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e360.yale.edu - 3/13/2009

A Reporter's Feld Notes on The Coverage of Climate Change

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For nearly a decade, The New Yorker’s Elizabeth Kolbert has been reporting on climate change.  In an interview with Yale Environment 360, she talked about the responsibility of both the media and scientists to better inform the public about the realities of a warming world.

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