penguin http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14032/all en 'Nightly News' Brings Alarmism Back http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-brings-alarmism-back <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >Between the very cold winter in many places and everyone including Vanity Fair focused on the economic <a href="http://businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20090406134617.aspx" />downturn</a>, many in the news media took a vacation from global warming alarmism. But on April 6, NBC brought the hype back with yet another story about the threat of melting ice caps.</p> <br /> <p >Anchor Brian Williams introduced an “Our Planet” segment by reminding viewers that the Obama administration was remaining active on the issue of climate change. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-brings-alarmism-back" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Environment alarmism AnneThompson arctic BrianWilliams ClimateChange GlobalWarming hype icecap icemelt NBC OurPlanet penguin polarbear polarregion VanityFair WorldWildlifeFund Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:57:45 +0000 admin 26867 at http://archive2.mrc.org ABC: Penguins are the Next 'Canaries in the Coal Mine' http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/abc-penguins-are-next-canaries-coal-mine <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     Now that environmentalists and the media have succeeded to getting polar bears – the global warming mascot of the northern hemisphere – listed as a “threatened species,” now they’re turning their eyes to another creature: the penguin.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/abc-penguins-are-next-canaries-coal-mine" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Environment ClimateChange GlobalWarming JennPennycook NedPotter penguin polarbear stevemcintyre WorldNewswithCharlesGibson WorldWildlifeFund Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:46:45 +0000 admin 26076 at http://archive2.mrc.org 'Good Morning America' Gives Only Fraction of ANWR Caribou Story http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/good-morning-america-gives-only-fraction-anwr-caribou-story <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now that <a href="http://businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080505154833.aspx"></a>legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to open up a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil exploration, ABC’s “Good Morning America” went live on location to show the “untouched wilderness.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/good-morning-america-gives-only-fraction-anwr-caribou-story" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Environment Alaska ANWR Caribou ClimateChange drilling gas glacier GlobalWarming ice iceberg icepack melt oil penguin polarbear price Snow wildlife Tue, 06 May 2008 19:01:27 +0000 admin 26202 at http://archive2.mrc.org