Robert Fanning: No proof of climate change | Athens Banner-Herald

We're told repeatedly that the science of climate change is indisputable. The following quote, excerpted from the National Climatic Data Center Web site, lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/gases.html, delineates the state of understanding of the most prevalent greenhouse gas, water vapor: "As yet, though the basics of the hydrological cycle are fairly well understood, we have very little comprehension of the complexity of the feedback loops."

While some papers close or downsize, NYT creates a green team

Now, the Times has its own troubles. Nevertheless, the editors there have assembled what Columbia Journalism Review dubbed an "environmental SWAT team." It includes Andrew Revkin (author of the well-done http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ blog) and Cornelia Dean, from the Science staff, Elisabeth Rosenthal of the Foreign desk, Mia Navarro from the Metro staff, Matt Wald of the Washington bureau and, from National, Felicity Barringer and Leslie Kaufman.

Curtis Brainerd of CJR got his hands on NYT Editor Bill Keller's e-mail explaining the move, and carried this quote from it:

The Times has a long and distinguished record of covering the complex of issues loosely described as "the environment:" climate change, pollution, endangered land and species, the husbanding of the earth's resources and all the related questions of business, politics, lifestyle and health. For some time we've been plotting a way to pull together the various reporters who work on aspects of the subject, under an editor who will wake up every day thinking of ways to push the story forward, to give it greater energy and focus.

Evidence of brainwashing in schools?

Almost a third of entering freshmen (29.5 percent) reported feeling it is "essential" or "very important" to help clean up the environment, an increase from 26.7 percent in 2007 and 22.2 percent in 2006. Close to half (45.3 percent) believe it is "very important" or "essential" to adopt green practices to protect the environment, while 74.3 percent believe "addressing global warming should be a federal priority."