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Joe Brewer, of the Rockridge Institute, writes: "An article published today in the science section of the New York Times clearly demonstrates the importance of frames and narratives when discussing important political issues. John Tierney's article 'Findings: 'Feel Good" vs. 'Do Good' on Climate' is currently among the most popular articles of the day. This widely read article is filled with distortions, redirections, and spin designed specifically to undermine public acceptance of one of the gravest threats we face as a global community."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091307N.shtml

Writing for The Christian Science Monitor, Christopher D. Ringwald says: "As religious leaders and their congregations go green, they've neglected one Judeo-Christian teaching that could cut energy consumption and pollution by 14.2857 percent."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/091207EC.shtml

Agence France-Presse reports, "The best way of tackling greenhouse gas emissions is for countries to pass laws that enforce the use of existing energy-efficient technology, a UN climate change expert said Monday."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091207P.shtml

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/12/3792/



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Informant: Teresa Binstock

Die Energie- und Klimawochenschau: Ernteausfälle treiben Weizenpreise in die Höhe, doch Automobilindustrie hat mit Reduktion der Treibhausgase wenig im Sinn.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26168/1.html

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/08/3710/



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