Feb 10, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Journalism, Bias & Censored News, News, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
The poet Robert Burns once wrote, “Be merry, I advise. But as we be merry, may we also be wise.” As Republicans aim to roll back climate policy progress it is increasingly difficult for the climate coalition to be merry. The fire hose of frightening news...
Aug 10, 2024 | Blog, Journalism, Bias & Censored News, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
As I have noted in several other posts (e.g. here and here), a second Trump presidency would represent a setback for the energy transition because of Republicans’ turn away from green energy and toward fossil fuels. If opinion polls are to be believed, a strong...
May 5, 2024 | Blog, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
In chapter 4 of Climate of Contempt I explore the way competition from social media and advocacy journalism has crowded out – and changed – traditional journalism. And I use this blog to point out examples of the kind of incomplete picture of the politics and the...
