By Denise Tessier
I was wondering how the pro-drilling group CARE and its executive director, Marita K. Noon, would react to the Deepwater Horizon blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico. Thanks to the Albuquerque Journal, that question has now been answered.
Noon has had a month to watch the beyond-control oil geyser as it pollutes the waters [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy'
Journal Has A Soft Spot for Local Ultra-Conservatives
April 20th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann
Journal readers should probably tote a scorecard when they peruse the paper’s editorial page these days – because they really need one to keep track of all the local ultra-conservative writers and groups that have found such a cozy and welcoming home there.
Here’s the latest example: On April 19, the Journal carried a [...]
Tags:Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Expelled·Jim Scarantino·Marita Noon·Mark Mathis·New Mexico Liberty·New Mexico Rail Runner·Paul Gessing·Rio Grande Foundation
When Honesty Appears Missing From the Policy
March 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier
It seems almost too easy to criticize the Albuquerque Journal for running yet another Marita K. Noon column, because we’ve pointed out her errors, simplistic assertions and lack of expert credentials in the past.
But the Journal’s Op-Ed (opposite editorial) page carries her again today, this time with a convoluted essay headlined “Carbon Tax [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·climate change·health care reform·Marita K. Noon·Mark Giorgetti·oil and gas
Journal Shows Its Hand On Environmental Improvement Board
February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann
Did anyone else find the Albuquerque Journal’s description of the state Environmental Improvement Board as “seven people appointed by a governor” rather jarring?
The description appeared Feb. 20 in an editorial called “Board Overreaching On Global Warming.” The editorial took the position that it “shouldn’t be up to a relatively obscure, appointed board in [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce·Marita K. Noon·New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board
At Least She Didn’t Call Him a Watermelon
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann
Two fascinating Journal stories on New Mexico’s oil and gas industry recently caught my eye – and two more got my attention only after someone else pointed them out (more on those later).
The first was the Sunday A1 article “New Mexico’s Emissions Battle: Some Question Rule Maker’s Environmental Ties.”
What grabbed me first was [...]
Tags:Bob Gallagher·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce·Harvey Yates·Jim Baca·Marita K. Noon·New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board·New Mexico Oil and Gas Association
How Far Will Advertising Go?
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier
The “To Our readers” note on A-2 of Saturday’s Albuquerque Journal wasn’t kidding when it brightly announced that the Entertainer TV schedule in the day’s paper was sporting a “new look.”
For the first time in its history, the Entertainer cover carried advertising. Three ads bordering two sides made up nearly 45 percent of [...]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Journal Entertainer·Marita K. Noon·oil and gas·pit rules
Back To The Future With Marita K. Noon
December 1st, 2009 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann
I honestly didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the simplistic editorial about energy by frequent guest commentator Marita K. Noon in Monday’s Albuquerque Journal.
I understand that, as head of the energy trade booster group Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy, Noon’s “Energy Use Makes Holiday’s Go Round” (subscription required) is supposed [...]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Marita K. Noon·Paul Gessing·Rio Grande Foundation
When a column warrants a warning label
October 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier
To piggyback on Tracy’s latest post just before this one:
This morning’s Mountain View Telegraph (sister paper to the Journal) carries yet another Marita Noon column, this one entitled “Climate Change Is Obama’s Iraq.”
The Telegraph is running her column with eyes wide open. In other words, it is well aware of the problems with her [...]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Farmington Daily Times·Marita K. Noon·Mountain View Telegraph·oil and gas
Journal Reader: Noon's Energy Claim "Doesn't Add Up"
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann
This letter to the editor that appeared in Wednesday’s Albuquerque Journal is so interesting, I’m just going to reproduce it in full here.
The letter, from Journal reader Terry Goldman of Los Alamos, ran under the headline “Energy Claim Doesn’t Add Up:”
Marita K. Noon either made a serious writing error in her column, “Target [...]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Marita K. Noon·oil and gas
The Journal Strikes Again: Noon Whistle
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier
The Journal’s done it again.
The Albuquerque Journal ran on today’s Op-Ed page a column by discredited columnist Marita K. Noon. This one’s entitled, “Target Redundant Costs First To Trim State Budget (subscription required).”
If you’re not familiar with Noon, you won’t get much help from the Journal in learning more about her. All that [...]
Tags:Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Marita K. Noon·oil and gas