Chris Mooney

Chris Mooney

Chris Mooney is a contributing editor to Science Progress, a senior correspondent for The American Prospect, and also coauthors The Intersection blog for Discover Magazine. He is the author of three books: "The Republican War on Science," "Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming" and the forthcoming "Unscientific America," co-authored with Sheril Kirshenbaum. Get my RSS

The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science

How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.

May/June 2011 Issue

Geoengineering's Big Break?

If Copenhagen fails, radical climate experiments may not be far away.

Mon Dec. 14, 2009 9:14 AM PST

The Science Project

How to kick-start clean tech.

November/December 2008 Issue

Return of the Geeks

For eight long years, the Bush administration has trashed and politicized the government's science agencies. How to kick out the hacks and flat-Earthers and let the nerds reign.

September/October 2008 Issue

Climate of Meddling

From Exxon-lobbyist memos to White House-deleted notes on the health impact of global warming, seven key dates in the Bush administration's eight-year scuffle with a green planet.

September/October 2008 Issue

Congress' Top 10 Fossil Fools

Who stands between us and a clean-energy future? These guys.

May/June 2008 Issue

Black Gold?
May/June 2005 Issue

How ExxonMobil Funds the Anti Global Warming Forces

<a href="/news/featurex/2005/05/exxon_chart.html" target="new">Forty public policy groups</a> have this in common: They seek to undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing the earth to overheat. And they all get money from ExxonMobil.

May/June 2005 Issue

Christian Science?

Siding with an antiabortion doctor, the FDA rejects easy access to a morning-after pill.

September/October 2004 Issue

Bush and Junk Food: Eating Away at Science

The sugar industry is fighting findings that link its product to obesity. And U.S. officials are echoing the companies' line.

May/June 2004 Issue

Double Barreled Double Standards

For years, John Lott has provided a vital scholarly basis to the pro-gun movement. But now his research and his integrity are drawing heavy fire.

Sun Oct. 12, 2003 11:00 PM PDT

Teen Herbicide

Dietary supplements can be deadly. So why are they being marketed to kids?

May/June 2003 Issue

Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First Century Iran

Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First Century Iran<br /> By Geneive Abdo and Jonathan Lyons. | Henry Holt. $25.

March/April 2003 Issue