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Publisher: Deborah Thomas

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—Studs Terkel


Extra! February 2010

Current Extra! cover
Sidelining Cap and Trade’s Green Critics
As with healthcare, right-wing complaints framed the debate
By Neil deMause

‘Climategate’ Overshadows Copenhagen
Media regress to the bad old days of false balance
By Julie Hollar

Environmental Journalism in the Greenhouse Era
Looking for climate news beyond corporate media
By Miranda Spencer

Articles only available in print:
U.S. Climate Coverage in the '00s
Tracking global warming's media profile
by Maxwell T. Boykoff

NYT Cools on Global Warming Realities
Andrew Revkin reports on imaginary temperature 'plateau'
by Peter Hart

Newsweek Greenwashes the Oil Lobby for Real
Boosting fossil fuel profits as a sign of eco-friendliness
by Candice O'Grady