The following quote comes from a recent article in The Guardian’s
Environmental Blog titled ‘Why did the 400ppm carbon milestone cause barely a
ripple?
This is the last paragraph:
“Beyond that consensus, out of sight is out
of mind. But we could tackle that with one simple innovation. The press and
broadcast media daily report a handful of dull statistics. We're told about
exchange rates and the performance of stock markets in a way that reinforces a
prejudice that such things are what truly matter. Why not meet the real world
half way, and add a daily notification of the rising CO2 level to every daily
paper and major news broadcast? It won't cost extra, will be harder to ignore
and the price of doing so will be very high indeed.”
I had expressed similar actions in my blog ‘A Quick Thought
for World Water Month’ posted 3/23/13. It is good to know that this suggestion
is circulating, how can we get the media outlets to act on it?
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