Democracy Now! Thursday, July 3, 2008

Today's Headlines

• 15 Colombian Hostages Rescued in Daring Operation
• Critics: Don’t Let Rescue Boost Uribe Policies
• McCain Briefed on Rescue Mission; Switches Advisers
• Amidst Progress on Nuke Talks, Bush Restates Iran Threat
• Lawmakers: Bush Admin Knew of Hunt Oil Deal in Iraq
• Adm. Mullen: Iraq War Undermining Afghan Efforts
• US, Poland Near Missile Deal
• US Reverses Moratorium on Solar Projects
• Jailed South Korean Immigrant Released in Return for Dropping Health Claims
• Study: Cheap Materials, Lax Oversight Caused Toxicity in Katrina Trailers
• LA Times Announces 250 Job Cuts

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  Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses Big Oil of Conspiracy to Deceive Public About Climate Change

  Attorney Stephen Susman helped file a groundbreaking lawsuit earlier this year on behalf of 400 Inupiat villagers in the Alaskan town of Kivalina who are being forced to relocate because of flooding caused by global warming. The suit accuses twenty oil, gas and electric companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and Peabody, of being responsible for emitting millions of tons of greenhouse gases causing the Arctic ice to melt. [includes rush transcript]

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  "Global Disruption" More Accurately Describes Climate Change, Not "Global Warming" - Leading Scientist John Holdren

  Leading scientist John Holdren says ‘global warming’ is not the correct term to use, he prefers ‘global disruption.’ “Global warming] is misleading, it implies something that is mainly about temperature, that’s gradual, and that’s uniform across the planet,” says Holdren. “In fact, temperature is only one of the things that’s changing it’s sort of an index of the state of the climate. The whole climate is changing: the winds, the ocean currents, the storm patterns, snowpack, snowmelt, flooding, droughts—temperature is just a bit of it.”