{"id":199536,"date":"2010-01-19T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/intersection\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2010-01-19T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T17:00:56","slug":"when-scientists-speak-out-the-anti-mtr-message-makes-it-to-colbert-the-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/199536","title":{"rendered":"When Scientists Speak Out: The Anti-MTR Message Makes it to Colbert | The Intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I wrote at Science Progress<\/a> about how a group of scientists had dealt a devastating blow to the practice of MTR (mountaintop removal mining) with a good paper<\/a>, some luck, and a good communications plan.<\/p>\n

Now, the point is driven home further, as the chief scientist involved, Dr. Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland, was actually invited on The Colbert Report<\/a> to discuss her work. Of course, the blowing up of mountains is a perfect Colbert topic, but I felt that Dr. Palmer did a good job, er, sticking to the science. Watch the whole thing:<\/p>\n

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The Colbert Report<\/a><\/td>\nMon – Thurs 11:30pm \/ 10:30c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coal Comfort – Margaret Palmer<\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
www.colbertnation.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n