The false-balance trap | Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT

Reporters need to use their judgment to distinguish between false balance and appropriate balance. Our job is not only to look out the window, but to think. That's what separates a reporter from a transcriptionist.

[I hate it when they do that]: Bears will eat you because of global warming | Grist

There are only like 50,000 bears in the world and seven billion people.

UN: Hunger could be badly worsened by ethanol

ethanol causes water to condense in fuel systems, leading to nightmares for users.
...Which U.S. congressman will be the first to stand up to the potent ethanol lobby and say that food is more important than sub-par motor fuel?

Tom Zeller Jr.: Global Warming Debate Needs Cooler Heads To Prevail

Over the course of the last two weeks, two scientists -- James E. Hansen of Columbia University and Richard A. Muller at the University of California, Berkeley -- took to the pages of two prominent American newspapers to present new and compelling evidence that climate change is real, that it is driven overwhelmingly by human activity, and that its dire effects are already upon us.

And then nothing happened.
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The nation took note and then went about its business. Minds were not changed. Energy policies were not revisited in any meaningful way. And most notably, the two presidential campaigns, now rounding the final turn toward November's election, remained characteristically mute on the whole issue.

‘Adopt A Negotiator’ Comes to MENA: Call Out For Young Bloggers & Activists! | Green Prophet

Fellows will be provided with...
Transportation to Doha, accommodation and a generous per diem during the Doha Climate Change Conference