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| Charities Spread Scare Stories on Climate Change to Boost Donations |
| 2004-05-03 |
| Another via Country Store. (Hey, he’s retired and has the time to find this stuff. :-p) EFL Environmental charities are exaggerating the threat of climate change in an attempt to raise more money from public donations, according to a report by Oxford University academics. Awww, say it ain’t so! The charities, including WWF-UK, the world’s biggest WWF would lie? I’m shocked! Oh, wait... They’re not talking about the World Wrestling Federation, are they? Carry on, then. The report says: "It might serve the interests of particular actors in the chain to ’sex-up’ the story [Where have we heard that before? Gee, lemme think....] by linking climate change with the imminent threat of massive extinctions and jump on the resulting bandwagon. "By this means . . . conservation charities generate donations and politicians gain an agenda that may attract votes and enhance careers. This could increase public cynicism [I don’t think mine could be increased any more; I’ve pretty much topped out in that area.] and complacency about climate change and biodiversity loss." The report, Crying Wolf on Climate Change and Extinction, examined environmental charities’ responses to climate change research conducted by the University of Leeds in January. Telling title. Guess the "conservationists" have never read the ending of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. More at the link. Seething and crys of "fraud" from the LLL and the "conservationists" in 5, 4, 3.... |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #3 Thanks, Steve. Wish I could take credit, but Country Store found this one. (He really finds weird stuff.) Though I do find some enviro-related stuff in a specialty newsletter I get. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-03 10:39:26 PM |
| #2 But curing cancer would help society, whereas curing global warming would help ... noone. Nice post, Barb, you have a knack for finding some interesting ones! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-05-03 10:30:21 PM |
| #1 In unrelated news, the Cancer Society is still seeking a cure after fifty years. ....self preservation societies |
| Posted by: john 2004-05-03 9:00:45 PM |