Climate Truth: Climate Change Alarmism and Reality, with Michael Shellenberger and Benji Backer | Ep. 94

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Michael Shellenberger, author of "Apocalypse Never," and Benji Backer, founder of the American Conservation Coalition, to talk about climate change truth, and separate alarmism from reality. They discuss what's really happening with global warming, the rise of climate alarmism in politics and the media, what happens if the oceans rise as feared, the way being "green" has become a status symbol, the truth about recycling plastics, nuclear power vs. other forms of "green" energy, Bill Gates' idea to "dim the sun," how conservatives can take the lead on the climate, and more. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.
0:12.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show. Today on the program, we are getting into climate change.
0:19.0	Global warming and how scared do you need to be?
0:24.0	We've got an honest broker on the program today who wrote the book Apocalypse Never, why environmental alarmism hurts us all.
0:33.0	His name is Michael Schellenberger and he is incredibly thoughtful, smart, and thankfully for us, easy to understand.
0:40.0	He took some dense subject matter and translated it in a way that we all, my entire team and I, felt was very user friendly.
0:48.0	We're all kind of riding high right now because he took a subject matter. We all felt a little intimidated by it.
0:53.0	I don't know if you're in that category with me and made it like understandable.
0:58.0	So we learned a lot and you're about to learn a lot if you stay tuned and listen to Michael.
1:02.0	And we've got a blast from the MK past, Benji Backer, who is a young whipper snapper.
1:09.0	He's a guy who's a conservative conservationist. So he's a Republican who's concerned about the environment and climate change
1:16.0	and doesn't want to be shamed out of that position by people like AOC who sees the mantle on this.
1:22.0	Seizes the mantle on something like this and throws at a bunch of insane ideas, making people who are being more rational about this issue.
1:29.0	Feel like I don't want anything to do with her.
1:31.0	I don't want to be associated with any of her weird policies, but any event.
1:35.0	This is not an issue that the right should seed to the far left people like her.
1:40.0	So we're going to get into all of it. I think you're going to find it illuminating for those of you who are already very well versed in climate change and fossil fuels.
1:47.0	I apologize to you for the elementary approach, but I wanted to learn and I wanted to make this digestible for all.
1:55.0	And I think you're going to like it. So to our guests in one minute, but first this.
2:05.0	Michael, how are you?
2:06.0	Good. Nice to meet you.
2:07.0	It's a pleasure. I'm really looking forward to this conversation. I feel like I have a lot to learn and you seem like the guy to teach me.
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