Ice, Ice Baby
Today on Earthbeat -- the ice at the North Pole nearly melted away this summer. The world's governments have rushed in - ironically not to save the ice, but to exploit the oil beneath the formerly frozen sea.
Host Mike Tidwell speaks to Mark Serreze of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
What's also on ice is any constructive action by the Bush Administration on climate change. The President will hold a two-day climate meeting in Washington, DC in the coming weeks, but authorities and activists say this meeting is nothing but bunk. Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists discusses the administration's policy moves, while youth activist Richard Graves highlights the on-the-ground action planned during the meeting. Graves is the with the website, It's Getting Hot in Here.
It's been a summer of records, from melting arctic ice, to droughts, to flooding. With a climate news roundup is Joe Romm, the author of the book Hell and High Water and with the climate blog, Climate Progress.
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Music for this week's show included 'Eskimo' and 'Cold Water' by Damien Rice.
Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.
Image used courtesy of Amanda Graham, Yukon White Light, copyright 2006.