Oct 25, 2025 | Blog, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
It is no secret that the fragmentation of our media environment along ideological lines is undermining scientific literacy and belief and scientific truths. We have seen this in climate and energy policy for decades. But today it is even more pronounced in public...
Mar 5, 2025 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
I note in Appendix G to Climate of Contempt the reaction of one of my manuscript reviewers to my assertion that the internet distorts the policy thinking of people in both parties. The reviewer wrote that the book reads “too much as if it’s a both sides issue.” That...
Nov 30, 2024 | Blog, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
This is a relatively famous New Yorker cartoon by Jason Katzenstein, depicting a generalization about male/female rhetorical styles. But it might as well be illustrating the way social and ideological media “democratize” (read: “devalue”)...
Nov 5, 2024 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
Whatever the outcome of today’s voting, we will learn something from it. And I will post some reactions to specific races and what they signify for stronger climate policy on 11/10 and succeeding days. It is likely that around 70 million Americans (or more) will...
May 30, 2024 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
Chapter 4 of Climate of Contempt discusses the academic literature on Internet “filter bubbles,” and how and why they wind us up emotionally. They close our minds to information and arguments that challenge our beliefs by making that information too...
