Democracy Now: Hurricane Irene received a massive amount media coverage, but television reports made little or no reference to the role global warming played in the storm. We speak with someone with his eye on climate change and its impact. "We’ve had not only this extraordinary flooding, but on the same day that Hurricane Irene was coming down, Houston set its all-time temperature record, 109 degrees," says Bill McKibben, co-founder and director of 350.org. "We’re in a new situation." McKibben is among hundreds......
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Will Hurricane Irene Be a Wake-Up Call About Climate Change?
Posted by Democracy Now: Bill McKibben on August 29th, 2011
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