Kudos to Andrew Revkin at the New York Times for this insightful post at his DotEarth blog. Among other things, he addresses some of the misinformation put out by critics of the Gates Foundation’s new family planning effort. Here’s just a taste. Check out the full post.

“The group dismisses the idea that there is substantial “unmet need” for family planning among women in many poor countries with the same definitiveness used by folks proclaiming risky human-driven climate change is a “hoax.” In fact, as with climate, there are real issues related to spin and the realities of the scientific and economic research, but there is also strong evidence for a real problem deserving a response.”