A Primer On Climate Change From The NY Times Andy Revkin

By Todd Wilkinson, 1-02-07

When it comes to writing about climate change and the continuing evolution of the political discussion in America, no reporter does it better or more astutely than Andrew Revkin of The New York Times.

Andy’s work is crackerjack and he, too, has been a reader of the reports on climate change that have appeared here at New West.  As a journalistic colleague and friend, I have the utmost respect for his work.

The following is a note that Andy passed along today and New West readers should find it to be of great interest, for it illustrates how the discussion over global warming is light years ahead of the so-called “debate” occurring in the Rockies.  (Also, I strongly suggest that you pick up a copy of his excellent book, “The North Pole Was Here:  Puzzles and Perils At The Top Of The World” published in 2006).

Here’s Andy Revkin’s note:

“For anyone who’s been offline or in transit as 2006 ended, a couple of additions to our ongoing “Energy Challenge” series, which has spilled into 2007 and essentially has become a new multi-disciplinary department at The New York Times.

° Michael Barbaro’s great story today on Wal-Mart’s quest to make fluorescents the new normal for light bulbs.  I did a piece on the “global warming middle” that has produced a mix of frustration, anger, and gratitude among scientists and policy folk dealing with climate and energy. I blogged on my story here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1L2TYV56JXF2V/ref=cm_blog_dp_pdp/102-0424692-4168157

° Matt Wald’s piece late last week giving an energy-savings comparison for daily activities.

You can catch all these pieces and more at the top of our Energy Challenge page here:
www.nytimes.com/energychallenge

Also, be sure to glance at the 400-plus reader comments from Energy Web Forum we held between the holidays—including some great input from topflight scientists, grad students, entrepreneurs (there are some ranters & hand-wringers as well, but easy to find your way to the wheat amid chaff).
http://questions.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/a-reader-forum-on-energy-and-the-environment/

A nice blog on the series and forum is here:
http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/2006/12/ny_times_sponsors_reader_forum.php

Thanks Andy