A number of news reports tried to reengage the climate change debate by reporting on a press release from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies that suggested 2010 tied 2005 for the warmest year on record. The Associated Press reports, “Indeed, the last three months have been particularly cool in the U.S. Southeast, even while worldwide readings were going on to tie 2010 with 2005 for the warmest year on record as climate change continues to affect the atmosphere.”

But the article fails to differentiate between warmest years in the United States … Continue Reading

In his July 27th report on the success or failure of the stimulus bill, the AP’s Bruce Schreiner lays out the pros and cons of the stimulus bill, predominately voiced by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell. What Schreiner misrepresents, however, was the true cost of the stimulus package signed into law last year by President Obama. Schreiner writes, “Pelosi credited last year’s $787 billion stimulus package, passed over deep Republican objections, with creating or saving as many as 3.6 million jobs so far.”

As it’s been pointed out several times on … Continue Reading