Another Climate Report, But Who’s Listening?
29:18 minutes
The White House released its latest climate report this week, with much the same message as recent IPCC findings—climate change is real, and it’s happening fast. But are Americans listening? Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, and Sheril Kirshenbaum, director of the Energy Poll at the University of Texas, talk about Americans’ attitudes toward climate change—and how green energy is making friends of environmentalists and climate deniers.
Segment Guests
Anthony Leiserowitz
Anthony Leiserowitz is Founder and Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication in New Haven, Connecticut.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye is author of Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation (St. Martin’s Press, 2014) and CEO of the Planetary Society in New York, New York.
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Sheril Kirshenbaum is co-author of Unscientific America: How Science Illiteracy Threatens Our Future (Basic Books, 2009) and the author of The Science of Kissing. She is also the director of Energy Poll at the University of Texas, Austin in Austin, Texas.
Related Links
- National Climate Assessment
- The University of Texas at Austin Energy Poll
- Americans support CO2 limits on coal-fired power plants
- Americans want government action to protect the environment
- AP-GfK Poll: Big Bang a big question for most Americans
- Views of Science and the Future
- Policy Fellowships For Scientists & Engineers
Meet the Producer
About Christopher Intagliata
@cintagliataChristopher Intagliata was Science Friday’s senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.