Archive: Policy
Goals of Major U.N. Climate Meeting Unclear
* Staying Warm: Full Forecast | Obama Should Make a Climate Speech * In a sign of determination mixed with desperation, world leaders will gather in New York tomorrow for a United Nations-sponsored forum on climate change that is aimed...
By Andrew Freedman | September 21, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (6)
Response to Climate Depot's Distortions
Climate Depot's home page yesterday featuring the "shock" blog post by CWG's Andrew Freedman. Dear Mr. Morano of Climate Depot, Your lengthy response to my piece "Obama Needs to Give a Climate Speech - ASAP" contains numerous errors of fact...
By Andrew Freedman | September 2, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (54)
Obama Needs to Give a Climate Speech - ASAP
President Obama delivers a speech. White House photo 2/9/09 by Pete Souza. Courtesy WhiteHouse.gov At this point in their presidency, which president -- George W. Bush or Barack Obama -- had made three climate science speeches or statements, including one...
By Andrew Freedman | September 1, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (60)
Climate Change & National Security: A Tough Sell
* Heat to Depart, Storms Possible: Full Forecast * Marine amphibious landing vehicle participating in a recent exercise in the Pacific. (Defense Department photo) Climate change is rarely featured on the front pages of top U.S. newspapers, such as...
By Andrew Freedman | August 11, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (12)
Dueling Climate Meetings Aim to Steer Policy
* Last Taste of Spring for a While: Our Full Forecast * Contrasting messages emerged this week from two diametrically opposed conferences on climate science. At the Heartland Institute's "International Conference on Climate Change," scientists and policy advocates asserted that...
By Andrew Freedman | March 11, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (21)
Freedman: The Price of Al Gore's Climate Battle
To a climate change contrarian, Al Gore is a one-man axis of evil. By publicizing the dangers of global climate change, and now launching one of the most expensive and far-reaching issue advocacy campaigns of at least the past several...
By Andrew Freedman | April 7, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (246)
Political Science: Debate 2008
With voters going to the polls for the presidential primaries in all three local jurisdictions tomorrow, some citizens might be concerned that very little attention has been given to where the candidates stand on scientific issues. Physics Today, the...
By Steve Scolnik | February 11, 2008; 06:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
