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The Anguished GMO Debate 26 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
Just for kicks, take a guess when Michael Specter wrote this in the New Yorker: If the politics of genetically modified food has never been so anguished, the scientific prospects have never seemed mo...
When Newspapers Collaborate with NGOs 24 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
As far as explainers go, I thought this Guardian piece discussing possible links between climate change and extreme weather was pretty good. What’s interesting to me is that it was written by Bob Ward...
Climate Puffery 23 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
Many people lament the sulfurous climate change discourse, myself included. At this point, the well is so poisoned that I find myself increasingly avoiding the topic. Most of those who read this post ...
The Specter of GMO Pot 23 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
I surfaced briefly today, checking my Twitter feed at just the right time: Hahaha! Monsanto Poised To Take Over the Weed Industry http://t.co/frBfSzsCWs cc @r343l @keithkloor @Kevbonham @patrickmusta...
The Middle Ground 14 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
Staking out the middle ground in these polarized times is not an easy thing to do. I know this from experience. For example, I’m pretty comfortable with what science tells us about climate change. To ...
Critic of Pseudoscience = Defender of Industry? 7 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
If you follow the public debate on genetically modified foods, you know it’s become unhinged from reality. This is because green groups and influential voices in the food movement have allowed the fri...
A Controversial Claim: Climate Change = War & Violence 2 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm
In the late 2000s, the notion that climate change could trigger wars and geopolitical instability gained currency in military and intelligence circles. Security scholars gave credence to the possibili...
Amid Sensationalist GMO Swamp, Stellar Journalism Rises 1 Aug 2013 | 01:14 am
During any given week, most articles on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) follow a simplistic and/or sensationalistic storyline. For example, here’s last week’s cover story in The Village Voice: ...
A Refreshing, Freshly Squeezed GMO Story in the NYT 29 Jul 2013 | 06:29 pm
There is so much to admire about this New York Times story by Amy Harmon I don’t know where to begin. So let’s start with a tweet from National Geographic’s executive environment editor Dennis Dimick:...
The Future of Conservation 26 Jul 2013 | 09:35 pm
I’m tempted to cut to the chase and tell you at the outset that conservationists have come a long away from the sense of urgency that in the mid-1980s gave birth to the field of conservation biology, ...
