Another Systems that Needs Changing. Why Doesn’t the Corporate Media Pay Attention to Climate Change?

Another Systems that Needs Changing. Why Doesn’t the Corporate Media Pay Attention to Climate Change?


The Planet Keeps Warming, But U.S. Media Interest Cools
www.commondreams.org
After the anticlimax of the COP-15 climate-policy negotiations in Copenhagen last year (Extra!, 2/10)—in which the more than 190 UN-member nations walked away with a non-binding statement of intent cobbled together in secret by the U.S. and a few other wealthy nations—public and press expectations f

WikiLeaks Let’s Us in on Another Big Secret. Turns out even the Saudis and the US realize peak oil is on it’s way and they won’t be able to do anything about runaway gas prices. Watch out Tar Sands!

WikiLeaks Let’s Us in on Another Big Secret. Turns out even the Saudis and the US realize peak oil is on it’s way and they won’t be able to do anything about runaway gas prices. Watch out Tar Sands!


WikiLeaks Cables: Saudi Arabia Cannot Pump Enough Oil to Keep a Lid on Prices
www.commondreams.org
The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show.

Don’t Frack with Us! Buffalo bans fracking.

Don’t Frack with Us! Buffalo bans fracking.


Hydraulic Fracturing, ‘Fracking,’ Banned In Buffalo, NY
www.huffingtonpost.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The city of Buffalo, New York, banned the natural gas drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing on Tuesday, a largely symbolic vote that demonstrates concern about potential harm to groundwater from mining an abundant energy source.