Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Issue that Dare Not Speak Its Name

New York Times: A mountain of scientific evidence points to climate change as a serious risk for the human future. The Pentagon sees it as a threat to national security. Arctic sea ice hit a record low this summer. In some low-lying countries threatened by sea level rise, evacuation planning has already begun. Yet the presidential debates are now over, and not once did climate change surface explicitly as an issue. This campaign is the first time that has happened since 1988, and environmental groups – and environmentally...

URL: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/the-issue-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/
Enclosure: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/10/23/blogs/debate/debate-blog480.jpg

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