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By Bruce Lieberman
On May 13, the date of West Virginia's presidential primary, CNN launched what the progressive group, Think Progress, called a "coal fest."
"ISSUE #1: MAKING GAS FROM COAL: REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON OIL" flashed across the television screen as senior business correspondent Ali Velshi expounded on the prospect of converting coal into liquid fuel. [ Full article ] POSTED SEP 04 2008
A 'Sea Change' in Findings from 1,300 Researchers?
By Bud Ward
Research scientists and journalists may be interacting lots more than generally thought, and the scientists' experiences, at least, may be "far smoother" than generally thought.
That's the gist of a new research report based on a survey of more than 1,300 researchers in the U.S., France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. [ Full article ] POSTED SEP 04 2008
By Bill Dawson
With the mainstream commercial media companies eliminating many hundreds of journalists' jobs, new ventures such as the nonprofit Pro Publica, the New York-based investigative reporting organization, are trying to pick up some of the slack.
Now comes something really different ... [ Full article ] POSTED SEP 04 2008
BOOK REVIEW
By Bud Ward
Climatologist Michael E. Mann might be forgiven for having wondered if yet another book on global climate change was warranted. Whether yet another global warming book could make a significant contribution to the field, could be different from the many - and many of them excellent - that preceded it. [ Full article ] POSTED SEP 04 2008
Arctic Series for Edmonton, Toronto Papers
By Christine Woodside
For 28 years, Canadian writer Ed Struzik has skied, dogsledded, snowmobiled, helicoptered, canoed, and ridden icebreakers as part of his writings about the Arctic. Since long before most journalists paid the northern territories much heed, Struzik has covered the change brewing in these empty lands as his beat.
This summer, Struzik's experience, contacts, and talent came together: his 2007 newspaper series, "The Big Thaw," about how life is changing in the Arctic, won a $5,000 special merit award from the Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. [ Full article ] POSTED SEP 04 2008
NEWS NOTES
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By John Wihbey
Opinion polls are fueling politicians and candidates to push for more U.S. offshore oil drilling, with the media looking on intently.
Since the issue became a political focal point in May and June, polling has been relentless: Zogby. Rasmussen. Field. Gallup. Quinnipiac. CNN. Bloomberg. The list goes on. All point to an increasing public desire to lift a moratorium on more domestic drilling.
It's a rough reality check for the climate change movement ... [ Full article ] POSTED AUG 07 2008
By Bill Dawson
A recent "kerfuffle," as a headline writer for FOXNews.com termed it, once again underscored the influence of the blogosphere's echo chamber - and just how quickly it can spread bad information.
The American Physical Society, APS, last month saw fit to "reaffirm" its official position on climate change after a flurry of online reports and comments erroneously stated that the group had reversed its 2007 stance that humans are causing global warming and that greenhouse emissions should be lowered. [ Full article ] POSTED AUG 07 2008
Sac Bee: Global Warming = Local Warming
By Bud Ward
Some of the beats most likely to provide the best platforms for newspaper coverage of climate change are doing worse than other news categories in the increasingly competitive newsroom - garnering less space as newspapers continue grappling with endemic economic woes.
The news about newspaper trends isn't all bad, however, as environment is among the areas where some editors are increasing, rather than decreasing, resources. But there's an important catch here in terms of climate change stories - the need for a local angle. [ Full article ] POSTED AUG 07 2008
COMMON CLIMATE MISCONCEPTIONS
By Zeke Hausfather
The global market for carbon reductions is growing rapidly, having doubled in value in the last year alone to more than $64 billion.
The European Union Emissions Trading System (EUETS) comprises most of the market, with the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and other various offset markets valued at almost $14 billion. These latter offset markets primarily involve project-based investments in developing countries not subject to any greenhouse gas emissions cap.
At the core of the offset market is the idea of additionality ... [ Full article ] POSTED AUG 07 2008
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September 4, 2008
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NEWS NOTES
POSTED SEP 04 2008
Shifting storm tracks
Cracking glaciers
Offshore drilling gears up
Full-Day Focus Opening SEJ Meeting:
'America's Emerging Energy Future'
No Bombshell in Academics' Analysis: Skeptics/Conservative Think Tanks Linked
Plug-In Hybrid Advances Focus
Of Utilities/G.M. Collaboration
Brookings Researchers Point to Factors Shaping American Views on Climate Change
Ball State Researcher Finds Improved - But Still Lagging - Coverage
Doppelt in Monitor Column Points to 'Systems Blindness'
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