John Holdren, Obama’s top science adviser, when asked how to deal with climate change skeptics said it’s an “education problem” and “we have to educate them”. Secondly, he said human activity, particularly fossil fuel burning, is overwhelmingly likely to be
Bob Woodruff is a reporter for ABC News who focuses on environmental issues. Woodruff’s career is the sort which convinces Americans to invest their trust in his reporting. Unfortunately, Big Journalism has learned that Mr. Woodruff has been doing much
Sad to say, what I wrote last year at this time is hardly less apt today: “The State of the Union Address is ordinarily a bore. It generally consists of a laundry list of proposals, and the list nearly always
Though the media ceased to amaze me some time ago, that doesn’t mean my head doesn’t shake at times in complete dismay over the way things get spun. Criticism or an honest response from another point of view is one
Here’s the full statement released at the close of President Hu’s visit to Washington, along with some snarky editorial comments. It’s long on claims of progress, short on actual solutions to festering problems. I’ve put in bold those passages was
Just forget about that whole global warming scare that was still in vogue up until just over a year ago before the “climategate” scandal erupted, to say nothing of updated research that interlinks natural forces with warming and cooling trends
Where are the obvious transitions, the segues that TV news loves so much? I’ve seen them so strained that while anchoring a newscast I once refused to read a segue that went from Thanksgiving dinner to a double fatal car
I was taken aback by this paragraph in a Politico story by someone a colleague of mine styles as the best reporter in DC on these issues. It reveals the media are not only telling us what to watch for
In 2005, the Department of Defense announced the Future Combat System program. (See “Army’s ‘Future Combat System’ calls for autonomous robot soldiers by 2014.”) The plan was that a network of intelligent battlefield robots, including aircraft, ground vehicles, and units
From the Associated Press: Stymied in Congress, the Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on power plant and oil refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year. In a statement posted on the
In a “holiday” message from “Office” creator Ricky Gervais, the world famous atheist spends about five paragraphs essentially ridiculing the inability of we Believers to articulate exactly why it is we believe in God. Then, laughably, he goes on to
So, it was like a sequel to a Rob Schneider movie, and not even Rob Schneider bothered to return. I speak of the U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change that annoyed Cancun, Mexico earlier this month. Mind you, over ten
JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV Obama administration officials and environmental leaders plan to convene the first-ever White House forum on environmental justice Wednesday, and the public is invited to tune in and participate online. “Green” jobs, “clean” energy and
A powerful snowstorm hit the upper Midwest on Saturday with as much as 20 inches of snow, forcing road closings in five states. It also postponed Sunday’s NFL game between the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings. It’s now set
Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: For a less measured example of Prof. Schneider’s demeanor, take a look at this scene from “Not Evil, Just Wrong”. The late Stephen Schneider was the Professor of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies at
Last week I was down in Cancun, Mexico reporting on the U.N. Climate Change Summit (officially called COP16/CMP6) with Americans for Prosperity and Andrew Breitbart. It was several days of sun, surf, and U.N. conmen. I am back in the
This week the EPA celebrates its 40th birthday. In honor of the occasion, they’ve launched a dedicated website called EPA@40, and it’s head, Lisa Jackson, will take off on a week-long party circuit designed to “highlight the impact of [the
When movie director James Cameron descended upon the Athabasca oil sands a while back, Albertans were subjected to the predictable but nonetheless aggravating media blitz of misinformation that occurs when a mega-star chooses a cause to elevate. The elevation came
In my Big Journalism piece, “How an Enviro-Advocacy Group Propped Up Global Warming in the MSM – A Nov 2 Election Connection” I described how the “reposition global warming as theory rather than fact” phrase is a viral accusation against
When movie director James Cameron descended upon the Athabasca oil sands a while back, Albertans were subjected to the predictable but nonetheless aggravating media blitz of misinformation that occurs when a mega-star chooses a cause to elevate. The elevation came
So climate change experts having finally got the message. And the message is: their message sucks. In fact, their “Scare the hell out of us” screed was so awful, researchers claim, that it actually undermined their mission. Which, I always
As the anniversary of his Waterloo — ClimateGate — unfolds this week, Al Gore is back and in classic form. In yesterday’s HuffPo, he fulminates on his hobbyhorse, right from the title: The Media Has Failed in Covering the Climate
For nearly two decades now, people have been arguing about climate change and getting nowhere. Right-wingers argue that global warming is a hoax based on unsubstantiated science, while left-wingers insist that not only is it real but unless we spend
For nearly two decades now, people have been arguing about climate change and getting nowhere. Right-wingers argue that global warming is a hoax based on unsubstantiated science, while left-wingers insist that not only is it real but unless we spend
On November 2, American citizens will go to the polls to elect our political leaders. One state measure demands the attention of environmental and energy interests across the nation: Proposition 23 in California. Proposition 23 would delay implementation of AB32,
