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Environment

• October 21 -- "Why Taxes Have to Go Up"
Credit the Times editorial page for candor.

• September 14 -- More Hot Air on Bush's Environmental Record
A front-page story by Felicity Barringer insists: "For many environmental groups, Mr. Bush's legacy was assured in his first year, thanks to highly publicized decisions that effectively repudiated Clinton administration positions. Mr. Bush backed off a campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide and abandoned the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to reduce heat-trapping gases linked to global warming." But Kyoto was repudiated by the Senate during the Clinton years.

• August 30 -- Still Citing Paul Ehrlich: The Times' Population Story Bombs
Donald McNeil Jr.'s "Demographic 'Bomb' May Only Go 'Pop!'" seems unwilling to let go of the alleged threat of "overpopulation" and quotes discredited environmental doomsayer Paul Ehrlich.

• August 18 -- "Alarming" Environmental Bias at the Times
A Dean Murphy story (with an alarmist headline, "Study Finds Climate Shift Threatens California") accepts as fact the theory of man-made global warming while pushing an "alarming" study from left-wing environmentalists.

• July 8 -- An Age of Limits in Wait for Booming China?
Howard French's "China's Boom Brings Fear of an Electricity Breakdown" is reminiscent of Jimmy Carter and the age of limits: "The worry, put bluntly, is that the world simply may not have enough energy and other resources for China to continue developing along present lines….sharply increased environmental damage might make the country unlivable."

• June 2 -- "Sloth, Greed And Fear" to Blame for Kyoto Rejection
The Sunday Book Review features a round-up review of several environmental doomsayer books by editorial board member Verlyn Klinkenborg, who quotes discredited environmental hysteric Paul Ehrlich and puts resistance to the Kyoto Protocol down to "custom, ignorance, sloth, greed and fear."

• May 28 -- It's Only a Movie, Guys
Can a new environmental disaster movie with a ludicrous premise help the crusade against "global warming"? A Times' editorial board member hopes so. (Remember when Dan Quayle got ripped for allegedly confusing TV with reality?)

• May 20 -- Eating Up Environmental Exaggerations
No section of the Times is safe from liberal environmentalism.

• May 12 -- Bye Bye Bangladesh Thanks to Bush
Times Sunday Magazine contributing writer James Traub comes up with a list of things to be afraid of in the age of terror.

• April 13 -- Libertarian Take Over at the NYT?
Tina Rosenberg's "What the World Needs Now Is DDT" matches its in-your-face headline with tough words for a canonical text of the environmental movement: "DDT killed bald eagles because of its persistence in the environment. 'Silent Spring' is now killing African children because of its persistence in the public mind."

• January 27 -- Accuracy on Ice: The Times on Global Warming
Sunday's editorial page lets off steam about Bush on global warming--but the paper's embarrassing history on the subject suggests it should cool its jets.

• January 20 -- Reciting Left-Wing Environmental Talking Points
Michael Janofsky delves into left-wing criticism of the National Park Service in a story strongly reminiscent of an article that appeared on a far-left website last month.

• January 8 -- The Times Cancels Christmas (Trees)
Science columnist C. Claiborne Ray lets out his inner Grinch, citing a liberal scientist who suggests skipping the whole Christmas tree thing: "If practical, it would be better to plant a growing tree in the yard and decorate it for years, or skip greenery altogether, he said."

• January 2 -- The U.S. vs. the U.N--Guess Which Side the Times Takes?
Amidst a laundry list of alleged Bush sins against internationalism, a Times editorial defends the United Nations against the "unilateral" U.S. and laments "Washington's rush to invade" Iraq.

• December 11 -- Kyoto Curtailed by White House
The Times rehashes criticism of Bush for not backing the environmental Kyoto Protocol, and again fails to note Bush isn't the first to reject the Kyoto Protocol--the Senate did so while Clinton was in office.

• December 5 -- "Tenacious" Humans Destroying the Planet
A Times editorial uses a scientific study to label humanity a planetary pest with a "tenacious occupation of the globe," responsible for mass extinction of other species.

• December 4 -- Kyoto: Russia Balks, But Bush Blamed
Russia is having second thoughts about ratifying the environmental decree known as the Kyoto Protocol, but instead of pinning the "blame" on Russia, a Times editorial finds a more appealing bogeyman: "Indeed, it can be argued that Russia would not be having second thoughts about the Kyoto accord had Mr. Bush himself decided not to bail out."

• December 3 -- Bush Killed Kyoto?
A lead story laments the apparent killing of the Kyoto Protocol, which would have required draconian cuts in the output of greenhouse gases on the part of industrial nations: "The Bush administration rejected the pact, essentially giving Russia veto power over its enactment." But it wasn't just Bush: The U.S. Senate rejected Kyoto by 95-0 in 1997.

• November 19 -- Prospering China Driving Global Warming?
A front-page story by SUV-hater Keith Bradsher approves China's strict new emissions laws for cars and assumes as fact the theory of human contribution to global warming.

• October 10 -- A Meaty Times Debate
A front-page expose indicates the Times thinks E. coli in schools is a big deal. Someone should tell food reporter Marion Burros, who seems more concerned about phantom environmental dangers from irradiated meat.

• August 15 -- Times Liberalism, By the Book
Bush’s new EPA nominee is forced to defend his environmental record; in 1992, Clinton’s was flattered with a cute story from her youth.

• August 11 -- Weird Science On the Times Copy Desk
A scary subhead to a story on a California ban on flame-retardant chemicals (“Agent Tied to Learning Disorders in Children”) isn’t backed up by the story itself.

• August 4 -- A Coal Mine of Bias
The Times editorializes on a Senate proposal to limit global warming, “an issue on which the world has spoken clearly [via the Kyoto Protocol] but Congress has remained irresponsibly silent for too long.” But Congress did speak on the issue--just not the way the Times wanted.

• August 8 -- I Am Bush, Destroyer of Worlds
…says the latest op-ed by Paul Krugman. Stuck in permanent smarm mode, Krugman writes on the ruin of ancient Mesopotamia’s environment and concludes: “Will we avoid the fate of past civilizations that destroyed their environments, and hence themselves? And the answer is: not if Mr. Bush can help it.”

• August 1 -- Gross Generalizations OK For Liberal Causes?
Danny Hakim takes a moralistic look at the popularity of pickup trucks: “The trend toward bigger-than-ever pickups has broad implications for the safety of American drivers, the environment, oil consumption and the financial health of the auto industry.” He also generalizes about pickup truck drivers: “They tend to drink more and use their seat belts less often, figures show.” Would the Times let anyone else spread such stereotypes?

• July 30 -- Holes in the “Ozone Hole” Story?
Science writer Andrew Revkin assumes as truth the liberal environmentalist view of the “ozone hole” over Antarctica, portraying it as a man-made danger to humans and the ecology.

• July 28 -- Gorbachev Still A Cold War Hero
The Times again hails former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as the man who ended the Cold War, not mentioning how Gorbachev tried to roll back the revolution in Lithuania and other Soviet satellites.

• April 23 -- The Times “Public Lives” of Liberals
Of the last 20 editions of the Times personality profile “Public Lives,” five have provided unedited liberal advocacy, while the only one featuring a right-leaning personality was also the only one critical of its subject.