Mark Hertsgaard

Fos­sil fuel com­pa­nies lied for decades about cli­mate change, and hu­man­i­ty is pay­ing the price.

Why are most me­dia out­lets not giv­ing the cli­mate emer­gency the 24/7 cov­er­age they pro­vid­ed for the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic?

Glob­al warm­ing has sel­dom been men­tioned this year on the cam­paign trail, de­spite Oba­ma’s promise to the con­trary.

The chal­lenge of cli­mate change is no longer a tech­ni­cal one, if it ever was – it has al­ways been pri­mar­i­ly po­lit­i­cal.

Aside from his ac­cep­tance speech and three briefer men­tions, “Oba­ma has not brought up cli­mate change pub­licly in 2012”.

Will the me­dia have enough met­tle to call out Paul Ryan on his cam­paign of bla­tant lies?

Sum­mer 2012 has bro­ken thou­sands of records in the US, bring­ing mis­ery and suf­fer­ing to mil­lions.

Many in­no­va­tions in the fight against cli­mate change have come out of this na­ture-friend­ly state.

The fight against coal in the US has achieved great suc­cess due to ac­tivists’ pas­sion and com­mit­ment.

If ‘Oc­cu­py’ keeps up the pres­sure, Oba­ma could be com­pelled to adopt more pro­gres­sive poli­cies.