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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Pollan envy	David Roberts	22 Apr 2008	Gristmill
For people involved in the TV business, I imagine watching The Wire -- David Simon's novelistic depiction of big-city dysfunction on HBO -- generates mixed feelings. On one hand: Damn that's good. On the other: Damn. That's really good. It makes what once seemed excellent appear merely adequate; what was once adequate now worthless. It has transcended its medium and made those still laboring within its received limitations seem ... diminished. That's how I feel when ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, green living, TV (all these topics)

Nancy + Newt sittin' on a couch ... Pelosi and Gingrich unite for climate protection	Sarah van Schagen	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
... T-A-L-K-I-N-G about climate change in a new TV spot for the me We Can Solve It campaign. Check it out:
Topics: climate, environmental movement, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, politics, TV (all these topics)

Al Gore's got some big bucks Thoughts on the newly announced 'we' campaign	Jon Rynn	01 Apr 2008	Gristmill
So Al Gore announced a $300 million 3-year effort 'aimed at mobilizing Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.' My question is, wouldn't it be better to spend that money on building grassroots organizations pushing for climate change legislation instead of spending it mostly, I presume, on advertising? If $100 million was spent each year on grassroots organizations in 30 major cities, that would work out to $3 million per each major metr ...
Topics: Al Gore, business, celebrity, environmental movement, politics, TV (all these topics)

Urgency and solvability: The "we" campaign Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection unveils ambitious $300 million ad campaign	David Roberts	31 Mar 2008	Gristmill
If you read Juliet Eilperin's great rundown in the Washington Post, you know that today marks the launch of a massive PR effort from Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection. Gore has concluded that U.S. politicians will continue to be timid on climate change until the public demands otherwise. "The simple algorithm is this: It's important to change the light bulbs, but it's much more important to change the laws," he said. "The options available to ...
Topics: Al Gore, business, celebrity, climate, environmental movement, messaging, politics, TV (all these topics)

Idiot protest or brilliant parody?	David Roberts	01 Feb 2008	Gristmill
I got a strange PR release today that sent me to this. I've read it over pretty closely and I still can't tell whether it's intended to be parody. If it is parody, it's quite clever -- really nails the self-righteousness arms race underway in the eat-your-own faction of the green movement. If it is serious, it may rank as the stupidest environmental protest ever, and that is against some fairly stiff competition.
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, TV (all these topics)

Bill Moyers on the legacy of Rachel Carson	David Roberts	24 Sep 2007	Gristmill
You can watch the whole episode here.
Topics: environmental movement, TV (all these topics)

E.O. Wilson on Bill Moyers Journal this week Check it out	Kate Sheppard	05 Jul 2007	Gristmill
On Friday, Bill Moyers profiles E.O. Wilson on the latest edition of 'Bill Moyers Journal.' (The show is his new spot on PBS that started airing in late April, and happens to have the same name as his old show that stopped running in 1981.) Moyers talks to Wilson about subjects ranging from his work cataloging every living creature on earth to religion to his vision for facing climate change. Check out a preview: The show also includes an update on the work of th ...
Topics: biodiversity, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, messaging, religion and spirituality, TV (all these topics)

Earth Day TV Check your local listings	Adam Browning	21 Apr 2007	Gristmill
All the magazines have gone to press with what's become their annual Green Issue. And now TV is in on the act. MTV has a special Earth Day edition of Pimp My Ride: they take a '65 Impala, put in a 800 hp diesel engine, fill the tank with biodiesel, and race it against a Lamborghini. My money is on the Impala. Cameo by Governor Schwarzenegger, check local listings (April 22). While this isn't exactly a recipe for sustainability, that's not really the point, either. Ever ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, environmental movement, green living, TV (all these topics)

The Sundance Green party Green glitterati come out to toast new eco-programming on Sundance Channel	Amanda Griscom Little	13 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The green glitterati of New York City -- a surprisingly expansive and glamorous bunch -- convened last night to celebrate the launch of Sundance Green, the new block of green programming that will begin airing on the Sundance Channel this coming Tuesday. (Full disclosure: I am a member of the project's advisory board.) While Robert Redford wasn't in attendance (he was en route to D.C. where today he will wrap up the filming of his political thriller Lions fo ...
Topics: celebrity, environmental movement, green living, Robert Redford, TV (all these topics)

Travolta: biggest, fattest, hypocritest The latest on this earth-shattering story	David Roberts	02 Apr 2007	Gristmill
This past Friday, I was once again invited to be on FOX's Hannity & Colmes. Last time, you'll recall, I was to discuss the grave and momentous subject of Al Gore's hypocrisy. This time, the subject was even graver and momentouser: John Travolta's hypocrisy. (Last time I got bumped for Daryl Hannah. This time I was both too busy and too sick. Someday!) Travolta, you see, recently opined on the subject of global warming, just after driving a Harley down the red ...
Topics: celebrity, climate, environmental movement, green living, jackassery, TV (all these topics)

Are the godly crazy? Dateline NBC explores that question	Chris Schults	27 Oct 2005	Gristmill
Here at Grist, we like to keep you on your toes. On the one hand, we tell you that the Christian Right is swaying politicians and threatening the environment. On the other, we show that some of the evangelical leadership is urging its members to adopt eco-friendly living habits and exhorting the government to lighten America's environmental footprint. For those of you who don't have anything better to do on a Friday night, you have an opportunity for a different persp ...
Topics: environmental movement, Religion and Spirituality, TV (all these topics)

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