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Ed Begley Jr. on Sustainable Living and the DeSmog Team on the COVID-19 and Climate Denial Connection
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Ed Begley Jr. on Sustainable Living and the DeSmog Team on the COVID-19 and Climate Denial Connection
FromThe Climate Pod
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Length:
76 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
New podcast! New format! This week, we discuss sustainable living and climate action with legendary actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. He tells us about his career fighting for change, what inspires him now, and what he's doing to take action. Then, we conduct our first-ever virtual roundtable discussion with the brilliant team from DeSmog to talk about their new report "COVIDeniers: Anti-Science Coronavirus Denial Overlaps with Climate Denial" We're joined by Executive Director Brendan DeMelle as well as reporters Steve Horn, Sharon Kelly, and Editor of DeSmog UK Mat Hope. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power. Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program. Lean more about Begley Living and Begley's Earth Responsible Products. Further Reading: Sharon Kelly's "Meet the Climate Science Deniers Who Downplayed COVID-19 Risks" Steve Horn's "COVID-19 'Liberate' Groups Are the Same Ones Pushing Climate Denial" Zak Derler's "Climate Science Deniers Use Coronavirus to Downplay Environmental Threats"
Released:
May 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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