This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Climate change should have a mandatory headline & link on news websites
Climate change can never be old news.
Every middle to top-tier news, current affairs or entertainment site should have a periodic headline focused on climate change, or the need to challenge it.
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On October 8th, 2018, many news sites carried a story from the IPCC explaining the catastrophic consequences facing Earth if climate change is not challenged.
Tomorrow, this news story will be gone and replaced by a wealth of new and relevant stories, but a lot of non-entities too.
This petition challenges the UK Government to implement a mandatory news headline policy on the landing pages of many news, current affairs, sports and entertainment sites as a bid to raise awareness of what is now a permanent threat.
Press releases, fact sheets, scientific articles could all be used to draw source information to keep the issue current, relevant and to raise awareness.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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The Government and Parliament are not responsible for headlines chosen by news websites.
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