THE FIREBREAK
THE FIREBREAK, David Zaruk, Peter BeckettMedia criticism, original reporting, and commentary on the activites of the media, foundations and NGOs.
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The Brussels Ventriloquist Act
Here’s a fun question in the spirit of the season: in what world can a government fund an NGO, instruct that NGO to lobby the government’s own legislature, count the resulting pressure campaign as “the voice of civil society,” and then cite...
Where Have all the Activists Gone?
Whatever happened to the catastrophic climate collapse campaigners? What about the social justice warriors? Why are we no longer talking about post-capitalism, degrowth, the sixth mass extinction, chemical cocktails or the Pacific Garbage P...
The Death of Public Engagement
My wife starts her day every morning with a long conversation with another man that she trusts more than me. His name is Claude.
As AI agents integrate themselves into more of our daily decisions, eventually driving our cars, cleaning our...
Climate Etc.: Much more than an "et cetera"
Yesterday my Inbox received another always welcomed Climate Etc. email from Judith Curry. Since climate hysteria took over the news narrative, I looked forward to these regular emails and reading Judith’s latest article, guest piece, news c...
Glory Days Gone By
Life must be sad if all you do all day is talk about the Good Ole Days. Life is definitely sad if you have to pay others to promote something you were involved in eight years ago. Life is even sadder when others then force you to shut up....
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Exposing radical NGOs, confronting biased reporters.
David is The Firebreak editor. He is also known as the Risk-Monger. Retired professor, environmental-health risk analyst, science communicator, promoter of evidence-based policy and philosophical theorist on activists and the media.
Mergers, acquisitions and regulatory risk: a love story.
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