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New York Times Gives Its ‘Green’ Blog the Axe

Mar. 3, 2013 8:49am
New York Times Gives Its Green Blog the Axe

AP

The New York Times has shuttered its “Green” blog, posting a message late Friday afternoon that its online space about “energy and the environment” was closing up.

A goodbye message went up at 5 p.m.:

The Times is discontinuing the Green blog, which was created to track environmental and energy news and to foster lively discussion of developments in both areas. This change will allow us to direct production resources to other online projects. But we will forge ahead with our aggressive reporting on environmental and energy topics, including climate change, land use, threatened ecosystems, government policy, the fossil fuel industries, the growing renewables sector and consumer choices.

In an email to colleagues obtained by the Columbia Journalism Review, former Green blog editor Nancy Kenney apologized for the “abruptness” of the cancellation and said the decision was handed down from management.

“Masthead editors at The Times informed me around noon today that they plan to discontinue the Green blog and devote resources elsewhere,” Kenney wrote.

The blog’s cancellation comes less than two months after the Times dismantled its environmental desk, reassigning editors and reporters to other areas.

The Columbia Journalism Review slammed the decision to do away with the blog, calling it a “horrible decision that ensures the deterioration of the Times’s environmental coverage at a time when debates about climate change, energy, natural resources, and sustainability have never been more important to public welfare.”

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  • ShowMeState314
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:36pm

    Good! Kinda makes me wonder, though….. beside the money running out, maybe they just finished actually reading the whole Obamacare package and realized they couldn’t afford to employ the people needed to keep the blog running.

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    • sam1064
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 5:49pm

      or maybe the got a conscience? Nah, I think they realize the public is wising up that so called man made climate change is a huge scam that has made despicable people like Al Gore rich.

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    • starman70
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:58am

      I think it would be a lot better if the whold New York Times shut down. Just think of the trees that would be saved, the ink no longer wasted and the lesser load for the landfills as people would no longer have to discard that rag.

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    • poster
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:07am

      NY Times a conscience? No way. It’s an “ObamaCare is coming” cost cutting move. Just wait until the low-info Progressive voters get the ObamaCare wake-up call in 2014…. I can’t wait. You’re going to hear, “What? I thought this was free!!”… Could end up doing serious damage to the Dems.

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  • Warphead
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:58am

    The idiot “green” people still don’t get it. All these “sympathetic” organizations and media outlets couldn’t care less about anything “green.” They jumped all over it when smelled “green” but the green they were smelling had nothing to do with the environment. Well, I have to correct that. Yes the environment they wanted green was the bottom line. And when their beloved leader Al (with a carbon footprint as big as some countries) Bore was realized as the cheating, hypocrite swindling, shiester that he has always been, was discovered, all these “sympathetic” organizations and the media started backing away from the green movement because it wasn’t bringing any more green-backs. And all the idiot, and I sincerely mean idiot, environmentally green people start walking around all upset because the big companies abandoned their one great cause. If they are so stupid to believe these companies cared for anything other than the bottom line then they would probably believe that man is causing the earth to warm and polar bears to drown. Oh wait, they are that stupid. And their leader Al Bore, guess what he did. He lied to them. He played on their fear, all the way to the bank. Wait & see what happens soon in regards to liberal, agenda driven, news slanting media reporters. I think they, their bosses and their way of doing things are about to be thrown out on their collective a$$e$. Liberalism at every turn is being discovered for what it is. A loosing proposition.

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    • old construction worker
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 6:59pm

      “Wait & see what happens soon….”

      CO2 and Trade may be dead, but I can tell you there will be a big push for a CO2 tax in Washington. It will not be push by the MSM so a lot of voters won’t know about. I look for it to be in big “Grand tax reform bill” or in some “grand budget deal”.

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    • napari
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 2:49pm

      I completely agree with you except maybe you didnt go far enough. obama himself used the green energy vote to move forward and funnel bonuses to his campaign contributors and 100% betrayed those who were true believers! All obama voters slap your selfs with a sucker stamp!

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  • RodT82721
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:21am

    Since the 2010 election, that free flow of money from the tax payers to the greenies has really been slowed down.
    Those evil Republicans in the House, are demanding evidence of value received for money spent. It’s just ruining the entire green scheme.
    When even the NY Times can’t pilfer from the US Treasury to fund the “climate change” propaganda, they have to shut it down.
    They say using the resources elsewhere. That’s almost as funny as Barry paying for his own family vacations in Paradise.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:10am

    Sometimes I like to search for key-words….

    Green….. (b)log….. axe….. (news)paper…. LOL

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    • shorelineliz
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:37am

      Should say: ……green……..blog…….global…….warming…….farse……..more…….polar……bears…….than……we……can……handle…….Al…….Gore……..sucks…….big………time………….lies……..ruined……..no…..money………EPA……sucks……scam

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:14pm

      Regardless of anything “they” say against our planet, I still trust and believe GOD is in charge of our Earth. Too many people in the greenie thingie are in it for the massive amount of money they’re making….fooling us.(Algore). GOD IS in charge of this planet, NOT man.. Sure, we need to be always vigil about protecting our home earth, but what “they’re” doing is money makin’ not earth shakin’.

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  • ellietoo
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:35am

    Why have an open forum on “green” environmental issues when you can control all input yourself? The NYT does not want open discussion on the issue. They want to completely control the conversation.
    The “green” people have flooded NYS with activists trying to scare people into keeping all natural gas drilling out of the state. Not only have they stopped the state from gaining thousands of good paying jobs they have let down the failing businesses. These green job killers care nothing about the people of the state. They will put out any kind of unfounded information in order to obtain their objective. There is big money behind this green agenda.

