Let it not be said that no one is using eye-catching stunts to raise awareness about global warming. The activist group the Yes Men is distributing 85,000 free copies of a "special climate edition" of the New York Post throughout New York City today, with the goal of, well, terrifying people into action against climate change. The full paper is available online here, and each article is also online. Here's an excerpt from the front-page story:
It’s official. It’s getting hot down here. And if we don’t stop burning oil and coal, the Big Apple will be cooked. According to a high tech study commissioned by a concerned Mayor Bloomberg and generously funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, climate change caused by human-created greenhouse gases is threatening the health, livelihood and security of New Yorkers—especially those who take the subway to work... According to the panel’s report, if all nations don’t ...
