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Blast Climate Deniers Into Space?

Blast climate deniers into space? That’s what Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC, jokingly suggested during a discussion with California Gov. Jerry Brown and Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson yesterday in San Francisco. Gov. Brown called deniers “cult-like lemmings who would take us over the cliff” and vowed to “fight them every step of the way” as he prepares to protect his state from the “huge problems” posed by climate change. See my story in Grist for details: http://www.grist.org/climate-skeptics/2011-12-16-new-approach-to-climate-deniers-launch-them-into-space/.

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Called "one of America’s finest reporters" by Barbara Ehrenreich, Mark Hertsgaard is the author of six books that have been translated into sixteen languages, including Earth Odyssey and On Bended Knee. He has covered climate change, politics and the media for leading media outlets around the world, including Vanity Fair, The Nation, Time, The New Yorker, NPR, L’espresso, Die Zeit and Le Monde Diplomatique.

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