Scientific Knowledge, Public Understanding and the
Changing Tone of Public Exchange

(some recent sources for reflection - as of March 2007)

2005
Bjorn Lomborg (TED, 2005)
15 December 2006 "The Denial Machine," CBC - TV, (15 November 2006).
26 January 2007 "The Heat Over Global Warming," PBS - NOW, (January 26 2007). See also, Al Gore interview & clips from film, "An Inconvenient Truth.".
30 January 2007 Senator Inhofe interviewed on Hannity Show
2 February 2007 "Humans 'cause' climate change," BBC News Online, (2 February 2007).
  UCS Report on Government Interference with Science
Marketplace Radio
2 February 2007
"Wanted: Views questioning global warming. Will pay," American Public Media - Marketplace Radio, (2 February 2007).
David Frum "An honest attempt to heat up the debate," American Public Media - Marketplace Radio, (14 February 2007).
15 February 2000 GMT BBC - Newshour
  2300 GMT BBC - The World Today
16 February 0300 - GMT BBC - The World Today
  0600 - GMT BBC - The World Today
  0700 - GMT BBC - The World Today
  1300 - GMT BBC - The World Today
17 February 1300 - GMT BBC - Dead Zones
  1200 - GMT BBC - Science in Action - John Holdren, Pres. AAAS
 18 February "Global Climate Change and Human Well-Being," American Association for the Advancement of Science, (18 February 2007).
  "Climate-Change Town Hall" American Association for the Advancement of Science, (18 February 2007).
21 February 2007.
Seth Shulman, "Undermining Science," WGBH Forum Network - Cambridge Forum, (21 February 2007).
25 February 2007.
"Rev. Falwell's sermon: "The Myth of Global Warming"," WDBJ TV, (25 February 2007).
Scientific Expert Group
26 February 2007
Scientific Expert Group on Climate Change (SEG), United Nations Foundation - Sigma XI, et al.
  Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable - Report prepared for the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, (Triangle Park, NC, Washington, DC.,, Sigma Xi, Research, The United Nations Foundation, 26 February 2007). PDF version of Full Report
27 February 2007. "Frontline Report - News War 3: What's Happening to the News, 27 February 2007. (See also Part 1 and Part 2)
27 February 2007. "Developing nations say rich countries must take responsibility for climate change," The International Herald Tribune, (27 February 2007)
28 February 2007. "Developing nations hit back on climate change," Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa), (28 February 2007).
17 March 2007 BBC - Newshour 1300 GMT - Climate Scientists
17 March 2007. BBC - "Caution urged on climate 'risks'," BBC News Online, (17 March 2007).
Dr. James E. Hansen
   20 March 2007
"Scientific Reticence and Sea Level Rise," [Draft Paper], (20 March 2007).