Boehner Blasts Obama Over Approving Solyndra But Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline
Speaker of the House John Boehner lambasted President Obama for rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline during a press conference Wedneday. "President Obama expedited approval of the Solyndra loan project, but won't approve a project that's been under review for over three years...President Obama is destroying tens of thousands of American jobs and shipping American energy...
For Better and for Worse: The Changing World of Science Journalism
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Nobel Prize Winner on How New Media is Democratizing Science News
MediaShift's science journalism coverage is sponsored by the Columbia Journalism School, which offers an innovative specialized M.A. for experienced journalists who want to cover science, business, arts or politics in a sophisticated, nu...
Public Laboratory: Don’t Just Report Science, Do It!
MediaShift's science journalism coverage is sponsored by the Columbia Journalism School, which offers an innovative specialized M.A. for experienced journalists who want to cover science, business, arts or politics in a sophisticated, nu...
Mike Gallagher Defends Keystone XL Pipeline: ‘We’re Just Polluting A Little Bit Of Water!’
Radio hosts Mike Gallagher and Alan Colmes faced off Friday on Megyn Kelly's Fox News program and debated the Obama Administration's decision to delay his decision over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. "20,000 jobs is important except if it comes to polluting the snail darter!" Gallagher exclaimed. "All we've heard from both parties, Alan,...
TrueTies Activist Demands Transparency Without Transparency
This piece originally appeared in the Washington Examiner It is reprinted here with permission.An Op-Ed appeared earlier this month on PBS MediaShift that seemed to describe a civic-minded endeavor aimed at increasing awareness of who on...
Off the Shelf: Behind the Greening of Wal-Mart
In a new book, Edward Humes tells how a former river-rafting guide convinced Wal-Mart to change its environmental policies.
Media Decoder: Whole Foods to Sponsor Environmental Film Festival
Whole Foods Market will sponsor environmentally minded movies in film centers like New York and Los Angeles, but also less movie-saturated places, like Kansas City, Mo., and Omaha.
Green Column: Coverage of Green Issues Becomes More Specialized
Journalists are a little less wide-eyed, and a little more picky; the cutting-edge coverage today focuses more on stories with an unusual angle.
Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future: A Conference put on by Future Tense
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a conference titled "Here Be Dragons: Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future." It was put together by the Future Tense, a partnership of the New America Foundation, Slate, and Arizona State University. The speakers and panels focused on how innovations within synthetic biology and the internet are helping...
Advertising: Seventh Generation Highlights Its Chemical Free Detergent
The laundry detergent company is teaching consumers about optical brighteners, which leave chemicals on fabrics.
