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Chris Mooney is a visiting associate in the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University and the author of three books, The Republican War on Science, Storm World, and Unscientific America.
Sheril Kirshenbaum is a marine biologist and author at Duke University. Sometimes she's a classicist, radio jock, or congressional staffer. Never sure what's next, she continues to enjoy the journey. For more information, visit her website.
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Category: Conservatives and Science
As any reader of this blog knows, I was for a while very critical of the Washington Post editorial page amid the George Will affair. Now, my view has changed. Today the Post publishes, replete with links to many scientific...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 6:26 AM • 55 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Culture
The warming you see out there, the supposed warming, and I am using my finger quotation marks here, is part of the cooling process.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 4:30 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Energy
My latest Science Progress column contemplates this question, in the wake of a spot of news that doesn't seem to have caused any uproar (yet)--namely, that DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is apparently holding an event to discuss...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:56 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Education
Yale Environment 360 interviews the renowned New Yorker journalist, who blames the media and scientists alike for our staggering failure to deal with this issue. Here's a long quotation: e360: We've talked about journalists and generally the challenges in conveying...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:15 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservation
This demonstrates a lack of taking the time to explore and understand what ocean acidification means--the term is used to describe the way the pH of oceans is becoming less basic as they absorb excess CO2.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 1:04 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservatives and Science
A lot of people right now are striving desperately to establish this notion. Neil Munro's big story in the latest National Journal (here, subscription) is the latest example. In essence, it postulates a bunch of new rifts that are going...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:53 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Energy
Mike Dunford has the details, based on Congressional Quarterly's reporting. There are apparently multiple senators blocking two of Obama's key science appointees from taking their posts. This is outrageous--a totally new kind of "war on science"--and we need a full...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:56 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservatives and Science
We can if we're Fox News. Or Matt Drudge. These people use any snowstorm as reason to cast doubt on global warming. It's as predictable as...well, no, it's a lot more predictable than the weather. I really regret that important...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 11:11 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
The Washington Post (the news part) reports that the man who is now one of my senators, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, has placed a hold on the nominations of John Holdren and Jane Lubchencho, and won't allow them to...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservatives and Science
At a time when there is big controversy going on concerning George Will's February 15 column, why on earth did this scientific institute--centrally involved in the issue--not leave their refutation of Will concerning sea ice up on their website? You...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:45 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
