and Louisiana and Texas are particularly vulnerable. The San Francisco Bay area, Manila. And we have seen the impact of a couple hundred thousand refugees from an environmental crisis [like Hurricane Katrina]. Imagine 100 million or 200 million [refugees].”
- Al Gore , May 24, 2006.
Global warming is more worrisome than terrorism.
“I am more worried about the risks of global warming in the next century than I am about arms races in this century.”
- Hans Blix , May 6, 2005.
Journalists should not acknowledge scientific skepticism about global warming.
“Not only do journalists not have a responsibility to report what skeptical scientists have to say about global warming. They have a responsibility not to report what those scientists say.”
- Ross Gelbspan
The world’s weather and Iraq are related.
“All around us are signs of global climate change. And this Administration’s [the Bush Administration's] response is to send in more troops. If you don’t think there is a link between the weather and Iraq, you are wrong.”
- Alec Baldwin
Global warming and famine will reduce the U.S. population by over 90 percent.
“The Population of the U.S. will shrink from 250 million to about 22.5 million before 1999 because of famine and global warming.”
- Paul Ehrlich
Global cooling will cause massive damage across the globe.
“[Falling temperatures will cause the ice caps to sink into the ocean, producing] a global tidal wave that could wipe out a substantial portion of mankind, and the sea level could rise 60 to 100 feet.”
- Paul Ehrlich , 1970.