How are scientists standing up to climate deniers? We’ll have a conversation with Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann and Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist Tom Toles about their new book The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy.
In the debate over climate change, Mann says pseudoscience or anti-science is too often allowed to masquerade as science and denialism is allowed to pose as skepticism. Join us at 10am with, Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Michael Mann, Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center, and co-author of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy
Tom Toles, Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post, and co-author of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy
Web Resources:
The Guardian: Donald Trump presidency a 'disaster for the planet', warn climate scientists
The Washington Post: Deniers club: Meet the people clouding the climate change debate
Slate: The Ambassador of Exxon
The Washington Post: Trump names Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma attorney general suing EPA on climate change, to head the EPA
