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When they aren’t citing the fraudulent claim that 97% of scientists back global warming alarmism, those who wish to panic us into handing over control of all energy usage to governments resort to emotional imagery of animals they claim are endangered by global warming. The notorious picture of a polar bear on a piece of ice was used for years, until it became clear that polar bear populations are growing, and that polar bears love to ride ice and then go for a swim. Time for new creature to be used to evoke feelings of pity and guilt, those...

Editor's note: This column was co-authored by Dr. Susan Crockford. Netflix has recently premiered their new eight-part series titled Our Planet, with narration from the inveterate David Attenborough. One particularly grisly scene of walruses falling to their death from a high cliff in northern Russia has caused shock and revulsion among many viewers. It has also raised serious questions about the truth of a number of claims made in the documentary, in particular the claim that “climate change” is responsible for the deaths.Other questionable claims include that a huge walrus herd ended up on a beach because there was not enough...

08/12/2002 Byliner: Powell Says Sustainable Development is Compelling Issue for the United States (Powell article in special edition of U.N. publication) (2090) (This byliner by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared in an August 12 special edition of the United Nations Environment Program magazine "Our Planet" and is in the public domain. No republication restrictions.) (begin byliner) Only One Earth Colin L. Powell The World Summit on Sustainable Development comes barely 20 months after we welcomed in the new century. Despite the stories and images of trouble we read in our newspapers and view on our television screens, this...