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  • DZ-015
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:28am

    They may be making space for a new feature, the Soylent Green Blog.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:14am

    “The Columbia Journalism Review slammed ”

    The reason NYT closed the segment is NOBODY CARES except except the extremist loons.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:27am

      Science magazine use to be my respite from politics. I could read something that was mentally stimulating and technically informative & look forward to a better world.

      Then the Green agenda invaded. The left finally found these magazine that before had been beneath their notice. Understandably I am pi$$ed. You cannot get away from these m0r0ns if you try.

      The magazines will clean themselves up. But they came late to the party & will probably move on late also. It will be something they will not want to discuss or to be reminded of past positions.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:58am

      I had subscribed to Scientific American for decades; and dumped it about ten years ago, because of it’s obvious slant. This became intolerable when they announced a ‘format’ change.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:33am

      I remember that Scientific American ran a feature story on Human Trafficking. It was so “noble” of them. Considering that Soldier of Fortune (SOF) magazine ran a similar story a few before SCIAM, you have to ask what SCIAM is worth? So they are biased and when they get to an important issue they are late and will advocate the wrong solutions. Like Samantha Powers’ R2P using ROE that ensure a heavy toll on the U.S. military that they would not deign to have “their” kids join. Shermer and his atheist antics is a real joy too.

      My disgust with SCIAM led me to look for alternatives and I have found half a dozen science magazines other than Discover, Popular Mechanics, & Popular Science. The internet makes it easy.

      $CREW the liberal doxy!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:52am

      You and I are like minded on this.

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      Stoic one  
  • gyro
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:12am

    cry — cry — now were will I get the truth — cry — cry

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  • lincolnhenry1860
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:03am

    When I was kid, they taught me the Earth was mostly a tropical environment thus allowing for the dinosaurs to live. Then they taught me about how the world cooled down and went in to an ice age. Then they taught me how the world warmed up again and cooled down again and so on and so forth. The answer is easy – God created a planet that slowly recycles itself and changes. God created a living planet in order to sustain life. It was the best idea ever!

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  • Walkabout
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:02am

    Truth is people like some of those here followed wind power, solar power & other techs since the late 70s or early 80s to get off the grid & be independent of big corporations & the government

    These same people will be following this stuff in a quiet manner 10 or 20 years from now.

    The Sheeple will have moved on en masse herd by the like of Samantha Powers & Cass Sunsteen to new programs like R2P, Food Security etc.

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  • Wakeup Maggie
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:01am

    Awww–NOOOOOOO–say it isn’t so!

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  • ohiograndma
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:47am

    Oh this is TOO interesting! The NYT jettisons the Green blog about Environment & energy, the one that scolds Americans for being selfish, destructive and wasteful. Meanwhile, many conservatives across the country are prepping and studying how to live off the grid, be more self-sufficient, employ permaculture techniques – all green & environmental in their own right, but not part of our all- controlling, parental government’s philosophy. As usual, liberals’ hearts are in the right place, but their heads are squarely up their — oh dear. Grandma doesn’t talk that way. But Grandpa does! ;)

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    • shorelineliz
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:40am

      right on. Grandpa just tellin it like it is. This Seattle Grandma and Marine Corps Mom got no trouble with saying ‘put it where the sun don’t shine.” Raised by a rough talking WWII Combat Veteran who fought Hitler and Hirohito. Dad was a truck driver and Teamsters. Jimmy Hoffa’s daughter. Proud to say. Semper Fi OHio Grandma and Grandpa!

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  • woodyee
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:44am

    “But we will forge ahead with our aggressive reporting on environmental and energy topics, including climate change, land use, threatened ecosystems, government policy, the fossil fuel industries, the growing renewables sector and consumer choices.”

    They’re not divesting – they’re diverting.

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  • wilbstal
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:41am

    use this blog for Obama impeachment news

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  • IndyGuy
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:33am

    People that believe in global warming are the same idiots that vote for a fraud like Obama…

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:05am

      They do indeed and I call them warmer cultists,bunch of brain dead a holes.

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    • geeman
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:09am

      agree. anyone who thinks u can controll the climate by signing some law is an idgit.what year was it when the climate stopped changing?

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  • OneTermPresident
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:32am

    Just another “green” thing gone bust.. sooner or later they all do.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:29am

    While you’re at it just close the times down all together,it’s nothing but a propaganda rag for the regime.

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  • thibx
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:29am

    they would not know the truth if it bit them in the ass.

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  • Maximus_Delta
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:10am

    I heard that they will be changing the name of the paper to “The Obama Times”… all the news a liberal can shove down its throat…

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  • Ironmaan
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:09am

    Could it be that they have decided to move away from writing fiction? I hope that idea spreads to the rest of the paper.

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  • RIGS
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:08am

    WHO gives a $#i+ about THE TOILET PAPER TIMES.

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  • woodyee
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:05am

    No need for it, since a lot of their crappy nonsense is now being legislated.

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  • mrmarkjohnson
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:05am

    The blog only covered one side of the environment. It downplayed or ignored the mountain evidence against man made global warming that came to light in the past four or five years.

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  • MisterSarcastic
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:00am

    So the NYT is still a for profit business.

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  • Eastinfection
    Posted on March 3, 2013 at 8:55am

    Are they getting rid of the entire “fiction” section, or just “green fiction”?

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    • paulhawk
      Posted on March 3, 2013 at 9:30am

      If they did away with all the fiction Easty, there would be nothing left

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