Journalism In the Age Of Petroleum Geoloists

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists has awarded its annual journalism award this year to Michael Crichton, the science fiction writer whose latest book, “State of Fear,” dismisses global warming as a largely imaginary threat embraced by malignant scientists for their own ends. “It is fiction,” conceded Larry Nation, communications director for the association. “But it has the absolute ring of truth.”