Following guidance for ‘truth sandwiches’, a simple truth upfront: Scientists have concluded, based on multiple strands of evidence, that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels (including in aviation operations) “damages the climate” system. This is NOT about belief. On the morning of New Year’s day, my heart went with excitement on turning to page […]
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Climate/Energy: Washington Post starts off 2021 on wrong foot
January 5th, 2021 · Comments Off on Climate/Energy: Washington Post starts off 2021 on wrong foot
Tags: Energy · journalism · Post Watch · renewable fuel · Washington Post
Fiscal Cliff molehill vs Climate Cliff crevice
December 31st, 2012 · 4 Comments
The Washington Post’s Tom Toles well deserved the Pulitzer Prize that he won 22 years ago. And, since then, Toles has regularly demonstrated why he should be in the running for another one year after year … as per yesterday. As with so many other of his cartoons, Toles demonstrates the power of an excellent […]
Tags: climate change · Global Warming · political symbols · Post Watch · Washington Post
Where’s the front-page correction? WashPost Fails Math, Fails Ethics, Fails Readers
March 10th, 2012 · 3 Comments
The Washington Post‘s front page, 9 March 2012, featured an article entitled “Affordability award goes to $50 light bulb” (and the online title: Government-subsidized green light bulb carries costly price tag). Reading like a partisan hit job against the Department of Energy’s efforts to use ‘prizes’ to foster technological innovation into the market place, this […]
Tags: electricity · Energy · incandescent lighting · LED · lighting · Post Watch · Washington Post
Post Watch: Encouraging Addiction(s)
January 19th, 2012 · Comments Off on Post Watch: Encouraging Addiction(s)
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Unpublished Letters: Fact Checker’s Partial Facts On Pipeline Employment Implications
December 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment
WarrenS has taken on an admirable resolution: to send a letter to the editor (LTE) (or, well, a major politician) every single day, on the critical issues of climate change and energy. This discusses his approach and here is an amusing ‘template’ to for rapid letter writing. Now, I have always written letters and even […]
Tags: Energy · media · Post Watch · unpublished letters · Washington Post
Post Watch: An airy (eerie) hole in wind coverage
December 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on Post Watch: An airy (eerie) hole in wind coverage
The Washington Post, for too many decades, has been the ‘home-town’ paper. With the dead-tree edition at the breakfast table, the gaps and failures in coverage (and skewed editorial section) are too evident. Thus, many — many — posts re The Post leading to a decision to begin/maintain a “Post Watch” series when frustration (or, […]
Tags: journalism · media · Post Watch · Washington Post
Post Watch: Balance and Absence aren’t top-flight journalism …
December 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments
As a native Washingtonian, weaned on morning and evening newspapers, The Washington Post is my hometown journal and has been (for too many decades) a key part of my window on the world. Over the decades, however, that window has dirtied and darkened to distortion on critical issues to the point that I (and, well, […]
Tags: journalism · Post Watch · research · science · Washington Post