How TV Weathercasters Went From Climate Skeptics to Champions
Series: How to Save a Planet
Publisher: Gimlet Media
Episode number: 44
Length (minutes): 40
Description:
Nearly every night on local news stations across the country, Americans hear scientists talking about the weather…the local broadcast meteorologist, giving the weather report. But for years, those weather reports omitted one crucial element: the impact of climate change. In fact, many broadcast meteorologists were openly skeptical of climate change -- and spread that skepticism to their viewers. In today’s episode, we look at the decade-long campaign to convince weathercasters that climate change is real and turn the local TV news into a source for climate education.