Green Mass Extinction

Only four years ago, hundreds of start-ups optimistically built factories and churned out solar panels to meet rising demand. Now, closures and failure loom for many. Only a handful of manufacturers are now profitable. European banks that lent billions for solar installation have also pulled back as they struggle in the euro zone credit crisis, and debt-laden Chinese solar companies are in danger of burning up.

MediaShift . For Better and for Worse: The Changing World of Science Journalism | PBS

"Science and environmental journalism is a shrinking slice of a rapidly growing pie of communications," said Tom Yulsman, co-director of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, paraphrasing his friend, DotEarth-blogger Andrew Revkin. "There's more communication going on now than there ever has been, but the people who are in a position to interpret it and tell us why it matters are in fewer and fewer positions to explain it to us," [Do we really need journalism majors to explain to us why CO2 is dangerous?] Yulsman said.

..."There are a lot of really good bloggers out there. There are also a lot of activists. There are some referees, people to interpret and make the call, that this is bullshit and this isn't," Yulsman said....
That is part of the reason Steve Running likes the trend toward videos that allow scientists to explain their work in their own words. A Nobel Laureate for his work on climate change modeling, Running trusts that in the words of a good scientist communicator, the facts will be right and a researcher's passion might enthuse the viewer.

"I think that's really effective," Running said. "It puts a face behind the science. Here's the person who did the research. You hear the passion in their voice about why they think this matters."

Climate Progress: Don’t confuse weather with climate « Reasonable Doubt on Climate Change

The fanatics at climate progress don’t waste any time calling attention to summer heat and drought as evidence of “climate change” and “global warming”. But when someone notices its cold and snowing outside, they point out confusing individual weather events with long term climate change is faulty logic:

The Underlying Irrational Assumption Of The Scam | Real Science

Whatever you believe about global warming, greenhouse gases, climate hemorrhoids, Elvis’s death, and Obama’s birth certificate – there is one underlying irrational assumption which the whole house of cards is based on.

The assumption is that lower nighttime temperatures are better. There is no rational basis behind this assumption, yet without it – the scam collapses.