Joe Brewer is a Fellow at the Rockridge Institute in Berkeley, California. He has a special interest in the framing of the climate crisis, building on training in the atmospheric and cognitive sciences.

Blog Entries by Joe Brewer

Where's the Healthy Debate, CNN?

Posted November 29, 2007 | 04:04 PM (EST)


When CNN airs a YouTube debate for Republican presidential hopefuls you might think they'd select questions about the most important concerns Americans have. After all, the questions were taken from everyday citizens with a video camera and access to the web. But health care wasn't mentioned.

As prominent health care...

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Missing the Real Message in Nobel Prize?

Posted October 12, 2007 | 05:50 PM (EST)


The big story today is that the Nobel Peace Prize recognizes the climate crisis as a genuine threat to humanity. It now has official standing along with the proliferation of nuclear weapons, conflict in the Middle East, landmines, and poverty as something that causes harm to people within and beyond...

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