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Learning to Live with Denialism

February 25, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, climate change, climate communication, climate science, science communication, select | 46 comments

Periodically, some readers accuse me of characterizing climate skepticism in an overly broad manner. There are various subspecies, they insist. So I should stop painting all climate skeptics as frothing conspiracy mongers. My rejoinder is that I base my characterization on the loudest, most relentless climate skeptics, who have made themselves the representative voices of… https://www.andrewlhicksjrfoundation.org/uncategorized/afi3xtw Continue Reading…

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Truth Always Wins

February 14, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, genetically modified foods, GMOs, science, science communication, science journalism, select | 66 comments

The politicized and polarized nature of the climate debate is well established. Those who track the testy, emotionally-charged conversation on agricultural biotechnology wonder if the GMO discourse is heading down that road. I’ve argued that the rhetorical tactics of GMO skeptics and climate skeptics are similar. Others have also come to see these commonalities (cherry-picking… https://ballymenachamber.co.uk/?p=ivey4jg Continue Reading…

Framing the Green Revolution

February 8, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, environment, GMOs, green revolution, select | 13 comments

https://www.fogliandpartners.com/ushgyfrnv4 A straightforward definition from Wikipedia: Green revolution refers to to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s, that increased agriculture production worldwide, particularly in the developing world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. The initiatives, led by Norman Borlaug, the “Father of the Green Revolution” credited with… Buy Zolpidem Online Uk Continue Reading…

The Church of the Organic

February 7, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in organic food, science, select | 32 comments

https://www.andrewlhicksjrfoundation.org/uncategorized/66zy7l1deks As I have discovered, there are numerous ways to get yourself on the outs with groups of people who otherwise share your values and politics. You could, for example, call out screechy climate demagogues or critique the rhetoric of saintly, well-meaning climate activists. You could also argue that environmentalism needs to be reinvented and make… Continue Reading…

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From the Annals of the Science Wars: A Cautionary Tale

February 7, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in environment, science, science journalism, select | 15 comments

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Stop Legitimizing the Loony Anti-GMO Voices

January 30, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, genetically modified foods, GMOs, science communication, science journalism, select | 142 comments

https://www.wefairplay.org/2025/03/11/ip1frxqzth A hypothetical: You are a journalist who has written a great deal about the anti-vaccine movement and you have been asked to participate in a panel on the safety of childhood vaccines. This panel was organized by professional medical and health journalists. Also on this hypothetical panel would be a prominent scientist, such as Paul… Zolpidem Buy Uk Continue Reading…

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California Must Reckon With Its Long History of Drought

January 27, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in California, drought, environment, select | 22 comments

https://www.onoranzefunebriurbino.com/lbbd15br In recent days and weeks, we’ve been seeing similar-sounding headlines out of California, such as this: Sacramento breaks 130-year old for low rainfall And this: LA is on track to set dry-weather record Indeed, as my fellow Discover blogger Tom Yulsman noted last month: We’ll have to wait a couple of weeks for the official year-end precipitation… Continue Reading…

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Why GMOs Matter

January 24, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, environment, GMOs, science, science communication, select | 169 comments

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Europe Submits to Iron Law of Climate Policy

January 23, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, climate policy, climate politics, climate science, global warming, select | 36 comments

https://www.scarpellino.com/f09ex4mjies We ofter hear that global warming is the existential issue of our day. And that reducing carbon emissions from fossil fuels will be essential if we are to preserve a livable climate for civilization. People can quibble with the various risk scenarios and which computer models are more accurate and so on, but in the… Continue Reading…

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The Demise of Easter Island's Eco-Collapse Parable

January 21, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in Easter Island, ecocide, environment, science, select | 43 comments

https://ballymenachamber.co.uk/?p=35lzo9cdsy8 I have often asked myself, What was Jared Diamond thinking when he first learned that everything Easter Island symbolized to him might be wrong? Did the prize-winning, internationally celebrated writer ever look around at the accumulating evidence and think that maybe–just maybe–Easter Island isn’t the best metaphor for ecocide? By all indications, Diamond has not allowed such… Continue Reading…