Editor’s Note – For those who haven’t followed the latest example of media malfeasance, comedian Mike Daisey was caught in a lie – several, in fact – in a purported expose’ broadcast on This American Life, a program carried by public radio stations. It resulted in international furor and retraction of the story. But in this essay, the writer defends not Daisey, but the reason he made up a story and channels the lesson to media coverage of climate change.

Atlantic editor creates climate science journalism stir with ‘outsourcing’ admission

Climate bait-and-switchers conceal warming themes in gas prices and kids’ health

The Buzz’s OHIO Links…

Williams agrees to purchase natural gas pipeline system in Marcellus Shale region

Buckeye Wind project clears legal hurdles but must work through other issues

Iberdrola completes Blue Creek Wind Farm in Van Wert and Paulding counties

Sen. Rob Portman thinks Obama will go ahead with Keystone XL Pipeline

Old mineral rights lease language prevents landowners from sharing energy bounty

Crumbs from Pennsylvania ethane cracker still might benefit Ohio and West Virginia

Ohio Senate Bill 221 has succeeded in spurring alternative energy development

Central Ohio schools and districts eye solar power development opportunities

Meigs County landowners want to cash in on hydraulic fracturing oil leases

GOP state lawmakers not sympathetic to Gov. Kasich’s oil and gas drilling tax hike

Over 3,000 Ohio residents request kits to test their well water for methane

AEP executive leaves to join Indiana-based natural gas company, NiSource, Inc.

AEP’s 38-year-old vice president-CIO will assume duties of president and CEO

Athens County fracking possibilities might be marginal, but drilling will tell

The Buzz’s NATIONAL Links…

New Gallup poll shows ‘solid majority’ of Americans approve of Keystone pipeline

American Electric Power files coal plant retirements with PJM and SPP

Southern California could face summer of power shortages after nuke plant shutdown

The Buzz’s INTERNATIONAL Links…

Light trade duties set on Chinese solar panels deals blow to U.S. manufacturers

In 2008, Russia wasted enough energy to power Great Britain for entire year

British government seems to be backing off on energy and climate change targets

Green energy subsidies continue to be a target as European governments tighten belts

Growing tension between Hamas and Egypt produces energy crisis in Gaza

The Buzz’s RENEWABLES, ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY, FUELS Links…

Record amount of wind power in a single day flows onto BPA transmission system

Surf’s out for plan to anchor thousands of wave electricity generators off beaches

Buzz’s ENERGY EFFICIENCY & CONSERVATION Links …

California racks up 178,000 appliance replacements with energy efficiency program

Tenants pay premium to live in apartment complex where rainwater flushes toilets

Leading cable companies commit to adding ‘light sleep mode’ feature to set-top boxes

New house in Akron, Ohio, uses 350 bales of straw as main insulating material

The Buzz’s ELECTRIC CARS, HYBRIDS, TRANSPORTATION Links…

‘Unrelenting bad news’ about electric cars further alienates potential buyers

From car of the year to ‘Obama’s Edsel,’ Chevy Volt struggles just to survive

GM exec says Volt is not ‘Obama-car’ and decries politicization of electric vehicles

Volvo’s top boss sees little growth of electric cars in Europe without significant help

Electric vehicle flop illustrates practicalities everyone seems to have forgotten

The Buzz’s OPINION AND COMMENTARY Links…

‘I am not an expert on oil reserves’ comment will haunt DOE’s Chu for a long time

Pie-in-the-sky energy rhetoric continues while consumers feel pain at the pump

Have Obama and his advisors turned their backs on politics of ‘Big Coal?’

U.S. presidents can affect gasoline prices by exercising budgetary discipline

The Buzz’s weekly stingerS…

Here’s why new energy technologies don’t seem to be displacing fossil fuels

According to latest Pew poll, number of Americans favoring alternative energy wanes

Nuclear energy trade group launches ‘reliable, affordable’ advertising campaign

There’s a price to be paid for ignoring nation’s system of aging river locks and dams

Greens worry about what delays in EPA rules mean during this election year

Supreme Court rebuffs EPA in case of Idaho property owners and wetlands

No easy fixes for climate change in next 100 years, and natural gas doesn’t help much

Australian dad uses remote energy monitoring device to detect, break up teen party

The Buzz’s HALL OF SHAME…

Solar energy, California’s renewable darling, hits a roadblock of statistical proportions

Editor’s Note – Finally, someone in the media puts the links together. Twice the solar energy installations are needed to meet the target percentages of a state mandate because of intermittency.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu gives himself ‘A’ grade for $4 gasoline across U.S.

Global Green Climate Fund, possibly $100 billion in size, wants UN-type immunity

The Buzz’s WEIRD, SAD, FUNNY, UPLIFTING AND UNBELIEVABLE Links…

New effort underway to determine fate of 1930s female pilot Amelia Earhart

Giant runaway boulder smashes house and crushes cars in Ohio neighborhood

Robot jellyfish vehicle is powered by hydrogen and oxygen reaction from seawater

Supersonic biplanes might use less fuel, cancel out annoying boom of shock wave

New North Korean leader uses mortar shell to execute ‘unsound’ military officer