Category Archives: In the News

New Republic Essay: Does Climate Change Cause Extreme Weather? I said no and was attacked

Roger Pielke, Jr. has an essay in The New Republic on the recent debate with John Holdren, Science Advisor to President Obama. An Obama Advisor Is Attacking Me for Testifying That Climate Change Hasn’t Increased Extreme Weather by Roger Pielke, … Continue reading

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A Climate Analyst Clarifies the Science Behind California’s Water Woes

Roger Pielke, Jr. was highlighted in a New York Times blog on climate variability and drought. A Climate Analyst Clarifies the Science Behind California’s Water Woes by Andrew C. Revkin March 6, 2014 Excerpt:  There’s no question that residents of … Continue reading

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Waste Not: Curtailment of Renewables Means Lost Energy

CSTPR’s Xi Wang was recently featured in CIRES’ Spheres science magazine on the work she did on renewable energy curtailment with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The 2014 edition focuses on Energy and the Environment. Spheres, Edition 08 Energy and … Continue reading

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How to ‘Be Boulder’ with Climate Communications

Max Boykoff quoted in a Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre article on climate communication. How to ‘be Boulder’ with climate communications. A webcam session of Paying for predictions The Climate Centre last Thursday remotely facilitated a session at the University … Continue reading

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Roger Pielke, Jr. Discusses Climate Change and Extreme Events on Colorado Matters.

Is climate change causing extreme weather? Experts disagree Audio: Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner discusses climate change and extreme weather events with CIRES’ Roger Pielke Jr. and NCAR’s Kevin Trenberth After big weather events, the question that often comes up … Continue reading

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Almost Famous: Can a Star-Studded Documentary Series Make People Care About Climate Change?

Max Boykoff’s media and climate change work referenced in a Columbia Journalism Review article on the new Showtime documentary series on climate change: Almost famous Can a star-studded documentary series make people care about climate change? by Alexis Sobel Fitts. … Continue reading

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‘Neglected Topic’ Winner: Climate Change

Max Boykoff’s media and climate change work mentioned in a New York Times article on climate change. ‘Neglected Topic’ Winner: Climate Change by Nicholas Kristof HERE’S a scary fact about America: We’re much more likely to believe that there are … Continue reading

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Climate Change Press’ Pseudo Boom

Max Boykoff’s climate change and media coverage work was referenced in a Columbia Journalism Review article: Climate change press’ pseudo boom The Daily Climate reports a 30-percent spike in global warming coverage during 2013; social scientists disagree that the figure … Continue reading

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Climate coverage soars in 2013, spurred by energy, weather

Max Boykoff’s media and climate change research highlighted in Daily Climate article Climate coverage soars in 2013, spurred by energy, weather by Douglas Fischer Niche journalism A growing universe of niche and mostly online publications such as Inside Climate also … Continue reading

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CSTPR Alum Joel Gratz in The New York Times

CSTPR Alum Joel Gratz in The New York Times In Pursuit of Powder? Tips for Finding It by Cindy Hirschfeld It’s every skier’s dream: to arrive at a resort just after a good storm, take one of the first lift … Continue reading

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