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Climate Change Skeptic Chris Horner

Written by William Craven on . Posted in climate change.

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Betsy’s climate change debate buddy Chris Horner (of the Competitive Enterprise Institute) pays a visit to EcoTalk to continue the conversation they had last week on Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes. The difference in Horner’s tone between his Fox and EcoTalk visits is striking, and underscores the ways in which he and like-minded cohorts continue to dangerously mislead the American people. Here Horner frequently hides behinds a dense wall of techno-babble that none of the scientists that we’ve had on our show have ever come close to touching. PART ONE (10 min)

In the second part of our talk with Chris Horner, New York Times climate reporter Andy Revkin (and author of The North Pole Was Here) checks in to fact-check some of Horner’s more erroneous points. PART TWO (8 min)

Will Steger: Expedition Global Warming 101

Written by William Craven on . Posted in climate change.

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Will Steger has journeyed by dogsled to the North Pole, Greenland and Antarctica. He has witnessed Global Warming firsthand from the top of the world, and for his next trip he’s taking us all to see it, and to meet the Inuit people whose way of life is irrevocably changing. It is all part of Steger’s Global Warming 101— through his blog, webcasts, and photos we all can learn about climate change as it is currently happening. So bundle up and hop on the sled.
PART ONE (11 min)  PART TWO (7 min)

A Carbon Neutral Super Bowl?

Written by William Craven on . Posted in climate change, Green Biz, Sports, sustainability.

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NFL Director of Environmental Programs (take a moment to let that sink in) Jack Groh tells Betsy how the league of grunts and gridiron are going to offset the carbon emissions of one of the biggest consumer spectacles in the world. Betsy wonders if mentioning that fact during the game might make a bigger difference than anything that they themselves might do. LISTEN (11 min)

Tom Athanasiou: EcoEquity

Written by William Craven on . Posted in climate change.

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Executive Director of EcoEquity Tom Athanasiou has accompanied EcoEquity’s new project Global Climate Justice for Americans with a searing new essay titled "An Inconvenient Truth II": "The problem is inexorably a global problem, and you cannot really get your arms around it without dealing with the problem of global inequality." LISTEN (7 min)

Frank O’Donnell on the State of the Union: Cars, Coal, and Corn

Written by William Craven on . Posted in air pollution, cars, climate change, Energy, Frank O'Donnell.

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EcoTalk’s very own Clean Air Correspondent Frank O’Donnell waxes funny and fiery on President Bush’s State of the Union speech: "He’s starting to talk the talk, but he’s a long way from walking the walk. He’s tip-toeing in the right direction, but he is not coming forward with any plan at all to actually limit emissions related to global warming." LISTEN (11 min)