Random Rodricks: Bill McKibben on Midday

Nature, first was published after being serialized in the New Yorker. It is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and it was a great influence on Al Gore while he was a senator.

Alarmist Matthew C. Nisbet on selling the climate scam

A third frame I spotlight in the paper is to focus on the public health implications of climate change. Obama has yet to name his surgeon general, but imagine CNN's Sanjay Gupta in that position, combining the authority and prestige of the office with his communication ability.

As Gupta appeared on the TV networks and in a series of national town hall meetings, his message would be backed up at the local level by public health agencies and medical professionals focusing on the connections to respiratory problems, asthma, allergies, heat stroke, and the risk to vulnerable populations such as low income minorities, kids, and the elderly.