Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)March 2020 Summary March 2020 has been a pivotal month in human history. In terms of media coverage of climate change and global warming, March 2020 has demonstrated the adage of the ‘finite news hole’ across … Continue reading →

by Steve VanderheidenCSTPR Core Faculty and Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies Photo above: A nurse wears protective gear at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site in Seattle on March 17, 2020. Photo: Brian Snyder, Reuters. As I write this, the University … Continue reading →

by Matthew BurgessCSTPR Core Faculty and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Few things make me appreciate the importance of leaving space for discussing dangerous ideas—without fear of reprisal or censorship—in academia than teaching ecological economics and interacting with ecological economists. … Continue reading →

Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)February 2020 Summary February media attention to climate change and global warming at the global level decreased 12% from January 2020 coverage, but was up 62% from the previous February 2019. Regionally, stories in February 2020 … Continue reading →

Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)January 2020 Summary January media attention to climate change and global warming at the global level increased slightly from December 2019 coverage, up about 4%. Yet compared to a year earlier (January 2019), the number of … Continue reading →

by Maxwell BoykoffDirector, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research and Associate Professor, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado Boulder CSTPR White Paper 2020-01 Introduction (to a Fraught Situation)‘Advocacy’ in academia has unfortunately become a dirty word in many quarters. … Continue reading →

Look to the States to Understand Renewable Energy in the U.S. by Kathleen HancockCSTPR Faculty Affiliate, Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines Photos by Kathleen Hancock The United States seems to be regressing when it comes to renewable energy with … Continue reading →

by Cassandra Brooks and Justine Shaw Icy wind from the Antarctic continent stings our faces as we crouch in the zodiacs straining to hear the crackling of the ice. Water rises and falls around us as if it’s breathing. Small … Continue reading →

Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)October 2019 Summary October media attention to climate change and global warming went down 8% from record levels of coverage in September 2019. However, it was still up 48% throughout the world from October 2018. While … Continue reading →