Media Matters - Science and Environment

Media Matters - Science and Environment http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/science_and_environment This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Science and Environment en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Levin cited "global cooling" study to dismiss efforts to "control carbon dioxide" emissions, ignoring warning by study's co-author not to do so http://mediamatters.org/items/200811200011 On his radio show, Mark Levin cited a recent study predicting that an ice age will occur in the next 10,000 to 100,000 years as purported evidence that humans should not "try and control carbon dioxide" emissions that contribute to global climate change. But Levin did not mention that the study's co-author reportedly warned against using the study to argue that "we should stop fighting warming" and stated: "There's no excuse for saying 'we've got to keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200811200011 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:02:46 EST Savage: Most "Ph.D. experts on children are either gay or crazy ... if they were married, they either tried to kill their wife or were in rehab" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811170012 Discussing "children" on his radio show, Michael Savage stated: "I'm as good an expert as any. I have found in my life that most of the Ph.D. experts on children are either gay or crazy and were never married. Or if they were married, they either tried to kill their wife or were in rehab for a few years, and then came out and went into psychotherapy to find out why they killed, or attempted to kill. And then they washed it all away, and suddenly they're experts on childrearing." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811170012 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:53:54 EST Wash. Post repeated McCain criticism of Obama for energy bill vote without noting Obama's stated reasons for voting for bill http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080008 The Washington Post uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's comment that Sen. Barack Obama voted for an "energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies." However, the Post did not note that Obama has said he voted for the bill because it included extensive investments in renewable energy or that the bill actually resulted in a net tax increase for the oil and gas industry. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080008 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:07:17 EST Hannity did not challenge McCain's false claim that Alaska "provides 20 percent of America's energy requirements" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180023 On his radio show, Sean Hannity did not challenge Sen. John McCain's false claim during an interview that Alaska "provides 20 percent of America's energy requirements." In fact, according to the most recent figures of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Alaska is responsible for "just 3.5 percent of the country's domestic energy production," and only 2.4 percent of the energy the U.S. consumes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180023 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:27:04 EST Fox News' Gallagher repeated debunked seepage myth http://mediamatters.org/items/200809160004 On Fox News' The Live Desk, Trace Gallagher repeated a debunked oil drilling myth, claiming that "more oil seeps through the ground off the coast of California than is ever spilled out there. So you're going to have much more environmental damage." In fact, according to a County of Santa Barbara report, "The evidence is clear that, far from being invisible against a background of seeps, major spills can have far greater and qualitatively different impacts on the environment than do seeps." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809160004 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:43:36 EST Morning Joe uncritically aired McCain's false claim that Palin is "governor of a state that 20 percent of our America's energy supply comes from" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150004 On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough uncritically aired video of Sen. John McCain falsely claiming that Sarah Palin is "governor of a state that 20 percent of our America's energy supply comes from." In fact, as Factcheck.org noted, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Alaska is responsible for "just 3.5 percent of the country's domestic energy production," and only 2.4 percent of the energy the United States consumes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150004 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:28:02 EST Cavuto failed to challenge false claim that "we didn't have any spillage whatsoever ... during Katrina" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020014 On Your World, Neil Cavuto did not challenge Rep. Michelle Bachmann's false claim that "[w]e didn't have any spillage whatsoever from the oil rigs during Katrina." In fact, a report prepared for the federal government by an international consulting firm identified damage from Hurricane Katrina to 27 platforms and rigs that resulted in the spilling of approximately 2,843 barrels of petroleum products into the Gulf of Mexico. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020014 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:18:04 EST AP noted criticism of Nagin and Brown for failed Katrina response, but not Chertoff http://mediamatters.org/items/200809010006 Despite noting that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was "widely criticized in 2005 for not evacuating his city before [Hurricane] Katrina" and that former FEMA director Michael Brown "was forced to resign shortly after the storm as the extent of the agency's failings became clear," an AP article that quoted DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff describing government efforts to prepare for Hurricane Gustav did not note that two congressional reports on the federal response to Hurricane Katrina specifically faulted Chertoff. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809010006 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:24:51 EST CNN's Velshi falsely claimed "no oil shed into the Gulf of Mexico" because of Hurricane Katrina http://mediamatters.org/items/200808310004 On CNN Newsroom, Ali Velshi falsely claimed, "In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 40 of these [offshore drilling] platforms, but still no oil shed into the Gulf of Mexico because of that." In fact, a 2007 report prepared for the federal government by an international consulting firm identified damage from Katrina to 27 platforms and rigs that resulted in the spilling of approximately 2,843 barrels of petroleum products into the Gulf of Mexico. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808310004 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:13:13 EST Wash. Times uncritically repeated McCain campaign's statement that Obama "voted in lockstep with President George W. Bush nearly half the time" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150008 A Washington Times article uncritically repeated an assertion by Sen. John McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds that "[i]n the Senate, Barack Obama has voted in lockstep with President George W. Bush nearly half the time" and did not mention that, according to Congressional Quarterly, McCain voted with the Bush administration 95 percent of the time in 2007 and has voted with Bush 90 percent of the time over the course of Bush's presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150008 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:35:41 EST Milwaukee radio host smeared "greedy, overpaid unionized schoolteacher[s]" who talk about global warming http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130006 On his Milwaukee radio talk show, Mark Belling referred to schoolteachers who talk to their students about global warming as "idiot union teacher[s]," "liberal unionized hack[s]," "greedy, overpaid unionized schoolteacher[s]," and "fruitcake[s]." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130006 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:59:09 EST CNN's Beck didn't challenge former oil exec's assertion that ANWR drilling would "probably" produce oil in "two to three years" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808120003 On his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck did not challenge former Shell Oil president John Hofmeister's assertion that drilling in ANWR would "probably" produce oil in "two or three years." In fact, the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration concluded that any benefit from drilling in ANWR would not impact the U.S. oil supply for at least a decade. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808120003 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:56:52 EST Limbaugh: "Nature cleaned up itself" after Exxon Valdez oil spill http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080006 On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of the environmental effects following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, "[N]ature cleaned it up faster than we ever could." However, an NOAA research chemist reportedly said "very little of the oil actually disappeared," while scientists employed by the state and federal governments recently reported that the effects of the oil spill remain. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080006 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:25:33 EST Media report GOP attacks on Obama's energy comments without noting that EPA, McCain surrogates agree with Obama http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050008 The New York Times and The Washington Times uncritically reported that the McCain campaign "ridiculed" Sen. Barack Obama for encouraging people to properly inflate their tires to increase fuel efficiency without noting that the practice has been to shown to reduce fuel consumption or that two Republican governors and McCain surrogates have referred to the fuel economy benefits of properly inflated tires. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050008 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:48:38 EST Gingrich repeatedly mischaracterized Obama's energy policy http://mediamatters.org/items/200808010007 On Hannity & Colmes, Newt Gingrich ridiculed Sen. Barack Obama for encouraging people to properly inflate their tires and falsely suggested that that constituted Obama's only "energy strategy." In fact, Obama has proposed a "Plan for a Clean Energy Future," which includes proposals to "invest $150 billion over 10 years in clean energy," "improve energy efficiency 50 percent by 2030," "support next generation biofuels," and "double fuel economy standards within 18 years." And, Gingrich's ridicule aside, the Department of Energy and the EPA, as well as Republican governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Charlie Crist, have all referred to the fuel economy benefits of properly inflated tires. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808010007 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:26:07 EST