To: All Major Media in the US (TV, Print, Internet)
MEDIA: Connect the Climate Dots
Major media are ignoring the biggest story of the century: climate change. It is time for TV news and print media to acknowledge the connection between the unusual weather and climate change. The Arctic ice cap is dangerously close to disappearing, causing a severe change in weather patterns. We need action on a planetary level, and the media need to make this FRONT-PAGE news!
Why is this important?
Most Americans are unaware of the severity of the climate change crisis because the major news sources have ignored the subject and rarely connect the dots between extreme weather events and our changing climate. We are dangerously close to the climate tipping point, when there will be nothing possible to stop the worst of climate change. Citizens must contact their elected officials and demand action, but they need honest, scientifically-accurate information in order to do that. There are solutions (i.e. carbon tax, energy conservation, renewable energy) to reduce harmful emissions. We need the media to help educate the public and our policy makers.