Climate Change

One of the difficulties in getting a clear picture of the challenges posed by Climate Change has been access to accurate information. Major Oil interests very often have significant but discrete control over media outlets which has served to muddy the waters of good information about our climate. For example Carlos Slim (pictured right), the richest man in the world according to the Forbes 2011 list, has significant interests in oil and gas. He is a part owner of Bronco Drilling (a major US oil and gas drilling company). What is less well known here in Ireland is that he also has shares in Independent News and Media which runs the most popular selling titles in the country such as the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent. The net effect of Big Oil influence on the media is that crucial information about Climate Change is gradually being filtered out. Information such as that provided by NASA scientist James Hansen in the following short video ...