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Podcast: Climate Conversations
Episode: Climate News: Like the Titanic, we steam toward disaster, aware of the trouble ahead but doing little to avoid the catastrophe
Description: The Titanic, on its maiden voyage in 1912, is something of a metaphor for the world community today - like those in charge of the ocean liner, we know there's trouble ahead, but we steam into the future, doing nothing or little to make the world, and the people on "spaceship Earth" climate-ready.
"Earth broke all-time heat record two days in a row, scientists say";
"No time to waste on another climate war, big business warns";
"States pump up ‘key technology’ to get households off gas";
"D.C. heat hits 104 degrees as peop...