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Category Archives: Climate Change Education and Communication
Jon Koomey on climate change mitigation, corporate power, social responsibility, and the role of the market
Reviewing Jonathan Koomey's insightful book, Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs, led us to pose a series of follow-up questions to him. Herewith his reply to our question about the role of market-based innovation in climate change mitigation … Continue reading
Michael Mann-Bill Blakemore ABC News interview on climate change and the global warming disinformation campaign
In an extended interview posted today, Bill Blakemore at ABC News talks with scientist Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, about the global warming disinformation campaign, attacks on climate scientists (from Congress to hate mail), the … Continue reading
Washington Post connects wildfires, climate disruption; Obama doesn’t
The Washington Post reports: “Colorado and U.S. Forest Service firefighters are battling the state’s most destructive wildfires ever. Lightning and suspected arson ignited them four weeks ago, but scientists and federal officials say the table was set by a culprit … Continue reading
On the Green Front: “It’s hostile territory out there”
“If we’re not using mainstream media outlets for the biggest planetary crisis of our time, what the hell are we using them for?” In a wide-ranging conversation with veteran radio host Betsy Rosenberg on her program On the Green Front, … Continue reading
Cold Cash, Cool Climate
Jonathan Koomey’s new book, Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs, offers a concise, compelling analysis of why innovative entrepreneurial approaches are needed in order to limit global climate change, and to improve the quality of life while … Continue reading
US Climate Policy: Lecture at George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs
What kind of society do we want to be? What kind of government do we want to have? What interests are going to drive the key policy decisions? Climate policy has been drawn into that larger unresolved struggle. It’s not … Continue reading
Catholic educational institutions teach the peer-reviewed science about climate change
….and follow the lead of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which includes scientists who have helped write the IPCC Assessments. Thus it’s no surprise that paleoclimatologist Michael Mann was asked to address the student body at Bishop O’Connell High School, … Continue reading
Climate science in the schools: Heartland Institute vs. Gavin Schmidt
“So is climate change set to join evolution as the next big classroom controversy?” asks Brad Plumer in the Washington Post. “Things do seem to be trending that way.” And Heartland is proposing to use an author who willfully misreads climate … Continue reading
Republicans for Environmental Protection vs. Heartland Institute climate disinformation campaign
“Heartland, a PR and lobbying organization,…[its] strategy, and its reliance on funding from individuals who have a vested interest in undermining climate science, must be brought to the public's attention,” says the independent group Republicans for Environmental Protection. “They even … Continue reading
Leaked Heartland Institute documents include plan for climate disinformation curriculum in schools
Leaked internal documents obtained from the Heartland Institute include a fundraising plan with the outline of a project to develop teaching modules for use in K-12 education that would characterize climate science issues as major controversies (e.g., “whether humans are … Continue reading
