Barack Obama to make climate change case to weather forecasters
Chris Degnen
"Barack Obama has signed up for eight interviews with TV meteorologists on Tuesday to defend a landmark report against those who deny climate change.
The interviews were scheduled as part of a carefully co-ordinated rollout of the National Climate Assessment.
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The success of the EPA plan – and another energy efficiency measure to be announced later in the week – hinges in part on Obama's ability to persuade the American public of the urgency of acting on climate change.
TV weather forecasters remain among the most trusted sources, according to opinion polls.
Some 89% of Americans rely on local television for their weather news, according to a 2012 report from the Pew research centre.
The same report said 62% of Americans trust television weather reporters on climate change far more than they do climate scientists.
The problem is, however, that there is a strong current of climate scepticism among weather forecasters. Some of the most prominent television meteorologists deny a human cause in climate change – or insist there is no evidence of climate change.
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Subject: Barack Obama to make climate change case to weather forecasters
Obama taking a direct approach:-
"Barack Obama has signed up for eight interviews with TV meteorologists on
Tuesday to defend a landmark report against those who deny climate change.
The interviews were scheduled as part of a carefully co-ordinated rollout<http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/04/climate-change-present-us-national-assessment>of the National Climate Assessment.
...
The success of the EPA plan – and another energy efficiency measure to be
announced later in the week – hinges in part on Obama's ability to persuade
the American public of the urgency of acting on climate change.
TV weather forecasters remain among the most trusted sources, according to
opinion polls.
Some 89% of Americans rely on local television for their weather news,
according to a 2012 report from the Pew research centre<http://www.people-press.org/2012/10/15/more-say-there-is-solid-evidence-of-global-warming/>
.
The same report said 62% of Americans trust television weather reporters on
climate change far more than they do climate scientists.
The problem is, however, that there is a strong current of climate
scepticism among weather forecasters. Some of the most prominent television
meteorologists deny a human cause in climate change – or insist there is no
evidence of climate change.
...
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