Ted Turner blasts U.S. for once again sitting back on climate change « Colorado Independent

“Climate change has become a four-letter word, where candidates are afraid to have a discussion on it,” Ritter said.
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Rivers asked why the issue was so important to Turner.

“I got laid off at AOL Time Warner,” Turner said to laughter. “I’ve worked all my life and I’m way too young to retire at 65, so I looked around for something to do and this looked like the most important area. It’s a survival issue for the human race, for life on the planet, so I decided to concentrate on it.

“It is a survival issue. We choose to do this because it is so important. Failure is not an option because if we fail here, it is just unthinkable. The consequences are just so great. We have to deal with this,” Turner said.