Kolbert

As a journalist, Betsy Kolbert is on a par with Rachel Carson.

Wonk Room » New Yorker Reporter Elizabeth Kolbert: Global Boiling Inaction Is A ‘Total System Failure’ 2009

So Orwell would not have been surprised to learn, as the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert helpfully pointed out this week, that there is literally no word for "meltdown" in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's glossary of atomic-related words and phrases.

Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011

In an interview with Yale Environment 360, New Yorker reporter Elizabeth Kolbert explains that everyone, from journalists and scientists to politicians and economists, are responsible for the inability of the United States to respond to the threat of climate catastrophe:

Wonk Room » New Yorker Reporter Elizabeth Kolbert: Global Boiling Inaction Is A ‘Total System Failure’ 2009

Kolbert, the award-winning author of Field Notes From a Catastrophe, makes a special call for “scientists to make their voices heard.”

Wonk Room » New Yorker Reporter Elizabeth Kolbert: Global Boiling Inaction Is A ‘Total System Failure’ 2009

Elizabeth Kolbert, of the New Yorker, said that Hansen is "increasingly isolated among climate activists."

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

So Orwell would not have been surprised to learn, as the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert helpfully pointed out this week, that there is literally no word for "meltdown" in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's glossary of atomic-related words and phrases.

Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011

So Orwell would not have been surprised to learn, as the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert helpfully pointed out this week, that there is literally no word for "meltdown" in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's glossary of atomic-related words and phrases.

Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011

So Orwell would not have been surprised to learn, as the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert helpfully pointed out this week, that there is literally no word for "meltdown" in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's glossary of atomic-related words and phrases.

Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011

So Orwell would not have been surprised to learn, as the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert helpfully pointed out this week, that there is literally no word for "meltdown" in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's glossary of atomic-related words and phrases.

Rory O'Connor: No Word for Meltdown: Nukespeak Returns Rory O'Connor 2011

Elizabeth Kolbert, of the New Yorker, said that Hansen is "increasingly isolated among climate activists."

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009