Should we change the way we talk about climate change?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump calls global warming a hoax invented by the Chinese — even though his golf course in Scotland is threatened by sea-level rise. On this special rebroadcast of To the Point, could he and others be persuaded that there really is need for action — if "climate change" were talked about in a different way?"
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