Chris Mooney is a freelance writer and the author of two books, The Republican War on Science and Storm World.
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October 31, 2007
Category: Politics and Science
[Marbled Murrelet: "Hey, over here! Look how cute I am! Forget the CDC scandal, focus on me!"] Okay: We all know about the forced editing of the CDC testimony. Outrageous stuff--and the kind of misbehavior that just makes the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:12 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
My latest Science Progress column just went up. It's about what we can and can't say about global warming and the California wildfires--and the strong parallels between the climate-wildfire debate and the climate-hurricane debate. A quotation: ...an important generalization...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:40 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
Halloween 2007 finds me dressed as a pirate doing my part to combat global warming! And now a reader poll on this 31st day of October... Which of the following do you find scariest and why? (answer in comments) a)...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 7:54 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 30, 2007
Category: Global Warming
The paper arrived for the first time at our place here in Silverlake today. Something about getting your local rag really makes you feel like you're rooted in a new location. But though that observation might sound uplifting--and hey, this...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:00 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservation
Before we jump on the iron fertilization bandwagon, there are a few things important things to consider...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:20 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 29, 2007
Category: Hurricanes
Just when you thought hurricane season was over...Nope. Here's Tropical Storm Noel. Probably not going to get very intense...but a major rainfall risk in the Caribbean. I had gotten fond of saying that this Atlantic hurricane season came in like...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:06 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
It's nice to wake up in The District again. Today I'm headed over to the Hill to talk about the interface between climate and oceans. Iron fertilization and U.N. Law of the Sea are among the myriad of topics to...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 8:08 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 28, 2007
Category: Media and Science
Last Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency faked a news briefing about their response to the California wildfires. Really. There was a script and questions came from FEMA employees. Turns out no actual reporters were present. So sure, it was...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:58 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 27, 2007
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
As usual, the president's science adviser has been trotted out to explain away the administration's latest misbehavior with respect to climate science. Marburger just put out a statement (PDF), defending White House changes to CDC director Julie Gerberding's testimony. Because...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:25 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 26, 2007
Category: Politics and Science
This weekend I'm returning to my old stomping grounds to brief Hill folks on oceans, climate, and their interface in the policy realm. I'm looking forward to catching up with friends and Autumn is a wonderful time to be back...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 2:16 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
Now I've got two smart, sexy, funny guys out in LA named Chris sharing my blogosphere...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 8:46 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 25, 2007
Category: Politics and Science
I'm left wondering whether the President should have the power to make important decisions in fisheries management and conservation?
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:10 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
A few days ago I mentioned that I had been in College Park, Maryland, sitting on a panel to discuss the work of Mike Tidwell, author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 8:25 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 24, 2007
Category: Global Warming
Well, the region in which I've made my new home is on fire...though I'm not there right now...and inevitably, global warming issues are starting to be raised. I myself haven't had time yet to dig into the science--which I know...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:02 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
Fossils always have interesting stories to tell, and two studies by prominent scientists in the field suggest this one may not have a happy ending... Today's Seattle Times reports that in Earth's 520+ million year history, four of the five...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:34 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
Um...wasn't the Bush administration supposed to be taking global warming seriously now? If that's the case, then why was the Office of Management and Budget involved in bowdlerizing the testimony of CDC director Julie Gerberding on the public health risks...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 6:30 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
