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4th National Integrity in Science Conference on Rejuvenating Public Sector Science - July 11, 2008
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008
Register now for the 4th National Integrity in Science Conference in Washington, DC, July 11, 2008. Meet with activists, scientists, and academics in our nation’s capital to discuss the diminished budgets, political interference, and declining morale that plague regulatory science. Brainstorm ways to shore up public sector science and revivify the environmental and public health protections that rely on a strong scientific foundation. Climate Science Watch is a co-sponsor of this event and CSW Director Rick Piltz will participate on a panel on “Tackling the Climate Crisis: Unleashing Government Research.”
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Have things changed? What reforms are needed? Remarks at Whistleblower Week in Washington
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Climate Science Watch director Rick Piltz spoke at a Whistleblower Week in Washington event May 12, on a panel on “Scientific Freedom and the Public Good.” In addition to comments in response to questions about his own experience, he talked about the current situation with the Bush administration and the future direction of the federal climate research program and its relationship to society. See Details for full text.
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Whistleblower Week in Washington DC panel May 12 on Scientific Freedom and the Public Good
Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008
Scientific censorship on a range of issues including climate change will be the subject of a panel as Government Accountability Project Whistleblower Week in Washington DC events kick off on May 12. Panelists will include Celia Wexler and Tim Donaghy of the Union of Concerned Scientists, FDA drug safety whistleblower David Ross, and Climate Science Watch director Rick Piltz.
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“Hot Politics” re-aired—PBS FRONTLINE program on global warming politics and online interviews
Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008
The full PBS FRONTLINE hour-long program on global warming, “Hot Politics,” which first aired on April 24, 2007, and re-aired on April 22, 2008, can be viewed in its entirety online. We are in segment #6—Censorship, discussing the Bush administration’s treatment of the National Assessment of Climate Change Impacts. Extended text from a number of the interviews is also posted, including interviews with Jim Hansen of NASA and CSW Director Rick Piltz. FRONTLINE and the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) “go behind the scenes to explore how bi-partisan political and economic forces prevented the U.S. government from confronting what may be one of the most serious problems facing humanity today.”
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Will Bush acknowledge the harmful impacts of global climate disruption?
Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Will there be a significant shift in the President’s approach to climate change when he gives another “Rose Garden speech” on April 16? Not unless we see administration political officials freely acknowledge scientific assessments of the harmful impacts of global climate disruption and begin to act on them. See Andy Revkin’s New York Times Dot Earth blog post ("Bush to State Climate Goals Wednesday"), a letter from the Competitive Enterprise Institute blaming the problem on climate change litigation and environmental laws that need to be “fixed” (comment #2), and our own comment (#14).
Climate change, disinformation, and the failure of preparedness
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
"The aftermath in Iraq, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—failure of preparedness—and we’re doing the same thing on climate change, it’s just a more slow-rolling disaster.” CSW director Rick Piltz talks with the North Adams (MA) Transcript.
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“Everything’s Cool” global warming documentary TV premiere January 22-28 on the Sundance Channel
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
“Everything’s Cool”—a feature-length documentary film about the efforts of global warming citizen activists and educators, and about the dangerous chasm between scientific understanding and political action, will have its television premiere tonight January 22 at 9 P.M. on the Sundance Channel’s environmental series The Green. It will play tonight and through the week.
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CBS News to re-air “Rewriting the Science” and other 60 Minutes climate change stories on Jan. 20
Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008
On Sunday, January 20, CBS News Presents will re-air three climate change stories that were done by 60 Minutes during the past two years. These include a segment on the warming trend in the Arctic region, another on Antarctica, and a third, “Rewriting the Science,” on administration political interference with climate change communication. The latter includes interviews with Jim Hansen of NASA and CSW Director Rick Piltz.
“Everything’s Cool” global warming documentary on DVD
Posted on Sunday, January 06, 2008
"Everything’s Cool”—a film about the efforts of global warming citizen activists and educators, and about America finally “getting” global warming in the face of the right-wing disinformation campaign and the dangerous chasm between scientific understanding and political action—is now available on DVD for home and community screenings.
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Review of “Everything’s Cool” in the New York Times
Posted on Saturday, November 24, 2007
Stephen Holden of the New York Times reviewed the new global warming documentary, “Everything’s Cool,” which opened in New York and Los Angeles on November 23.
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Everything’s Cool global warming film opens for a one-week run in New York and LA Nov. 23-29
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Everything’s Cool, a feature-length documentary film about ‘global warming messengers,’ will screen at the Cinema Village in New York City and at the Laemmle Grande 4-Plex in downtown Los Angeles November 23-29. Climate Science Watch director Rick Piltz and the filmmakers will do a Q&A session at the 7 p.m. screening on Friday, November 23, in New York.
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Climate Science Watch in the News on Controversy over CDC Congressional Testimony
Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007
On Wednesday morning, 24 October 2007, we posted the uncensored draft Congressional testimony from the Centers for Disease Control’s Director Julie Gerberding on the relationship between climate change and human health. Our posting came shortly after the Associated Press disclosed that Gerberding’s testimony had been “eviscerated” by the White House. The draft subsequently was picked up by journalists covering the story and as the controversy boiled over, Climate Science Watch has continued to provide useful information and analysis to journalists and their audiences.
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CSW director Rick Piltz interview with Austin Chronicle
Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Climate Science Watch director Rick Piltz was interviewed by the Austin Chronicle on his recent visit to Austin and the Texas Hill Country to speak at the 8th annual Texas Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair.
Be citizens, hold public officials accountable—CSW director interviewed in San Antonio Current
Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
CSW director Rick Piltz was interviewed in the San Antonio Current, in connection with his appearance at the Texas Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair in Fredericksburg, Texas, on September 29.
CSW Director to keynote at Texas Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair
Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2007
Climate Science Watch director Rick Piltz will give a keynote talk, “Breaking the Silence,” at the Texas Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair ("Come learn solutions to global warming: You can make a difference!") in Fredericksburg, Texas, in the Hill Country west of Austin, on Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. Piltz will also do a Q&A session after screenings of the global warming documentary Everything’s Cool on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. at the Fredericksburg Stagecoach Theatre on South US Hwy 287. Hope to see some of y’all there.