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Charities Spread Scare Stories on Climate Change to Boost Donations
Another via Country Store. (Hey, heâs 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 ainât so! The charities, including WWF-UK, the worldâs biggest WWF would lie? Iâm shocked! Oh, wait... Theyâre 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 âsex-upâ 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 donât think mine could be increased any more; Iâve 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 charitiesâ 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 2004-05-03 |
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