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Recent Posts
- Changing the Cultural Climate … on Climate Culture
- Lines in the Sand
- Competing Narratives in U.S. Television News
- Mind-Blowing Heartland Street Poster Fiasco
- High School Climate Education Highlighted in PBS NewsHour Segment
- Alley Points to His ‘Personal Milestones’ and Dog Walking …
- Localizing Climate Change Stories
Author Archives: Julie Halpert
Presbyterians and Climate Change
Presbyterians, ‘a microcosm of the larger country,’ are taking an aggressive approach to the climate, including a ‘radical act’ in 2006 of urging carbon-neutrality.
Series on Climate and Major Religions
Judaism and Climate Change
Major sectors of the Jewish Community are taking strong positions on combating climate change. But philosophies and approaches differ somewhat from one branch of Judaism to another.
GOP Candidates' Climate Views Challenged
Media ‘Fact-Checkers,’ Home State Papers Give Candidates Thumbs-Down
National news media ‘fact-checking’ operations and candidates’ own home state dailies are generally faulting GOP presidential candidates’ climate views, saying they are inconsistent with scientific evidence.
G.M., Ford, Toyota, Others Boast New Cars; Key Uncertainty amid Higher Gas Prices … Consumers
Rising prices for gas at the pump have more consumers looking at energy-efficient vehicles and other ways to stretch their dollars. Auto show celebrations of new environmentally friendly cars are the talk of the town …. the big question remains [...]
Incremental? Yes. But A Growing Role
for Social Sciences in Climate Change Dialog
No more assuming that scientific data alone will carry the day with the public and its policymakers. The continuing climate change polarization shows more of the same approach won’t work. Michigan Professor Andrew Hoffman insists that social scientists increasingly need [...]
Researchers Point to ‘Moral Obligation,’ ‘Good Citizens’ in Urging Scientists to ‘Speak Up’ on Policy
Scientists, speak up. That’s the message from Michael Nelson, an associate professor of environmental ethics at Michigan State University and John Vucetich, assistant professor of wildlife ecology at Michigan Technological University.
Wunderground.com’s Jeff Masters:
From ‘Mad Scientist Club’ to Leading Internet Site
ANN ARBOR, MI. — When Jeff Masters was 10, he helped launch the “mad scientist club” in his Birmingham, Michigan, school, writing a 100-page thesis based on observations from his telescope. By the time he was 12, he was diligently [...]



