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Chapter 15. Climate change

Review questions from the documentary “The climate of doubt”

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/climate-of-doubt/

1. Since election 2008, what was the consensus regarding climate change?

2. In which US city there was a major gathering of NATO leaders?

3. What was the message of the second gathering happening in a hotel ball room?

4. What is the cooler heads coalition?

5. What is the role of scientist at the cooler heads meeting?

6. Who is Fred Signer and what does he think regarding climate change?

7. What was an international award given to Al Gore and the IPCC?

8. Why was Al Gore the best thing that happened to global warming skeptics?

9. Who in the video believes that climate change is not a scientific consensus but a political one?

10. What is cap and trade?

11 What was the role of a weak economy in the debate of climate change?

12. What is the argument of Andrew Dessler explaining climate data?

13. What did the national academy of scientist report showed?

14. What was the content of the emails some scientist exchange in England?

15. How does market economy, free market conservatives relates to climate change?

16. What were the three questions the journalist asked to the lawmakers?

17. What was the reaction of lawmakers to questions from reporters?

18. Who was Bob Inglis and what happened to him?

19. What was the content of the report warning sea level rising in North Carolina?

20. Who is David Rauzer, and what did he do?

21. What is the role of oil companies in the debate of climate change?

22. What was the radical approach that Exxon had?

23. What is the connection between free market and global warming?

24. What was the role of the brothers Koch in the debate?

25. What is the meaning of the expression green is the new red?

26. What was the general final outcome of the climate of doubt campaign?