Extreme Weather Is Exploding Around the World. Why Isn’t the Media Talking About Climate Change?
August 2, 2018
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as posted by the channelMajor corporate broadcast networks reported on July’s 2week global heat wave at least 127 times, but mentioned climate change only once. That’s according to a report by Media Matters, which tracked coverage of the extreme weather by ABC, CBS and NBC. We host a panel discussion on the media’s role in the climate change crisis, the fossil fuel industry and global warmingfueled extreme weather across the globe. We speak with Nathaniel Rich, writeratlarge for The New York Times Magazine. His piece “Losing EarthThe Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change” was published August 1 in a special edition of The New York Times Magazine dedicated to climate change. We also speak with Rob Nixon, author of “Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor,” and Brenda Ekwurzel, senior climate scientist and director of climate science for the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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