« The Old Hong Kong Airport | Main | The Problems With Noah's Ark »
March 14, 2007
Global Warming Expedition to North Pole Cancelled Due to Cold and Frostbite
I'm LMAO on this one. Thanks Uzi!
An expedition to the North Pole to bring attention to global warming was cancelled due to the extraordinarily cold weather. I kid you not. As reported by the Associated Press Monday (emphasis mine throughout):
The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme cold temperatures drained the batteries in some of their electronic equipment.
"Ann said losing toes and going forward at all costs was never part of the journey," said Ann Atwood, who helped organize the expedition.
http://newsbusters.org/node/11369
Posted by Peenie Wallie on March 14, 2007 at 9:52 PM
Comments
(via Martin S.)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4520665474899458831
UK Documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle
According to a group of scientists brought together by documentary-maker Martin Durkin, if the planet is heating up, it isn't your fault, and there's nothing you can do about it.
We've almost begun to take it for granted that climate change is a man-made phenomenon. But just as the environmental lobby think they've got our attention, a group of naysayers have emerged to slay the whole premise of global warming.
Posted by: Robert on March 16, 2007 at 7:04 AM
Environment, Inc.
A Special Report in the Sacramento Bee
http://dwb.sacbee.com/static/archive/news/projects/environment/index02.html
(Published April 22, 2001)
Today, on the 31st anniversary of Earth Day, the environmental movement is at a crossroads. No one can deny its many successes in preserving precious natural resources, but they have come with a price. In fact, some say the environmental movement is fighting for its very soul.
In this five-part series, Tom Knudson, The Bee's Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental reporter, examines the high-powered fund raising, the litigation and the public relations machine that has come to characterize much of the movement today. His stories are based on exhaustive research conducted over 16 months with travel to 12 states and northern Mexico. And what he has found is that the movement established, in part, to combat the influence of the powerful has itself become big business.
Posted by: Robert on March 16, 2007 at 7:14 AM