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Media Matters: If a tree falls on Fox News...

In a case of 'Do as I do, not as I say,' Rupert Murdoch is taking bold steps to help solve a problem while telling the world it doesn’t exist.



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: Bad news, and news done badly

After the recent swine flu outbreak, it's worth looking at the difference between reporting the news and scaring the audience. The former head of CNN's science



  • Research & Innovations

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Media Mayhem: What’s in a name?

Global warming or climate change? Sean Combs or Puff Daddy? Do name changes really mean anything?



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: The state of eco-media

In his final "Media Mayhem" column, Peter Dykstra looks out across the environmental journalism landscape and reflects on what he sees. Is he happy? Sad? Or a h



  • Research & Innovations

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Media Mayhem: Red herring or red meat?

Be prepared for a cable news climate bill debate that has nothing to do with the climate bill.




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Media Mayhem: David vs. Goliath

Are think tanks actually thinking or are they merely pawns of a bigger agenda? A recent study has a fascinating answer.




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Media Mayhem: My last 'Apocalypse Now' headline

When is rhetoric over-the-top when you're talking about climate change?



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Matters: PETA's knack for buzz

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk talks with Ken Edelstein about the infamous Obama fly swat, their reaction and why PR matters.




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Media Mayhem: Fox bursts my bubble

The global media’s response to the climate change bill shows how much influence Fox News has on the debate in the United States.



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: Coal's silver lining

Environmentalists may have to resort to civil disobedience to fight the source of country’s biggest greenhouse gas.




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Media Mayhem: 7 environmental stories that are free of doom and gloom

From an eco-city in China to a coffee producer in Uganda to 'towers of power' in Spain and California, some good news from the green frontier.



  • Research & Innovations

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Media Mayhem: Cap-and-trade panic a familiar media tactic

As history has shown us, environmental regulations often help the economy, not hurt it. Why can't corporations -- and Congress -- learn from the past?



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: Two worlds collide

Why can't cable news and science get along? Easy -- scientists are from Mars and the media are from Venus.



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: Hope and change 2.0

In the name of research, our intrepid columnist is joining online communities like there's no tomorrow. What he found, though, is that it can actually help buil



  • Research & Innovations

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Media Mayhem: A tongue-in-cheek civics lesson

Let's apply the great American traditions of propaganda and intimidation to the climate change debate.




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Media Mayhem: The climate's right for hope

As the Senate takes up the climate bill (maybe), activists need to point Americans away from lies and despair, toward inspiration and opportunity.



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: Newspapers put a happy spin on their decline

While industry apologists peddle the idea that newspapers are doing just fine, the new media world is leaving them behind.



  • Research & Innovations

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Media Mayhem: Nuking climate change

When people like John Kerry back nuclear subsidies, green activists find themselves in a difficult position.




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Media Mayhem: Limbaugh's 'fatwa' against the New York Times' Andrew Revkin

How can you blame the master of talk radio for suggesting that an elitist environmental reporter kill himself?




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Media Mayhem: Bringing up baby in a cyberworld

Our media columnist’s newborn son wonders how he’ll get information when he’s all grown up.




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Media Mayhem: High noon for 'SuperFreakonomics'

The bestseller’s flawed climate arguments show that maverick heroes aren’t right about everything.



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: The real Climategate

A spurious debate over purloined e-mails overshadows evidence that climate change is worse than we thought.



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: Dubai's fable in the desert

It's tempting to see a moral tale in the emirate's financial struggles -- but that's a bit too simple.




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Media Mayhem: Driving around in circles

When all reason says we ought to be backing more transportation options, the media is still obsessed with automobiles.




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Media Mayhem: 5 more tall tales by climate change deniers in 2009

Last week’s readers help me come up with five more juicy ones to chew on.



  • Climate & Weather

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Media Mayhem: Our media columnist's first annual 'Hot' or 'Not' list

What do Michael Pollan, Marc Morano, Lisa P. Jackson, nuclear energy and the climate have in common?




