In the course of my legal career, I've had occasion to have plenty of contact with the press. It is incredible how news gets made - or not made. I think your comments regarding the media are right on. And, of course, the reporting on the issue will fall toward the bias of the reporting venue - without a doubt.

As to the overall scenario, the damage to the Amazon and to Madagascar is mind numbingly awful.

What's funny is that certain elements scoff global warming on the notion that there is so much snow fall on the eastern seaboard. However, they conveniently fail to tie that into rising temperatures in the Pacific.