Journalist, author of "Boiling Point", and helmsman of the always up-to-date The Heat is Online website, Ross Gelbspan here offers his wide-ranging thoughts on the second part of the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released last Friday: "Things that were considered off the charts and unthinkable six or seven years ago are now becoming conventional wisdom." Betsy sizes up the wisdom of her local gym.
PART ONE (11 min) PART TWO (7 min)
Category Archives: climate change
Ross Gelbspan on IPCC part 2
- Monday, 09 April 2007 19:30
- Written by William Craven
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Greenpeace’s IPCC Preview
- Thursday, 05 April 2007 22:20
- Written by William Craven
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Greenpeace Climate Change expert Chris Miller comments both on the paradigm-shifting Supreme Court decision in Mass. v. EPA, as well as the forthcoming second part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report "The devil is in the details on global warming. The report released this week will be those details. It will reference everything from the plight of the polar bear, to impacts to Greenland ice sheets, extreme weather, hurricanes in the Atlantic, draught situations in the Midwest…" LISTEN (11 min)
Whither Maple Syrup, our Sweetest Resource?
- Thursday, 05 April 2007 22:19
- Written by William Craven
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Never do a story about Maple Syrup on an empty stomach. Betsy contemplates "pancakes with no syrup", as maple sugar maker Arthur Berndt tells of climate change as it can currently be observed in Vermont, home to one of our sweetest natural resources: "The trees are clearly stressed. We would have fewer days that are suitable for maple syrup production." LISTEN (7 min)
James McCarthy: Highway to Extinction
- Wednesday, 04 April 2007 20:58
- Written by William Craven
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Harvard Oceanographer James McCarthy was co-chair of the 2001 IPCC report, and a contributor to this year’s edition, the 2nd part of which will be released this Friday. Dr. McCarthy gives us a valuable insider’s preview, and offers us this hope:
Betsy: "You say the worst is not going to happen, because…"
Dr. McCarthy: "….because we can’t be that stupid " LISTEN (11 min)
Will Steger & Global Warming 101
- Friday, 30 March 2007 20:29
- Written by William Craven
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On day thirty-two of his trek through Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, renowned explorer Will Steger takes a break to tell Betsy how climate change is effecting the livelihoods of the people who have lived there for centuries: "This is ground zero of global warming." This is also Global Warming 101, Will’s initiative to share with us the cultural face of the lands that, through no fault of their own, are the first to experience a man-made climate. LISTEN (11 min)