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  Of course environmental groups are controlled

  Of course environmental groups are controlled the same as everybody else, for they don't stress obvious things. For example: when titanic glaciers melt or slide from land to sea, the earth flexes from the weight now dispersed. Earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions result. This has happened several times for very long periods, and is standard geology.

   For prehistory repeating itself, search: "Greenland's Ice Sheet Is Slip-Sliding Away " (LA Times 6/25/06). Note seismic activity at end and idea of Greenland possibly being 3 islands under the 2 miles thick ice , so the center area is 1000′ below sea level (from other source). No discussion of the sea water thus running under and up into the glaciers and the potential for unseen draining via the reported drill-like beneath the  "unblemished surface".

  A week later appeared
  "Climate Change Could Cause Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Scientists Say" (Ottawa Citizen 7/3/06). ("Could" as in "Gravity could cause unsupported objects to fall."  

  In neither article is any discussion of possible effects of earthquakes on glaciers sliding, ignoring the inevitable sequence: less weight triggers earthquake, quake causes slide, repeat until arctics are cap-less.

  "Greenland's Ice Cap Is Melting at a Frighteningly Fast Rate" (S.F. Chronicle 8/11/06) says said ice is 3 miles thick, and also that it's melting thrice as fast as 5 years gone (LA Times 6/25 said twice)

  Also see "Glaciers Are Flowing Faster" Nature 9/23/04,  
  "A Bit of Icy Antarctica Is Sliding Toward the Sea" Science 9/24/04, "Dramatic Change in West Antarctic Sea Ice Could Produce 16ft Rise in Sea Levels" Independent/UK 2/2/05. (By the way, this explains the Dubai ports deal in Spring '06, contracts bought from the former owners of the Penninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.)

  Yet Greenpeace remains headquartered in Amsterdam and stresses loss of sea ice and endangered polar bears, walruses, seals, only mentions land ice tangentially.

  UK Observer 9/8/07 ran
  "Melting ice cap triggering earthquakes" about NW Greenland in summer '07 getting first, 1-3 Richter so far, earthquakes on record, for ice lightening reasons.

  UK Independent 10/3/07 ran "Record 22C temperatures in Arctic heatwave" about the previous July, past July's in that part of Greenland usually being about 5C. Article mentions rain at the North Pole, a great hook for newspapers and late night comedians, yet stressed by no one. "Wet Santa" would be great for circulation and yucks, yet subject is ignored.

  UK Independent 10/3/07 also ran "From the air, the evidence of climate change is striking",  mentions moulins (melt-holes) big enough to fly a helicopter into but is written like a travel article, all about light and beauty.

  MSNBC 12/13/07 reported "Magma may be melting Greenland ice", about magma close to surface of NE Greenland and NY Times 1/21/08 said "Scientists Find Active Volcano in Antarctica" about magma close to surface of West Antarctica. (Which is nice, because they didn't report the hurricane in the South Atlantic 3/27-28/04, an unprecedented event. I confirmed the non-reportage with the Assistant Public Editor.)

  UK Independent 9/23/08 ran the horrid title and better subtitle "Exclusive: The methane time bomb:
  Arctic scientists discover new global warming threat as melting permafrost releases millions of tons of a gas 20 times more damaging than carbon dioxide".

  This at least is getting a little play on environmental blogs, but so far not as much  as deserved, and I haven't seen it in US newspapers.

  Has anyone seen any of the above stressed by the supposed doomsayer Gore, by Greenpeace, Sierra Club, any group?On Green, Inc. author says big environmental groups have sold out to big business posted 1 year, 1 month ago 4 Responses