Putting the heat on the media to ask about global warming

Yesterday I noted that enviros have been haranguing the candidates to talk about, and the media to cover, the bigger issue of climate change for months with little success. It appears that this haranguing -- and I use that word affectionately -- will continue today at the Kodak Theatre, before the CNN Democratic Debate begins there.

Basically, the California League of Conservation Voters wants to put the heat on the media. Their beef: The "most-watched reporters" are not asking presidential candidates about global warming issues. "Since January 2007, they have asked presidential candidates a total of 2,938 questions. Just 6 of those questions mentioned global warming."

Want to join them? Show up at 2:30 p.m. today (RSVP here) in front of the Kodak Theatre, ready to march. If you stick around until 4 p.m., you'll spot Teddy Mather -- a.k.a. a costumed bear -- from the National Parks Conservation Association, fighting to make parks a campaign issue. Or if you're not so bold as to march, you can just sign the CLVC petition here.

Image courtesy of CLVC.org

Comments

[sheila]

is this the same league of conservation voters run by david nahai here in la, who is the biggest cheerleader we have for KILLING THE WILDERNESS with his greedy giant-scale "renewable" power projects while refusing angelenos a fair deal on local rooftop PV? no thanks, they have totally discredited themselves by having him on the board.

you cannot kill off hundreds of thousands of acres of healthy, fragile ecosystem just so you can have a tighter chokehold over ratepayers. wanna save the planet? STOP ALL PROJECTS ON BLM LAND and PUT ALL THOSE RESOURCES INTO PV AND MEANINGFUL CONSERVATION.

LADWP is corrupt and rapacious, now as always, and they must be stopped. please tell your city council person that you want your money going to YOU for panels, not towards permanent obliteration of the Joshua Tree area.