Anti-Gore Movie Crowd Pushes Myth That Stopping Global Warming Will Destroy The Economy

I guess it had to be expected, but with momentum building behind Al Gore's new movie, An Inconvenient Truth, people who are against progress (are regressive) when it comes to curbing global warming are resorting to the old "its gonna destroy our economy" myth.

This is where as a scientist and solution-focused sustainability specialist familiar with the many benefits of climate change solutions, I become extremely disappointed in mass media organizations like Fox News for being very irresponsible (see photo above). For example, when it comes to the importance of fighting global warming, does Fox News know better than:

1. The joint statement of the National Academies of Sciences of 11 leading world nations about the importance of fighting climate change?

2. The authors and publishers of the following articles reporting on and proposing ways that solutions to climate change will in fact (a) improve our economy, public health, economic and national security, and quality of life, and (b) help us avoid grave economic, health and security threats:

• Combating global warming makes economic sense
• How to sieze the initiative on global warming
• Hotter issue in red states: global warming
• The new red, white and blue is green NY Times
• Kicking the oil habit and creating jobs
• Pricking the global conscience; climate change The Economist
• Bottom Line on Global Warming is Economy
• The Revolution Will Be Localized - Mayors Meet to Combat Climate Change
• Germany Launches Transition to 100% Renewable Energy
• Reframing the 'Economics vs. Environment' Debate
• Link Between Energy Efficiency and Shareholder Value, GreenBiz.com
• Global Warming's Threat to Timber Industry
• Fighting global warming while helping the bottom line
• Poll: Many firms see global warming (both positively and negatively) affecting their business
• Global Warming May Take Economic Toll
• Corporate America Feels the Heat - Political Winds Shift in Global Warming Debate
• Global Warming Behind Record 2005 Storms, U.S. Expert Says
• Could Global Warming Be Worse Than You Think? Scientific American
• Bold steps urged on global warming - rapid action required, scientists say
• Be worried, be very worried - global warming heats up Time
• How global warming affects your health
• Global warming could spell doom for ski resorts
• Global Warming could spread bubonic plague
• Global warming linked to rise in malaria, asthma Reuters
• MIT Study: Global Warming Cause of More Intense, Expensive, Dangerous Hurricanes CBS News
• Insurers Link Global Warming with Higher Cost of Storms

Just asking.

Society really needs the major TV news networks, who hold so much power over the public discourse, to step up a whole lot more than they have to properly inform the (voting) public about the opportunities offered by and threats to be averted by reversing climate change.