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Roger Pielke, Jr. Testifies Before Senate and U.S. House Committee |
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On July 18 Roger Pielke, Jr., testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee at a hearing titled “Climate Change: It’s Happening Now.” Roger described his research on extreme events. His testimony can be viewed here. On December 11 Roger Pielke, Jr., testified before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Environment, about “A Factual Look at the Relationship Between Climate and Weather”. His testimony can be viewed here. |
| Max Boykoff Figure Used By CNN | |
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Max Boykoff’s figure on US Media Coverage of Climate Change/Global Warming was used in a recent CNN news segment: Media’s global warming fail featuring Philippe Cousteau and Andrew Revkin. Watch the video. |
| Max Boykoff Helps the New York Times Assess Its Climate Change Coverage | |
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Max Boykoff weighed in on recent changes that The New York Times made to its climate change coverage. Max, who tracks media coverage of climate change, found that The Times’ print edition published a third fewer articles in which climate change featured prominently this year compared to last year. However, the amount of news coverage often corresponds to particular events or controversies. Read more ... |
| Roger Pielke Launches New Research Program on the Science, Technology, Policy and Politics of Sport | |
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Science, Technology, Policy and Politics of Sport, STePPS is a new project of the CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research. It is focused on the governance of sport, with a special emphasis on the roles of science and technology in how sport is governed. STePPS will focus on original research, university education and outreach to the broader community. |
Provide the power necessary to boost productivity and raise living standards
Bazilian, M. and R. A. Pielke, Jr. (2013). Making Energy Access Meaningful (full version with figures). Issues in Science and Technology Summer 74-79.
Understanding celebrity climate contrarians as a vehicle for influence
Boykoff, M. T. and S. K. Olson (2013). ‘Wise Contrarians’: A Keystone Species in Contemporary Climate Science, Politics and Policy. Celebrity Studies 4 (3) 276-291, doi: 10.1080/19392397.2013.831618.
Exploring mechanisms in response to the concerns of geoengineering research
Dilling, L. and R. Hauser (2013). Governing Geoengineering Research: Why, When and How?. Climatic Change, doi: 10.1007/s10584-013-0835-z.
Climate justice, conservation through commodification, and precautionary principle
Hale, B. and A. Light, eds. (2013). Ethics, Policy & Environment, Volume 16, Issue 3. This issue includes a Target article by Mark Sagoff, with commentaries from Rachel Fredericks, Carl Safina, Simon James and others, as well as feature articles on climate justice, conservation through commodification, and precautionary principle.
Discussing the role of experts in politics
Linnér, B. and R. A. Pielke, Jr., 2013. More Authoritarian Politics is Not the Solution to Climate Change (english version). Dagens Nyheter, September 27.
Analyzing the relationship between the evidence, politics and institutions of scientific advice
Pielke, R. A. Jr. (2013). After Haiyan: How to Act on Scientific Advice That’s Politically Inconvenient?. The Guardian, Nov. 19.
Japan has once again implemented “mamizu” policies
Pielke, R.A., Jr. (2013). Behind Japan’s Climate Fail: Nuclear Energy and Global Warming Commitments. The Breakthrough Institute Blog, November 21.
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