No matter what some of the more zealous climate advocates may think of Roger Pielke, Jr., I bet they would agree with him here. Seriously, this is red meat wrapped in a bow for Morano. The striking thing, aside from the obvious foot-in-mouth comments, is that this interview is a month old. How is it…Continue Reading…
If there are any French wine snobs among global warming skeptics, this news from Green Inc. might help convert them. Then again, I happened to see the movie Bottle Shock the other day, which taught me there’s no reason to be a french wine snob anymore. Of course, as with everything else climate change related,…Continue Reading…
I’ve recently spent a lot of time reporting in the Four Corners region of the Southwest. When this blog goes dark for a few days, it’s usually because I’m on assignment somewhere in the backcountry, or frantically trying to meet a magazine deadline. So one of the stories I’ve been working on is about archaeology…Continue Reading…
Several weeks ago Dwight Garner from the NYT began a book review this way: Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs are the subject and the author of two of the most indelible nonfiction books of the 20th century: Robert Caro’s biography of Moses, “The Power Broker” (1974) and Jacobs’s own “Death and Life of Great American…Continue Reading…
Yes, you read that right. Thanks to Marc Morano, people on opposite sides of the climate debate are now hearing each other out. They read each other’s rants, missives, spin, arguments and counter-arguments. If you think the public discussion of climate change is best served by a free flowing exchange of information and perspectives, then…Continue Reading…
A conservationist tries to make sense of a town grief-stricken over a wild turkey that got a little too comfortable among humans. People in Easton, MA are so torn up about “Freddie” that a facebook page was created. It has over 1500 fans. There was also a memorial for the bird, with flowers, all of…Continue Reading…
Carl Zimmer surveys the science communication landscape over the last ten years. As he notes, many scientists today are taking matters into their own hands. To understand how radical this is, Zimmer shares a hilarious anecdote on how scientists responded to the 1999 Kansas Board of Education decision on evolution.
I’d pay to see this, but I’m almost certain that Romm won’t accept. He’s built himself up by tearing down anyone who dissents from his views on climate change. And he’s done it from the comforts of his home. Why leave that zone of safety? Why leave the bosom of the echo chamber he’s created…Continue Reading…
The nascent field of environmental security better be ready for prime time, because this front-page NYT story on Sunday is sure to inject the national security/climate change nexus into the public debate. It’ll be interesting to see how the leading environmental security advocates respond to John Broder’s NYT article. (Keep an eye here and here.)…Continue Reading…
It’s quite possible that the latest musings from Bjorn Lomborg in the Financial Times only reinforce what an incorrigible media whore he is. Still, funny how Morano & club opted to ignore this snippet: Having questioned aspects of climate change science in the past, Mr Lomborg now says “the basic scientific questions [on climate change]…Continue Reading…