Jill Fitzsimmons: Why Are We Hearing About This From The British Press?

Jill Fitzsimmons: Why Are We Hearing About This From The British Press?

via Media Matters for America - County Fair by Jill Fitzsimmons on 11/3/11

Earlier this week, the British newspaper The Guardian reported that an American panel of retired three and four-star generals is calling for a 30% reduction in U.S. oil consumption to mitigate the "significant national security threat" posed by "our reliance on this single commodity."

The new report by the Center for Naval Analyses' Military Advisory Board (MAB) urges the government to "take swift and aggressive action to reduce our use of oil" and "develop a comprehensive energy roadmap or strategic plan to enable consistent and strategic energy policies and investments." The former military leaders presented their findings at two briefings for members of Congress on Wednesday.

But the report has been entirely ignored by the major U.S. newspapers and television networks. Only CNN.com and a handful of defense and clean energy blogs have followed The Guardian's lead.

Evidently, the American media has been too busy inventing clean energy 'scandals' to take notice of this important story.

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