No Planet Relief

Not refering to Bush saying today that climate change action shouldn't slow economies..

BBC switches off climate special, Planet Relief

This has raised a whole lot of debate including these excerpts from various British newspapers.

The transformation of climate change from a scientific to a political issue became clear last night when the BBC dropped plans for a day-long TV special on global warming, writes Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor of the Independent.

The BBC has abandoned plans for a Comic Relief-style special, 18 months in the making, about climate change after senior executives complained the corporation should not be preaching to viewers. - The Telegraph

The cancellation comes a week after it came under fire from two of its most senior news and current affairs executives over impartiality issues surrounding the TV special. - The Guardian

Others agree: "People are understandably interested in this, but it is absolutely not the BBC's job to save the planet. There are a lot of people who think that, but it must be stopped." - Peter Barron, editor of BBC's Newsnight in The Daily Mail.

Reasons for withdrawal - "Impartiality guidelines" or not, I have found the BBC's site on global warming and climate change to be a very useful resource on the subject.

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