As Europe heats up, Greenland melts and the Midwest floods, many news organizations are devoting more resources to climate change as they cover the topic with more urgency.
NYT
Reporters cover glaciers and the heat wave in Paree
instead of murder or the crooks in Washington DC.
With thermometers and graphics they are trying for a scoop
to be the first to show that Iceland's turning into soup.
Never mind the president or war with dull Iran;
journalists are writing bout the driftwood in Spokane.
The permafrost's releasing greenhouse gases, so the Times
is sending ten reporters out to chronicle these crimes.
After crying 'wolf' so long, the fourth estate at last
has convinced its readers that we all are being gassed.
Papers have tapped into all our guilt and dim unease,
as circulation climbs and they begin to pulp more trees.
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