Climate Conversation with Ben Franta: Scientist, Historian, Activist (II)

We have a guest on the show today - Ben Franta. Ben is a
scientist, science historian, science writer, and activist. He
studied for a PhD at Harvard working on solar cells; while he was
at Harvard, he became involved in the movement to persuade that
University to divest from fossil fuels. After finishing his first
PhD, he moved to Stanford to take up a PhD in the History of
Science, where he now studies the history of climate politics,
and the influence of fossil fuel companies on that politics. His
recent article in the Guardian, published on New Year's Day,
explained how Edward Teller knew about global warming in 1959 and
warned the fossil fuel industry - thirty years before it hit the
mainstream.


The second half, which you're about to hear, is mostly about
climate change activism: what can we do to most effectively deal
with climate change?


If you enjoyed what our guest had to say, you can find his work
via
his LinkedIn
"Benjamin
Franta": https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminfranta/

and follow him on Twitter @BenFranta.

The article that Ben referred to, which details the case for
climate activism, was written by Geoffrey Supran and Ploy
Achakulwisut; it's on Mashable, and it's called "How You Can
Fight Climate Change." 

https://mashable.com/2017/05/06/how-you-can-fight-climate-change/


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