Post Tagged with: "species extinction"

June 21, 2012 09:13

New scare tactics: Sustainable development and biodiversity “easier sell” than climate change

“Rio+20” is trying to shift attention to “biodiversity” and alleged threats to plant and animal species, as the new “greatest threat” facing Planet Earth. This rebranding is “by design,” according to conference organizers, who say sustainable development and biodiversity is an “easier sell” these days than climate change: a simpler path to advance the same radical goals.