lightblueline

The Independent covered the action that the lightblueline effort took to defuse the campaign of misinformation started by a local daily newspaper. The circumstances of this action show how the media can impact efforts at public education.

You can read the whole article here: White Flag on Blue Line

Below are excerpts from the article:

Is it valuable to respond to letters to the editor in newspapers that might misinterpret the goals or the intentions for lightblueline?

Last night New Yorker science writer Elizabeth Kolbert brought a message of alarm, a call to action, and sliver of hope to a full room of concerned residents in Campbell Hall. Focusing on the issue of sea-level rise from her book Field Notes from a Catastrophe, she described her experiences in Alaska and Greenland, and the fears and predictions of the scientists who are trying to gain a better understanding of how the planet's ice sheets will respond to global warming. She also mentioned our local lightblueline action (but not by name).
Here is the Santa Barbara Newsroom's article on her talk:
Climate Change Close-Up at UCSB
Here is a review from the Santa Barbara Independent:
It's Not Easy Teaching Green

An AP article ran yesterday -- Scientists See New Global Warming Threat by Seth Borenstein. It highlights this week's Nature article by Walter et al. on findings re: carbon bubbling out from the permafrost.

I found the article's tone to be alarmist, starting with the first line: "New research is raising concerns that global warming may be triggering a self-perpetuating climate time bomb trapped in once-frozen permafrost." But Borenstein was working with direct quotes from scientists.