Is it 'geoengineering' or 'hacking the climate?'
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The Paris Agreements won't be enough to reverse global warming, whether President Trump pulls the US out or not. Is it time to try altering the atmosphere by what's called "geoengineering?" On this archived edition of To the Point, we hear about unintended consequences, international relations… and ethics.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.8 | Is it geoengineering or hacking the climate? |
| 0:15.4 | Hello again, I'm a Mormon-Aulmi, and this is a special rebroadcast of To the Point. |
| 0:19.8 | A raging dispute among climate scientists is breaking out into the open? |
| 0:23.8 | Could they slow global warming by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight? |
| 0:29.1 | Or are the unintended consequences potentially so dangerous that even experimentation should be prohibited? |
| 0:35.5 | The idea is gaining some traction, but opponents say it's |
| 0:38.3 | beyond reckless, would trying to resolve one problem create others that could get out of control. |
| 0:44.6 | On our talking point later, a photojournalist looks at America's class and political divisions |
| 0:49.2 | through a new lens, a cross-country tour of McDonald's. First, here's the news. |
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| 1:30.7 | Hello again, Warren Olney, back with a special rebroadcast of To the Point. Happy Independence Day. |
| 1:36.0 | With the U.S. backing out of the Paris Agreement, scientists are looking at extreme options to slow global warming. |
| 1:41.3 | Is it time to try altering the atmosphere by what's called geoengineering. |
| 1:45.9 | We'll hear about unintended consequences, international relations, and ethics. |
| 1:50.5 | First, this news update. President Obama and the Pentagon ordered America's armed services to welcome transgender recruits. |
| 1:57.0 | The plan is now being delayed. President Trump's defense secretary, Jim Mattis, is giving the chiefs of staff another six months to determine if transgender enlistments will, quote, affect the readiness or lethality of the services. |
| 2:11.2 | Aaron Belkin, is director of the Palm Center, promotes the study of LGBT issues in the military. |
| 2:16.9 | He's author of How We Won, the repeal of |
| 2:19.3 | Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Welcome back. |
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