FORA.tv Interviews Science Journalist Chris Mooney at COP15

FORA.tv's own Stuart Schulzke interviews journalist Chris Mooney at COP15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Mooney responds to allegations that global warming is not real, while reminding journalists and scientists alike of their duty to relay scientific truth to the public.

FORA.tv's complete coverage of the COP15 Climate Change Conference: http://fora.tv/partner/COP15

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Chris Mooney is Washington correspondent for Seed magazine and a senior correspondent for the American Prospect. He focuses on issues at the intersection of science and politics, and is author of the bestselling book The Republican War on Science.

Chris has contributed to a variety of other publications in recent years, including Wired, Seed, New Scientist, Slate, Salon, Mother Jones, Legal Affairs, Reason, The American Scholar, The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, Columbia Journalism Review, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe. In addition, Chris's blog, "The Intersection," was a recipient of Scientific American's 2005 Science and Technology web award, which noted that "science is lucky to have such a staunch ally in acclaimed journalist Chris Mooney."

Mooney speaks regularly at academic meetings, bookstores, university campuses, and other events. Recent university stops include Yale University, Princeton, Harvard, Rockefeller University, and MIT.

Stuart Schulzke is FORA.tv's Director of Content Development. He earned two graduate degrees at the University of Oxford and his research has ranged from conflict resolution in Palestine to anti-corruption strategies in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe. Schulzke previously worked for the United States House of Representatives, primarily in framing media strategies for the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

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[CosmosPrivateer]

The problem has for a long time been the liars.

The liars have ruled this world for thousands of years.

Their time is up though and the truth is on its way.

[merdufer]

science will always get to the public slowly, because propaganda is the antithesis of science.

[trippemallory]

excellent vid! lovin' the vibe..take care always!

[xchelsx514]

excuse me, but the solution is definitely not "nuking everyone".

everyone exhales co2, but the thing is that plants dont take in co2 and turn it into oxygen. they use co2, but they take water and split the molecule into oxygen and hydrogen, so plan on "nuking" plants too.

[Saktoth]

Exactly. Pumping CO2 into the atmosphere would actually be a great idea if not for the temperature thing. Plants thrive in CO2 rich environments, they often pump CO2 into greenhouses to encourage growth.

[zxcvbnmjhgfdsa1]

did you create that name just for this guy. Interesting attitude he has, I guy on the internet have everything figured out and everyone is wrong exp me so believe what i say.

[zxcvbnmjhgfdsa1]

reporters dont lie they entertain, millions dying in Africa entertaining, Africans using micro credit and cellphones for well being not. Looking at emails scientist, entertaining, graphs of temperatures over long periods of time not. There is no deception its just nobody wants truth and reality, they want shock value.

[zxcvbnmjhgfdsa1]

everyone knows co2 is int toxic, it doesn't matter what it is but the impact. Guns aren't toxic either

[werecow2003]

"they were changing the figures not just a little but allot"

It shows no such thing. What the emails show is that these scientists were performing standard data cleaning techniques. One that's brought up a lot, "hiding the decline", for instance, refers to a solution to a well known problem in climatology, in which tree ring temp estimates were inconsistent with measured temperatures. It's called the 'divergence problem'. Hiding the decline simply means using the REAL recorded temperatures.

[DonQuixotedeKaw]

This video induces no fear in me. I understood all that he was talking about to begin with. What does induce some fear in me, are the comments reflecting an extreme and voluntary absence of awareness of the future our children face. Does this truly represent a cross section of our populace? A virus mindlessly reproduces, disabling & killing its host, due to its consumption & wake of destruction. That's what I see here. Genetic suicide. Its your funeral. Do you have to kill your children too?