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I don't know if it's surprising or obvious The Weather Channel has taken the lead in cable television coverage of climate change. For them there is no debate, just a responsibility - even an imperative - to report on it.
A Conversation With Heidi Cullen: Into the Limelight, and the Politics of Global Warming
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, The New York Times, July 31, 2007
In June 2002, Heidi Cullen, a researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., received a telephone call from an executive at the Weather Channel. Would she audition for a program on climate and global warming that producers at the Atlanta-based cable television network were contemplating?
Dr. Cullen, a climatologist with a doctorate from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, was dubious. A specialist in droughts, she had no broadcast experience. Moreover, she rarely watched television. She had never even seen the Weather Channel.
“My interests were in trying to find new ways to make climate forecasts practical for engineers and farmers,” Ms. Cullen, 37, said on a recent visit to New York. She had, she said, just gotten a grant from the National Science Foundation, “and I didn’t want to leave what I was doing.”
But the lure of a national audience won out. After a successful tryout, Dr. Cullen packed her clothes, furniture and dog and moved to Atlanta. Today, she is the only climatologist with a Ph.D. in the country who has her own weekly show, “Forecast Earth,” a half-hour-long video-magazine focused on climate and the environment.
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This is an interesting program - I would say it's a bit of the "eco-narcissism" that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gov_moonbeam has talked about - but at least their is a sustainable program behind it.
Making Necklaces to Change Lifestyles and Preserve Wildlife
By SANA KHALID, The New York Times, July 31, 2007
In a bid to help poachers lead greener lifestyles, conservation officials in Zambia have turned to a novel trend in jewelry making — snarewear, in which snares once used for poaching are transformed into handmade necklaces, bracelets and other decorative items.
More than 40,000 former poachers have joined a co-op called Community Markets for Conservation, or Comaco, which allows them to exchange snares for training in organic farming, beekeeping, gardening and carpentry, said Dr. Dale Lewis of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The program has collected more than 40,000 snares since 2002 and grossed more than $350,000 last year; the proceeds are shared by the former poachers and Comaco, Dr. Lewis said.
Rise in Cases of West Nile May Portend an Epidemic
By DENISE GRADY, The New York Times, July 26, 2007
The number of West Nile virus cases in the United States is nearly four times what it was a year ago, meaning that a large epidemic may be in store, government researchers are reporting.
“It’s certainly a warning sign that we need to be extremely vigilant,” Dr. Lyle Petersen, the director of the division of vector-borne infections at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said yesterday. “The worst is yet to come.”
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File under: Bush Administration's war on science...
U.S. Agency May Reverse 8 Decisions on Wildlife
By JOHN M. BRODER, The New York Times, July 21, 2007
WASHINGTON, July 20 — The Interior Department said Friday that it would review and probably overturn eight decisions on wildlife and land-use issues made by a senior political appointee who has been found to have improperly favored industry and landowners over agency scientists.
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A Conversation With Heidi Cullen: Into the Limelight, and the Politics of Global Warming
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, The New York Times, July 31, 2007
In June 2002, Heidi Cullen, a researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., received a telephone call from an executive at the Weather Channel. Would she audition for a program on climate and global warming that producers at the Atlanta-based cable television network were contemplating?
Dr. Cullen, a climatologist with a doctorate from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, was dubious. A specialist in droughts, she had no broadcast experience. Moreover, she rarely watched television. She had never even seen the Weather Channel.
“My interests were in trying to find new ways to make climate forecasts practical for engineers and farmers,” Ms. Cullen, 37, said on a recent visit to New York. She had, she said, just gotten a grant from the National Science Foundation, “and I didn’t want to leave what I was doing.”
But the lure of a national audience won out. After a successful tryout, Dr. Cullen packed her clothes, furniture and dog and moved to Atlanta. Today, she is the only climatologist with a Ph.D. in the country who has her own weekly show, “Forecast Earth,” a half-hour-long video-magazine focused on climate and the environment.
( Read Interview )
This is an interesting program - I would say it's a bit of the "eco-narcissism" that
gov_moonbeam has talked about - but at least their is a sustainable program behind it.Making Necklaces to Change Lifestyles and Preserve Wildlife
By SANA KHALID, The New York Times, July 31, 2007
In a bid to help poachers lead greener lifestyles, conservation officials in Zambia have turned to a novel trend in jewelry making — snarewear, in which snares once used for poaching are transformed into handmade necklaces, bracelets and other decorative items.
More than 40,000 former poachers have joined a co-op called Community Markets for Conservation, or Comaco, which allows them to exchange snares for training in organic farming, beekeeping, gardening and carpentry, said Dr. Dale Lewis of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The program has collected more than 40,000 snares since 2002 and grossed more than $350,000 last year; the proceeds are shared by the former poachers and Comaco, Dr. Lewis said.
Rise in Cases of West Nile May Portend an Epidemic
By DENISE GRADY, The New York Times, July 26, 2007
The number of West Nile virus cases in the United States is nearly four times what it was a year ago, meaning that a large epidemic may be in store, government researchers are reporting.
“It’s certainly a warning sign that we need to be extremely vigilant,” Dr. Lyle Petersen, the director of the division of vector-borne infections at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said yesterday. “The worst is yet to come.”
( Read More )
File under: Bush Administration's war on science...
U.S. Agency May Reverse 8 Decisions on Wildlife
By JOHN M. BRODER, The New York Times, July 21, 2007
WASHINGTON, July 20 — The Interior Department said Friday that it would review and probably overturn eight decisions on wildlife and land-use issues made by a senior political appointee who has been found to have improperly favored industry and landowners over agency scientists.
( Read More )
