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The Calling

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When Whales Could Walk

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Energy Switch

Geoengineering

Season 9 Episode 10

Engineered solutions to reduce warming could be as simple as planting trees or as controversial as injecting huge volumes of aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the planet, raising complex political and ethical questions. We discuss this with Dr. Gernot Wagner of Columbia Business School and Dr. Stephen Gardiner, Professor of Ethics at the University of Washington, both authors on the subject.

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Thursday Dec 3, 5:30 AM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
Wednesday Dec 9, 10:30 AM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
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Climate Journalism
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The Future of Biofuels
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Urgency of Climate Change, Part 2
26:46
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26:46
Our expert guests agree climate change is a problem, but disagree on its urgency.
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