WHYY’s Radio Times host Marty Moss-Coane speaks with Time Magazine reporter Bryan Walsh about why climate change issues have not come up in any of the presidential debates, or on the campaign trail. Where do President Obama and Governor Romney stand on global warming? How do the impacts of Hurricane Sandy relate to climate change? [...]
What happened to climate change? Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates fielded at least one debate question about global warming from 1988 through 2008. And during that time span, both Republicans and Democrats acknowledged it as a serious issue. “The greenhouse effect is an important environmental issue,” then-Senator Dan Quayle said in 1988. “Global warming needs to [...]
With Obama’s speech topping off the Democratic National Convention tonight, the campaigns will start swinging through the swing states. That means ads, campaign stops, and lots of talk about jobs. Don’t expect much talk about science. But to quench your thirst for a scientific debate, ScienceDebate.org has put together a series of questions on scientific topics [...]
As an early heat wave saps the East Coast, world leaders are in Rio de Janeiro talking about climate change, pollution, and how to keep Earth livable for humans, and other creatures. The first meeting of this sort took place 20 years ago. And things aren’t looking up since then. The Associated Press gathered the [...]
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who’s running for president, weighed in on climate change during a campaign appearance in Ohio. From the AP: Santorum told voters in eastern Ohio on Monday that science is on the side of those who want to aggressively produce more oil and natural gas in America. He said the notion [...]
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