In my introduction to Grist’s presidential forum on climate, I mentioned a statistic that came to me from Gene Karpinski of the League of Conservation Voters: as of mid-November, Tim Russert of Meet the Press had interviewed presidential candidates 16 times, asking nearly 300 questions, and had not mentioned "climate change" or "global warming" a single time.
LCV has continued to pursue the issue, and today they’re launching a new site: "What are they waiting for?" It broadens the critique from Russert to all the Sunday political chat show hosts, noting that they have asked a cumulative 2,275 questions this year, and only three mentioned global warming.
It’s the single most important issue the next president will face, but the D.C. Village just can’t be bothered about it. Instead, they prefer to ask about stuff like this:
If you’re so inclined, you can sign the petition to ask the hosts to address the issue.
