Given how little climate progress was made in years with climate in debates, maybe #climatesilence signals a shift?

A Look at Climate Silence and the Romney-Obama Debates

dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com 23 Oct '12, 4am

Given how little climate progress was made in years with climate in debates, maybe #climatesilence signals a shift?

Below you can see my two-slide Powerpoint explanation for the presidential debates’ resounding #climatesilence (that’s the Twitter hashtag for the failed push to get global warming on the debate agenda). Try to find slide one — depicting the online tussle over climate science and policy — within slide two, which places the first issue in the flow of the moment’s news (via the fascinating newsmap.jp Web site): 2-Slide Talk on the Reason for Debate Climate Silence from Andrew Revkin Obviously, Bob Schieffer could have slipped in a reference to climate in various ways, as Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations pointed out in the hours preceding the final face-to-face Romney-Obama showdown. Ahead of the debate, Stephen Lacey at Climate Progress went so far as to explain “Why It’s Impossible To Ignore Climate In A Presidential Foreign Policy Debate .” But that would h...

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@PPUAMX » 28 Oct '12, 12am
RT @nceas: RT @lesliewelts: One Reason for Debate Climate Silence [link]
@nceas » 26 Oct '12, 10pm
RT @lesliewelts: One Reason for Debate Climate Silence [link]
@davidkroodsma » 25 Oct '12, 2pm
No - a little silence isn't golden. One Reason for Debate Climate Silence [link]
@kashishds » 24 Oct '12, 12pm
"Obama has moved...aggressively, if quietly, to roll out restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions..." [link] (cc: @kundadixit)
@kashishds » 24 Oct '12, 12pm
@svbel @kundadixit starkly different on climate change though. This NYTimes @dotearth post is great on #ClimateSilence [link]
@climate_diplo » 23 Oct '12, 6pm
more on the great #climatesilence "One Reason for Debate Climate Silence" via @revkin [link]
@OuterSpacePi » 23 Oct '12, 5pm
One Reason for Debate Climate Silence [link] #climatechange #climatesilence
@alannogee » 23 Oct '12, 5pm
By this logic, need #middleastsilence #jobssilence #lotsasilence... MT @Revkin Is climate silence golden? [link]
@Corp2020 » 23 Oct '12, 4pm
Watch what Dan Quayle said about climate change in 1988. Hint: nothing to do with potatoes. [link] RT @leafwarbler
@v_monteiro19 » 23 Oct '12, 3pm
[link] #interesting #debate2012
@JosOlivier » 23 Oct '12, 3pm
NYT, Revkin: One Reason for US Presidential Debate #Climate Silence [link] And link to this general news: [link]
@leafwarbler » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
One Reason for Debate Climate Silence [link] - is @revkin clutching at straws? Or is climate silence really golden?
@JVPLS » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
Un regard sur "le silence sur le climat" dans les débats Obama-Romney RT @revkin: #climatesilence [link]
@PegMitchell1 » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
One can only hope so RT @Revkin: Is a little climate silence golden? [link] (see kicker) #debate2012
@fredbartels » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
RT @Revkin Is a little climate silence golden? [link] <like many other areas where Obama is bringing change 'quietly'
@michaeloko » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
.@DotEarth @NYTimes: One Reason for Debate #Climate Silence: [link] @revkin asks "is a little silence is golden?"
@Revkin » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
Is a little climate silence golden? [link] (see kicker) #debate2012
@tweetingdonal » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
MT @Revkin Debate Omissions Highlite Skewed US World View [link] Related closer look at climate omission: [link]
@Revkin » 23 Oct '12, 12pm
Debate’s Omissions Highlight Skewed US World View [link] Related closer look at climate omission: [link]
@SPSchleicher » 23 Oct '12, 11am
One Reason for Debate Climate Silence [link]
@GreenDee » 23 Oct '12, 5am
RT @kashishds: "... global warming had been discussed in debates during every presidential election from 1988 until this year" [link]
@kashishds » 23 Oct '12, 5am
"Obama has moved...aggressively, if quietly, to roll out restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions..." [link] #ClimateSilence
@kashishds » 23 Oct '12, 5am
"... global warming had been discussed in debates during every presidential election from 1988 until this year" [link]
@kashishds » 23 Oct '12, 5am
Wondering about absence of climate change talk in Presidential debates? Must Read this post by @Revkin [link] #ClimateSilence
@Omnibudsman » 23 Oct '12, 4am
Given how little progress was made in years w/ #climate in debates, maybe #ClimateSilence signals a shift? [link] -MT @Revkin
@billdinTO » 23 Oct '12, 4am
RT @Revkin: Given how little climate progress was made in years with climate in debates, maybe #climatesilence signals a shift? [link]
@Revkin » 23 Oct '12, 4am
Given how little climate progress was made in years with climate in debates, maybe #climatesilence signals a shift? [link]
@KirkSerpes » 23 Oct '12, 5am
RT @Revkin: Given how little climate progress was made in years with climate in debates, maybe #climatesilence signals a shift? [link]
@TazzyWazzyFrazz » 23 Oct '12, 5am
RT @Revkin: Given how little climate progress was made in years with climate in debates, maybe #climatesilence signals a shift? [link]
@daisypl » 23 Oct '12, 5am
RT @Revkin: Given how little climate progress was made in years with climate in debates, maybe #climatesilence signals a shift? [link]