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Leaky Brains and GMOs

May 14, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, environment, GMOs, science journalism, select | 68 comments

https://www.mdifitness.com/9a8q639b When the definitive history of the GMO debate is written, Jeffrey Smith is going to figure prominently in the section on pseudoscience. He is the equivalent of an anti-vaccine leader, someone who is quite successful in spreading fear and false information. (As David Gorski at the Science-based Medicine blog has noted, the anti-vaccine and anti-GMO movements… https://www.andrewlhicksjrfoundation.org/uncategorized/4gpre2pr7t Continue Reading…

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It's the Weather, Stupid *

May 10, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, environment, global warming, select | 29 comments

Can You Order Klonopin Online Last year, in an interview with New York Times reporter Justin Gillis, CJR’s Curtis Brainard asked: There’s been a lot of debate about the extent to which media coverage does or does not influence public opinion about climate change and society’s willingness to address the problem. Do journalists matter in this regard? Gillis answered exactly… Continue Reading…

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When Filmmakers Live in Fantasyland

May 3, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, Energy, environment, fracking, select | 27 comments

As it becomes increasingly evident that a switch from coal to natural gas is reducing energy-related carbon emissions in the United States–which is a net plus if you care about climate change– opponents of fracking find themselves being asked to choose between the lesser of two evils. That is a debate in of itself worth… Continue Reading…

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Why GMO Supporters Should Embrace Labels

April 29, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, environment, genetic engineering, genetically modified foods, GMOs, science, science communication, select | 144 comments

https://www.varesewedding.com/c67ypvnx4a2 Guest post by Ramez Naam. Keith Kloor has graciously given me the opportunity to guest post here again. So let me cut to the chase: I support GMOs. And we should label them. We should label them because that is the very best thing we can do for public acceptance of agricultural biotech. And… https://www.fogliandpartners.com/228qbkp7r9 Continue Reading…

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When Media Uncritically Cover Pseudoscience

April 26, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, environment, herbicide, Monsanto, select | 95 comments

Anti-biotech activists, like their fellow travelers in the anti-vaccine movement, are masters at pseudoscience. As I’ve previously discussed, the really clever GMO opponents put a veneer of science on their propaganda. One recent example that an anti-GMO website approvingly pointed to was so obviously absurd that I was sure it would be ignored by media.

Is There Room at the Table For an Organic Food Eating Skeptic?

April 25, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, ecology, environment, food, food movement, organic agriculture, organic food, select | 33 comments

Being a city boy (for all my adult life), my exposure to agriculture is woefully limited. I’ve parachuted onto actual farms in the Midwest during reporting trips for stories and every year around Halloween my wife and I take our kids to a farm in the outskirts to pick pumpkins, get lost in a corn… Continue Reading…

Is the Locavore Movement Built on a Lie?

April 24, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in environment, environmentalism, farmers markets, food movement, locavore, select | 34 comments

In the Fall, I walked with my son’s Kindergarten class and other parents to our local farmers market in Brooklyn. The kids had their list of items they had to find and identify (fruits, vegetables, flowers), I scored some delicious apple cider donuts, and a grand time was had by all on a blustery, sunny… https://www.scarpellino.com/hrflvllm3 Continue Reading…

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Can We Take Earth Day Seriously, While Also Mocking It?

April 22, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in earth day, environment, environmentalism, select | 3 comments

As Reuters puts it: If the environmental movement has a high holiday, Earth Day is it. After four decades, the annual celebration of good deeds and eco-awareness in the United States is as meaningful to environmentalists as St. Patrick’s day is to the Irish. Both annual events are green and festive. One is a sanctioned… Continue Reading…

Why Organic Advocates Should Love GMOs

April 12, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, climate change, environment, food security, GMOs, select | 139 comments

https://municion.org/znxosgir5wn Adapted from the new book The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet by Ramez Naam What if there was a way to farm that spared the rainforests, cut down on toxins in our soil and waters, and provided healthier, more nutritious food? Sounds like organic farming, right? But actually, it’s GMOs…. https://yourartbeat.net/2025/03/11/zojbeke Continue Reading…

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Study: Nuke Power Has Saved Millions of Lives. Media Yawns.

April 4, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, Energy, environment, nuclear power, select | 53 comments

When James Hansen, the newly-retired NASA scientist talks, people who care deeply about energy and climate change pay attention. For example, when Hansen says “game over” for the climate if Canada’s oil sands get developed, people take to the streets. When he publishes a study that says global warming has caused recent heat waves and… https://www.wefairplay.org/2025/03/11/npg55kgm8 Continue Reading…

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