Are We Losing the Race Against Climate Change?

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02/01/2013

Feb. 01, 2013

Are We Losing the Race Against Climate Change?

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China burns nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined--and has 300 more coal plants in the works. But China also leads the world in solar panel exports and wind farms, and has a national climate change policy in place. Is the U.S. falling behind on climate? Ira Flatow and guests discuss how the world is tackling global warming--with or without us--and what it might take to change the climate on Capitol Hill.

Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer

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Henry Waxman
Member, US House of Representatives (D-CA)
Ranking member, House Energy and Commerce Committee
Los Angeles, California
Eileen Claussen
President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
Arlington, Virginia
John Ashton
Former climate change ambassador, United Kingdom
Co-founder, E3G
Independent commentator on politics and diplomacy of climate change
London, England
Michael Mann
Author, "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines" (Columbia University Press, 2012)
Distinguished Professor, Department of Meteorology and Geosciences
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

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