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What is the Best Way to Combat Confirmation Bias?

August 12, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, fracking, GMOs, science, science journalism, science literacy, wind turbines | 29 comments

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Why Is New York City's Air Getting Cleaner?

October 9, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in Energy, environment, environmental justice, fracking, natural gas | 6 comments

Several weeks ago, this was the headline for a press release: Mayor Bloomberg announces New York City’s air quality has reached the cleanest levels in more than 50 years. That’s quite a claim. Most media outlets reporting this story cut and pasted from the press release; few bothered to delve into the report Bloomberg was… Buy Soma Online Continue Reading…

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Our Fraught Relationship with Technology

September 19, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in Anthropocene, climate change, Energy, environment, environmentalism, fracking, global warming, select | 6 comments

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When Filmmakers Live in Fantasyland

May 3, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, Energy, environment, fracking, select | 27 comments

As it becomes increasingly evident that a switch from coal to natural gas is reducing energy-related carbon emissions in the United States–which is a net plus if you care about climate change– opponents of fracking find themselves being asked to choose between the lesser of two evils. That is a debate in of itself worth… Continue Reading…

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Is Scaremongering Dangerous to Your Health?

March 15, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in anti-fracking movement, fracking, select | 28 comments

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Step Away From the Funhouse

March 15, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, climate change, energy policy, environment, fracking, select | 12 comments

Why do environmental debates almost always turn into polarizing slugfests? Well, such debates focus on problems identified as significant threats to the planet and human welfare. People fight over how big (or negligible) a certain threat is and what the solution should be. The fiercest battles are between people who have different values, which turns into… https://theroyalstagproperties.com/contact-5/ Continue Reading…

What Actual Climate Progress Looks Like

August 27, 2012 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, fracking | 483 comments

It has been suggested by some that political action on climate change will require a grassroots uprising similar to the Civil Rights movement. The analogy strikes me as wishful thinking. In 2010, Leigh Ewbank laid out why: Unlike the civil rights movement, climate change has a complex causation. Its effects are indirect, systemic, difficult to… Continue Reading…