Cause and consequence of global warming

Aug 25, 2010

Jeff Biggers, the author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland joins us to discuss the environmental consequences of extracting coal for generating electricity. Providing further analysis of the consequences of global warming is Cleo Paskal, who specializes in the geopolitical, security, and economic implications of environmental change. She is a Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, and a consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy. She wrote Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map. Moderated by Ian Masters, journalist, author, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and radio host.