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Not An Activist But..

I have been a journalist for 15 or more years, and  as such I am something of a professional skeptic. My interest in global warming really kicked into high gear after my wife and I tried - and for the most part, failed - to build a green home. (I wrote a story about the adventure called "The Crying of Lot 55," you can read it via my blog The Big Melt)

My frustration with that process led me to dig into the "eco-chic" movement, and in the name of due diligence, I ended up drinking the Kool-Aid, as it were. The more I educated myself about what's going on up there, the more I realized that it was time to redouble my own personal efforts to live a greener life. Most people, certainly most up here in Canada, now understand that carbon is the culprit; I don't see much evidence of major media outlets up here giving "equal" airtime to the climate-change doubters, who have by and large been exposed for who and what they are.

I certainly don't think of myself as an activist - the term makes me squirm; I start my reporting from the baseline, scientifically sound understanding that our systems of transport and energy generation are doing some profoundly bad damage, and I look for the interesting stories that emerge from the conundrums that result. I don't consider this advocacy journalism; it's getting the facts straight and moving forward from there.On Top environment reporters talk about journalism vs. activism posted 3 years, 3 months ago 6 Responses