Climate Change Coverage

[Betsy Hubbard]

The goal of the conference was to provide you with new ideas, resources and thinking. Please post links to any stories you have written that were informed--or inspired--by the McCormick Climate Change Conference. I'll included them in linkroll on the right-hand column.

[Betsy Hubbard]

Here's a note from Cristine Russell, who wrote a column about the conference.

Friends,

FYI, here is the link to a Columbia Journalism Review column I wrote that was posted today on the "Observatory": "Juggling Beats, Localizing Climate."

Spent 3 days at Ohio State as a speaker at an interesting conference for journalists covering climate change; lots of examples of reporters from local papers juggling beats and having little time to dig into tough topics. But encouraging that lots of young folks are still in the newspaper business. And working hard. And a great campus (in a battleground state).

Also, got a chance to join Twitter and a Ning social networking site. You should try it!! The links to them are inside the article. And John Glenn still looks like John Glenn.

Best,
Cris

[Aysha Ghadiali]

Hi Betsy and C3 Team:

This is just a note to anyone that missed Frontline's "Heat" last night. You can watch it online at:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/

Check out the interview with Dr. Lonnie Thompson and the shots of the Byrd Polar ice lab we visited!
all best,
Aysha

[K Kaufmann]

Here's some cross-beat coverage of Palm Desert's energy program.

An update done for The Palm Desert Sun, a zoned community weekly:

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081030/NEWS07/810290336/1144/your...

And then the business section piece for the daily spun out of that--which also go a featured spot on the front page of the Web site:

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081030/BUSINESS/810300325

Working on a larger, hopefully A1 piece on how the program is drawing more green business to the valley. Not sure if it's running this weekend or after the election.

[K Kaufmann]

Another short daily--this one spun off from my research on green businesses. An earlier, somewhat shorter version ran in the zoned Palm Desert weekly.

The solar truck is way cool.

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081103/BUSINESS02/811030308

Can't wait for election to be over so I can focus on the bigger picture.

[Christian Trejbal]

We did a quick hit editorial on the cost of energy in light of Obama's comments on coal plants going bankrupt. There was much more to say, but limited space.

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/183034

[K Kaufmann]

Yet another. This is an interview with David Suzuki, a top Canadian environmentalist who is speaking in Palm Springs this weekend. I got the assignment because of my attendance at the conference. I was also much better informed on the issues, going into the interview and was able to ask more intelligent questions.

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081107/NEWS01/811070309

[Christian Trejbal]

On Sunday, I took a stab at helping people do small things that can help the climate. Specifically, I urged the use of live holiday trees that can be planted. Winter isn't the time people necessarily think about global warming, and I want to keep pushing the individual action angle.

Sunday's column.

This coming Sunday I will be taking a bigger picture look at forestland as carbon sinks and urging conversion of more unused ag land in Virginia.

[Christian Trejbal]

Here's part two of my trees and climate change columns. Basically I was urging greater reforestation efforts as one element of comprehensively addressing the problem.

Virginia fights climate change with trees

[Kim Dedam]

Here is the final series, as it ran on the following dates. You will see Dr. Thompson is featured in the intro.
Thank you! Kim Dedam



Part One: 11/16 http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_320224908....

Part Two: 11/17 http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_321215420....

Part Three: 11/18 http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_322225715....

Follow One: 11/19 http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_324044623....

Follow Two: 11/20 http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_324224009....

Follow Three: 11/24 http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_329214529....