Dan Miller's Letter to Fellow Journalists

From the desk of

Dan Miller
Business Editor, Chicago Sun-Times

November 12, 2007

Dear Colleague:

Global warming is one of the most controversial issues journalists have to address today. On the one hand we hear Former Vice President Albert Gore and the United Nations saying "the debate is over." On the other hand, we hear a chorus of dissent from scientists and economists, many of them quite distinguished, saying the debate has only begun.

I urge you to keep an open mind on this important topic. To help you do so, I am enclosing two documentary films on DVD, "An Inconvenient Truth," which recently won an Academy Award, and "The Great Global Warming Swindle," which was produced by respected British film maker Martin Durkin and broadcast on British television.

I hope you can find some time to watch one or both of the films. When you finish viewing the movies, please feel free to pass them along to friends and colleagues.

You will notice that the DVDs were provided by The Heartland Institute, a 23-year-old national nonprofit organization based in Chicago. Heartland's president, Joseph Bast, tells me no corporate funding was used to purchase or package these DVDs, in case that matters to you. I think it speaks highly of an organization that it is willing to present both sides of an issue.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and to view one or both of these important movies.

Sincerely,

Dan Miller