"Carter: 'Nutcases' Are Stopping Climate Action"
"Former President Carter says climate skeptics are the 'biggest handicap' for the U.S. when it comes to acting on global warming."
Source: The Hill, 08/14/2014
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Critic of Artificial Sweeteners Pilloried By Industry-Backed Scientists
"Susan Swithers is no stranger to food industry criticism."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 08/14/2014
"New CO2 Satellite Sends First Data Back to Earth"
"NASA’s new carbon dioxide-monitoring satellite just opened its eyes for the first time. Based on the initial data its sending back to Earth, it appears to have 20/20 vision and scientists will soon have plenty more data to analyze."
Source: Climate Central, 08/14/2014
EPA Muzzles Advisory Board Scientists
Journalism and science groups, including SEJ, protested an August 12, 2014, "don't talk" memo from EPA's chief of staff. The memo makes it clear: members of the agency's many science advisory panels are not to talk to the news media or Congress without permission. Attached to the memo was an "EPA Policy" restricting communications between Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) committee members and parties outside EPA.
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"Formaldehyde Is A Human Carcinogen, National Research Council Says"
"Formaldehyde is a human carcinogen, the National Research Council (NRC) says in a report released today. It upholds a federal classification of the chemical that industry has vigorously disputed."
Source: C&EN, 08/11/2014
KXL Carbon Emissions 'Would Be Four Times Higher Than US Thought'
"The much-debated Keystone XL pipeline could produce four times more global warming pollution than the State Department calculated earlier this year, a new study concludes."
Source: AP, 08/11/2014
"World's Top PR Companies Rule Out Working With Climate Deniers"
"Some of the world’s top PR companies have for the first time publicly ruled out working with climate change deniers, marking a fundamental shift in the multi-billion dollar industry that has grown up around the issue of global warming."
Source: Guardian, 08/05/2014
When Should Journalists Report What Vaccine, Climate Denialists Say?
"Keith Kloor's interesting piece in The Washington Post Magazine on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade includes this interesting fact: 'All six of his children--ages 13-29--have been fully vaccinated.'"
Source: Knight Science Journalism Tracker, 07/23/2014
Canadian Politicians Attack Scientists Calling for More Research Into Fracking
"Deputy premier Rich Coleman challenged Thursday the conclusions of a scientific panel into the environmental effect of shale gas development using fracking."
Source: Vancouver Sun, 07/18/2014
"Skeptic of Climate Change Finds Himself a Target of Suspicion"
"John Christy, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama here, says he remembers the morning he spotted a well-known colleague at a gathering of climate experts."
Source: NY Times, 07/16/2014
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