The Effects of Climate Change Apparently Picking Up Steam; Also, the Cloning of a Long Dead Animal

July 06, 2021 00:57:55
The Effects of Climate Change Apparently Picking Up Steam; Also, the Cloning of a Long Dead Animal
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The Effects of Climate Change Apparently Picking Up Steam; Also, the Cloning of a Long Dead Animal

Jul 06 2021 | 00:57:55

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James Keys Tunde Ogunlana

Show Notes

Seeing the effects of climate change appearing to continue to pick up steam, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss extent to which what we are seeing is the off the charts as well as things that may be driving our societies inability to truly address to the problem (01:47).  The guys also react to recent reports that scientists have cloned an endangered ferret from the genetic material of a ferret that died over 30 years ago (46:19).

Pacific Northwest heat wave reaches astonishing peak on Monday (Axios)

Here's how the heat is impacting residents of the Pacific Northwest (CNN)

How climate change 'loads the dice' for heat waves (NBC News)

A Former Trump Adviser May Have Revealed What The Fossil Fuel Bonanza Was Really About (HuffPost)

Proud Boys and petro-masculinity (Heated World)

Men Resist Green Behavior as Unmanly (Scientific American)

Defense Secretary Calls Climate Change an Existential Threat (Defense.gov)

Ford's Electric Mustang Mach-E SUV Outsold the Gas Mustang Last Month (MotorTrend)

Scientists Have Cloned an Endangered Species. Will They Be Able to Bring Back Extinct Animals? (Popular Mechanics)

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