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Media Mayhem: It's time to get scrappy, Mr. President

To fulfill his promise to become the 'Climate Change President,' Obama will have to channel his inner Harry Truman.




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Media Mayhem: Tea Partiers are from Mars

Media columnist Ken Edelstein visits with Tea Partiers and energy-efficiency advocates, and comes away with a dizzy feeling.




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Media Mayhem: Poison is healthy. Dirty is clean.

Ah, the contradictions of corporations trying to look presentable at the green party. Here are 5 to consider.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Media Mayhem: The skeptics 'win' -- for now

The status quo gets what it wants when it sows confusion.



  • Climate & Weather

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Snuggie: Social media's first viral success

Millions of YouTube hits helped Allstar Products top $500 million in Snuggie sales.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Watch: What girls really think about body image and the media

Want to know what young girls really think about the media, girls' fashions, and teen idols like Nicki Minaj? Watch this video to find out.



  • Protection & Safety

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Pay your legal fees with carbon credits

Clients of the Cueto Law Group in Miami, Florida can now pay up to 20% of their legal fees with carbon credits.




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News & social media hub launched to 'dewonkify' Doha climate talks

TckTckTck has a news and social media hub to help people who don't speak 'acronymese' understand what is going on at the Doha COP 18 climate talks.



  • Climate & Weather

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Swedish family moves into new home, begins strict carbon diet

An experiment in low-impact living called One Tonne Life finds a Swedish family moving into a 'climate-smart' home to drastically reduce their carbon footprints




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Environmental Media Awards: Ed Begley and his wife Rachelle

Video: Catch up with the Begleys at The Environmental Media Awards.



  • Arts & Culture

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From Cree, a budget LED that won't make Edison roll over in his grave

Cree makes a game-changing jump into consumer lighting with affordable LED bulbs that resemble the energy-hogging incandescents of yesteryear.




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Troy Dayton is on the forefront of the legal medical cannabis market

The medical cannabis market is rapidly expanding as more and more states rewrite their laws to give sick people access to the controversial medicine. Meet Troy



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Waylon Lewis: New media pioneer, lazy yogi, elephant lover

Waylon Lewis is a whirling dynamo of editorial energy. Find out what this new media mogul thinks about the changing world of journalism and the Internet.



  • Arts & Culture

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Chris Tackett: Green blogger, social media pro

Environmental blogger and media maven Chris Tackett talks about how he got his job, the future of the green media landscape, and the joys of composting.




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Danielle Brigida is leading the NWF into the world of social media

Danielle Brigida is one of the most respected people in the world of nonprofit social media. Read more about this 1-woman army who convinced the National Wildli



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Catching up with the editor of Green Talk

Blogger and editor Anna Hackman chats with MNN about green buildings, green business and bar mitzvahs.




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Apple makes it easier to join medical studies

With the swipe of a finger, you could help advance medical research on diseases such as Parkinson's, breast cancer and diabetes.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Remember those ads that predicted the future?

In 1994, AT&T ran a series of ads that got much of it right, but missed the big thread.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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10 worst tech predictions of all time

The technology industry is spurred by those who think ahead and think big — but these predictions were all wrong.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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David All and the dark side of social media

Introducing Karl Rove 2.0 and his new post-propaganda 'astroturfing' industry that funnels oil money into fake grassroots organizations. His goal? Stop climate




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Faster than a speeding bullet

Passengers across Spain have been flocking in droves aboard the AVE (Alta Velocidad Espanola).




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Homeowners: Sell your own carbon credits

My Emissions Exchange just sold its first carbon credit on behalf of the Wilsons, a family in Harrisburg, PA. Welcome to the wacky world of personal carbon trad




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The house bunny: Easter '13 edition

It's time to break out the contraband Kinder eggs and get decorating with these handmade and eco-friendly Easter/springtime decor picks.




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Shark Week '13: Home decor feeding time

With Shark Week 2013 looming on the horizon, it's a fine time to invest in apex predator-themed home decor.



  • Remodeling & Design