Break out the violins: Yet another global warming sob story from your mainstream media

By the way, I've noticed that these sob stories have become significantly rarer as global warming hysteria fades. I would expect politicians and coastal media to be among the last to figure out the global warming scam.

Global warming blamed for aspen die-off across the West -- latimes.com

The trees, which were already under duress, are being killed by insects that thrive as the climate changes. Scientists call it Sudden Aspen Decline. [get it--the acronym is "SAD"]

Sept '09 story

[Is carbon dioxide killing off local aspens, or is it some combination of drought, frost, bugs, fungus, browsing, fire exclusion, etc?]