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07/05/2004 London - 07 May 2004THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW: WHO WILL YOU BLAME? Scroll down to read what the media has to say on the film. Environmental campaigners have taken up a challenge from the producers of the upcoming blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, by launching a new website. www.thedayaftertomorrow.org is a spoof on the dot com website of the same name. The movie, to be launched on 28 May, recounts a fictional disaster in which climate change brings about a new ice age. The producers have stated that campaigners should take advantage of the film. The parody website, launched today by Greenpeace, will roll out in at least six countries and four languages. But the Greenpeace site lays the blame for climate change squarely at the feet of the U.S. administration and oil company Esso by asking the question: “The Day After Tomorrow – Who will you blame?” “Millions of people will see this film and want to do something about the growing menace of global warming. When they visit our site, they’ll learn about the real life disaster of climate change – currently being directed by Esso and produced by George W Bush,” said Rob Gueterbock of Greenpeace. “This movie may be fiction, but climate change is real and we know who the bad guys are.” Visitors to the site can see Greenpeace’s own movie trailer, which features real impacts of climate change (special effects), a factual update on the science and a chance to “re-write the ending” by taking action. Greenpeace is also launching a massive subvertising campaign. More than a million movie-style stickers are now in the hands of activists across the UK, ready to let the public know who’s to blame for global warming. The environmentalists’ campaign comes as the Bush administration attempts to stifle the film’s message. The New York Times recently published an internal administration memo showing how NASA scientists were ordered not to comment on the film. NASA later rescinded the order, after scientists protested.
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Latest Campaign News KYOTO MARCH - Saturday 12 February 2005 In February the Kyoto Protocol finally comes into force. Join the Campaign Against Climate Change on a march in central London to mark the occassion by protesting the US' refusal to join the Protocol. Assemble at Lincoln's Inn Fields at 11.30. For more information go to www.campaign againstclimatechange.net Esso up to old tricks on Kyoto Governments from around the world met in Buenos Aires to discuss protecting the climate under the Kyoto Protocol. Greenpeace sent a delegation to the conference to keep an eye on the activities of Esso and other fossil fuel lobbies.more "Global warming is a conspiracy against America" As a taste of what is to come during a second Bush term Myron Ebell, an advisor to President Bush on climate issues, recently argued that global warming is a myth cooked up by the EU to 'hamper American competitiveness'... more Russia Ratifies The Russian parliament have voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which brings the treaty into force... more Chief Scientist: we need immediate action on climate change "Action is affordable, inaction is certainly not," says Sir David King, the UK governments chief scientist...more |
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