Climate Skeptics Misunderstand Us, Too
Heartland_Logo.png So recently, I’ve watched a few videos from the Heartland Institute conference on “Restoring the Scientific Method”—and it has been a fascinating experi...
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When Facts Don’t Matter: Proving The Problem With Fox News
ff-20110127-globalwarming.jpg My two posts about Fox News and misinformation are probably the most popular items I’ve contributed here. They’ve been widely linked, Twee...
Coal Ash Disposal Sites Contaminating Ground Water In 19 States
toxic1.jpg The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) has released a new report showing that coal ash disposal sites are threatening water supplies at 33 sites located in 19 different states acros...
Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked To Birth Defects
mountaintop-removal-project.jpg Researchers at Washington State University and West Virginia University have released a new report that links an increase in birth defects in Appalachia to the pra...
Jon Stewart 1, Politfact 0: Fox News Viewers Are The Most Misinformed
ff-20110127-globalwarming.jpg I have a lot of respect for political fact checking sites. I think they play a critical role, especially in our misinformation-saturated political and media environm...
Heritage Foundation Wastes No Time Spinning Court Ruling On Greenhouse Gas Emissions
lawsuit-500.jpg The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against plaintiffs yesterday in a lawsuit (American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut) brought by six states against several utility companies and the...
The Fox News Effect: Sea Level Edition
ff-20110127-globalwarming.jpg Climate scientists--and other scientists--are always improving and updating their methods. That's how science works. And it's a very good and honorable thing--or at ...
Pentagon Releases New Clean Energy Strategy
pentagon.jpg The U.S. Department of Defense has released a new strategy for how the U.S. military will address growing concerns over energy consumption. The military remains the single largest c...
Report: Broad Bipartisan Support For Action On Climate Change
climatechange.jpg A new report by George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication shows that voters in America are concerned about global climate change, and would support...
When It Comes to Expertise, You Can Always Fight a Guerilla War
Gorillas-fight.jpg You know how conservatives always have those big sign-on letters, listing X number of experts who disagree with evolution, or don’t think global warming is human caused? ...
Koch Money Fuels AFP Misinformation Campaign On Gas Prices
Obama Gas Bill.jpg The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking their misinformation machine on the road in an attempt to convince American consumers that President Obama is causing t...
Rush Limbaugh Seizes–and Freezes?–on "ClimateGate"
Rush_Limbaugh.jpg For some time, it has been clear that “ClimateGate” has a dramatic meaning for the political right in the U.S. Somehow, “ClimateGate” gave those conserva...
Debating Michael Shermer (and Bjorn Lomborg) on Climate Risks
michael_shermer-01.jpg On my latest podcast, I had the fortune of hosting Michael Shermer, who is the founder of Skeptic magazine and author of the important new book The Believing Brain.…
Will Republicans Attack Climate Preparedness Even at the Cost of National Security?
360px-US_Department_of_Homeland_Security_Seal.svg_.png Recently, House Republicans—constantly trying to frustrate all manner of climate change measures by the administration—took a cl...
Breaking: TransCanada Keystone I Pipeline Shut Down Indefinitely Due to Safety Concerns
tar-sands-pipeline-state-dept-sued.jpg Following a string of oil spills, TransCanada's Keystone I tar sands oil pipeline has been indefinitely shut down, and banned from restarting operations. To...
UK Opposed to Europe’s Tar Sands Import Ban
tar sands.jpg While most European countries are working on a proposal that would effectively ban the use of Canadian tar sands in the European Union, the United Kingdom has made…