Iowa journalists deserve a lot of credit and time to catch their breath. They have been covering, almost nonstop, the tragic weather we’ve been having since the monster F5 tornado swept through Parkersburg, New Hartford, and Dunkerton on May 25.
Then came the floods. This has been a bad several weeks for sleep if you [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Environment'
Iowa’s News Heroes
June 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Environment · Journalism · Journalism Ethics · Television News
Greenwashing Dirty Coal
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
It happened again. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier had a special “green” tabloid section in their Sunday, April 20 newspaper, with big full-page ad by LS Power. After doing the same thing last year, it appears that Courier is operating in an irony-free zone where “green” and “coal-fired power plant” can mean the same thing.
Tags: Environment · Journalism · Journalism Ethics · Labor News · Television News
Fool’s Gold: Rushing to Build a Coal-Burning Power Plant in Iowa
September 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Waterloo Mayor Tim Hurley was an easy mark. Fresh from the success of bringing casino gambling to the Cedar Valley, this high roller muscled through the local zoning decision for LS Power because he was convinced the power plant would be another “gold mine.†And perhaps it really will be.
Tags: Environment · Journalism
Global Warming’s Long Story
January 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments
You might be excused if you missed an article on December 21, 1969 in the New York Times. In a small report on a meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the Times published its first article that used the term “global warming.” The science, even in 1969, was stunningly accurate.
Tags: Environment