Category Archives: Climate Science Watch

"Obama and the Politics of Climate Science Communication"

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Rick Piltz

What is lost when the President fails to communicate with the public about global warming and climate change?  What should the President say to the public -- beyond breaking the silence and tactically gaining public support by clearing the low … Continue reading →

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“Greedy Lying Bastards”

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Rick Piltz

A ‘first final cut’ of Craig Rosebraugh’s new film about the power of the oil industry, the global warming disinformation campaign, and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil blowout disaster was screened on September 13 at the international conference on Culture, … Continue reading →

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“Culture, Politics, and Climate Change”

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Climate Science Watch

We’re in beautiful, environmentally conscious and scientifically literate Boulder, Colorado, this week, participating in an international conference on Culture, Politics, and Climate Change. The conference is co-sponsored by the Center for Environmental Journalism and a number of other components of … Continue reading →

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Climate Science Watch on Facebook and Twitter

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Climate Science Watch

The Climate Science Watch Facebook page, with expanded content, is a source for updated information on climate change science and policy news stories and global warming denialism.  And follow CSW on Twitter @ClimateSciWatch.  

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Climate Science Watch is taking a break

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Climate Science Watch

We'll be on travel for the next two weeks, returning to Washington, DC, on August 20. Posting will be infrequent, if we post at all.  Comment moderation will likely have long time lags.  To our research associate Katherine O'Konski, who … Continue reading →

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US Agriculture Secretary Vilsack’s evasiveness on climate change and drought

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Rick Piltz

“I’m not a scientist so I’m not going to opine as to the cause of this,” Tom Vilsack said at a White House press briefing when asked about the connection between climate change and the disastrous drought now plaguing much … Continue reading →

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Jon Koomey on climate change mitigation, corporate power, social responsibility, and the role of the market

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Jonathan Koomey and Rick Piltz

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 →

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On the Green Front: “It’s hostile territory out there”

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Climate Science Watch

“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 →

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Have multinationals hijacked Rio+20?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Climate Science Watch

Multinational corporations are well-represented at the Rio+20 conference in Brazil this week.  We talked with Al Jazeera English TV's Inside Story Americas, which asked, "whether in the push to attract so-called corporate stakeholders to the environmental cause, the UN summit … Continue reading →

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Popular Science reviews denialists' war on climate scientists

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Rick Piltz

"How had a small band of non-scientists managed to so quickly and thoroughly  pursuade the nation’s leaders to reject an ever more coherent and definitive body of scientific evidence?" asks Popular Science magazine, in “The Battle Over Climate Science.” This … Continue reading →

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