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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Washington Post'
Unpublished Letters: Fact Checker’s Partial Facts On Pipeline Employment Implications
December 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: Energy · media · Post Watch · unpublished letters · Washington Post
Unpublished Letters: Green is more than tacking on renewable energy
December 18th, 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Tags: green · green schools · media · unpublished letters · Washington Post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
Washington Post advocated practicing journalism: Did they fulfill the mandate?
June 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment
A month ago, a forceful Washington Post editorial advocated that the media practice journalism when it comes to political candidates and climate change. The editorial began: “CLIMATE CHANGE is occurring, is very likely caused by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems.” So says — in response […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · Energy · Washington Post
Unpublished letters: “What is the long run?”
April 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Unpublished letters: “What is the long run?”
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 · lighting · unpublished letters · Washington Post
Nisbet’s “Climate Shift” and where did they get these numbers (Item #374)
April 21st, 2011 · 4 Comments
The release of Matt Nisbet’s Climate Shift report (and the opening of the Climate Shift Project website) has been surrounded by a storm of controversy, opened by Joe Romm’s critique of Nisbet’s financial analysis (follow up here and here; Chris Mooney on science ‘balance’, and Media Matters’ critique of Nisbet’s media analysis). I read a […]
Tags: analysis · climate change · environmental · George Will · journalism · Washington Post
Unpublished letters: A helicopter drone exists …
April 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Unpublished letters: A helicopter drone exists …
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 · unpublished letters · Washington Post
Unpublished letters: On cool roofing, Lomborg ain’t so cool
November 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
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: bjorn lomborg · climate change · climate delayers · environmental · Global Warming · Washington Post
A WashPost heaping of garbage
September 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment
This past Saturday, I opened the Washington Post editorial page and saw the following title: Could the garbage heap help save us from global warming? This title and quick glance talking about agricultural waste caught my attention, making me think that The Washington Post was publishing an OPED about one of my favorite win-win-win-win climate […]
Tags: Energy · Washington Post