Nothing bugs me more than when so-called progressives have their own litmus test on political issues. In the last two days, blogger Joe Romm has taken his fellow climate advocate, Jim Hansen, to the woodshed (see here and here), because of Hansen’s vocal opposition to cap and trade. One irony is that Hansen, in this…Continue Reading…
I’m so naive. I had no idea Romm was dictating his posts. I had pegged him as the fanatical obsessive type, singularly focused, the way he cranked out those multiple 2,000 word-plus posts every day. So now I’m wondering: is this de riguer? Or am I misunderstanding his comment about the perils of voice dictation…Continue Reading…
So the Indispensable One is telling his choir to ignore a prestigious, internationally respected journal that has just devoted much of its current issue to climate change, which contains articles by these guys. Predictably, Rommians are grateful for the Indispensable One’s directive: Great post. Saved me a couple hours. You are the best. Hey, you…Continue Reading…
Uh oh, looks like someone’s stuck in reverse. Must be a slow day on the global warming “media stunner” watch if Romm’s picking over a three-week old interview, as if it was a fresh scab. I guess he didn’t read part one and part two of this colorful memo from one of his Grist colleagues.
On the Media’s Bob Garfield recently discussed the NY Times magazine’s Freeman Dyson profile with Joe Romm. You can count on Romenesko to capture the best moment in the exchange: ROMM: What The New York Times Magazine has done is elevate Dyson to a very high degree of credibility as a highly credible source on…Continue Reading…
No environmental issue, other than global warming, generates as much controversy and misguided rhetoric as overpopulation. (The disclaimer at the top of the Wikipedia entry that I link to speaks for itself.) The population issue has loomed so large in the environmental movement that greens these days have a tendency to consider it part of…Continue Reading…
You Rommians must be gluttons for punishment. Jacob Weisberg spent 105 words speculating on the merits of Freeman Dyson’s controversial climate change perspective. Romm countered with 1,154 words of same old, same old. That’s a crying shame.
UPDATE: Big mistake on my part, for reading past the part in Romm’s post where he says he recently debated Morano. The perils of speed reading. Good lesson I have just learned. Still, my larger point holds: Romm was curiously moved to write his post after he debated Morano. Why? It’s not like Morano’s history…Continue Reading…