Despite the impression some conservatives have that network news is obsessed with global warming, conservationists and liberal media critics Tuesday charged that TV is ignoring the climate change issue, making it worse because lawmakers don’t feel pressure to react.

“It’s time the nation’s top evening newscasts give climate change the coverage it deserves. If we want to see action to address this issue, the media needs to connect the dots between climate change and the extreme weather we’re seeing right outside our windows,” said Vanessa Kritzer of the League of Conservation Voters.