Biotech Encounters
Science journalist Emily Anthes has a book coming out in March that I’m eager to read. Great title, cool cover! Virginia Hughes recently talked with Anthes about her book. Here’s an excerpt from that interview:
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What You Fixate on Twitter is Revealing
On Twitter, people tend to mention and link to things that correspond to their own pet issues. So Bill McKibben tweets a lot about the weather and news of droughts, wildfires, and other natural disasters. Since these tweets are coming from a leading climate change activist, the inference is clear. Similarly, Robert Bryce, an energy…Continue Reading…
The Meme Climate Communicators are Betting On
In his big speech earlier this week, President Obama put the American people on notice that he intends to make climate change a centerpiece of his second term. But is the nation with him on that? The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reports: Dealing with global…Continue Reading…
What Hinders a Constructive Climate Dialogue?
We hear a lot these days about the need for scientists ““ particularly climate scientists ““ to engage more with the public and better communicate their findings. That’s Leo Hickman in the opener of a recent Guardian piece. He reports on efforts by UK climate scientists to communicate more directly with some of their most…Continue Reading…
Friday Links
Some stuff that caught my eye this week: Bryan Walsh at Time attempts to sort through the frack-off at Cornell. Biotechnology to the rescue? Shhh, don’t tell the anti-GMO crowd about this one. Steve Silberman tweets: Between them, Gingrich and Limbaugh have had 7 marriages. And they want to abolish my one. Did you know Israel…Continue Reading…
Huntsman Surrenders High Ground, Joins the Crazy
Reading Jon Huntsman’s new-found equivocation on climate change reminded me of Bill Clinton’s flexible definition of the word “is.” There’s just no way you can be a politician and keep your soul from rotting. But hey, at that level of the game, how much soul can they have left? So why has Huntsman suddenly become squishy on…Continue Reading…
Some New Blog Features
In case you haven’t noticed yet, I’ve embedded my twitter feed at the right sidebar. More of me for you to love or loathe. Seriously, in between wise cracks and indecipherable chatter, you’ll probably come across some useful reading links.
Clubby Climate Blogosphere Gets Clubbier
There’s an intriguing new website/blog devoted to sustainability issues, which one admirer describes as thus: Planet 3.0 is attempt to do something genuinely useful and different in facilitating discussions about sustainability, and I am greatly encouraged to see it launched. Me too! Eager to learn more about this fledgling endeavor, I clicked on the “About”…Continue Reading…
The Blog is Back Up
Sorry for the inconvenience. My blog host is no dream. Evidently they’ve had major server issues today.
A Hideous Mutation of Glenn Beck
It looks something like this. As Jeffrey Goldberg puts it: Pamela Geller has a new book coming out, about what she sees as the central challenge of our time, called “Stop the Judaization of Germany.” Oops, sorry, it’s called “Stop the Islamization of America.” Same general theme, though. Yes, indeed, as I’ve pointed out here, about…Continue Reading…