How Climate Change Made 2012 Hottest Year on Record - Brad johnson

we're talking with brad johnson a forecast the fax number aba was your reaction when you heard the news the official news that twenty twelve was indeed and the uh... the hottest in u_s_ history well the writing was on the wall ever since the just extraordinary and just overly in injustice incredible she'd uh... that the country faced in march actually that just put it so by the time you know something was wrong around are following winter would have had to be in the coldest on record floor two thousand twelve to be anything other than the hottest year so this is something that you know if you did a tension this is just the agatha reactions i'm hoping it's good to see the wall street journal and there aren't and other media outlets report on this because that's really i think what is so important is that we recognize what we're doing to the weather bread rise in the campaign director forecast the fax in the as a sort of campaign director brad for wondering uh... it by the specific campaigns adjuster you're gonna run against this guy bsc bsc are logistic in uh... in miami or any other meteorologist for that matter or also climate change denies yet were we've actually contacted the road and i swear to uh... c_b_s_ news uh... the president of c_b_s_ news yet figured we used to work for fox news and we asked him you know wired a promoting global warming to tires it up at a national chain that what you know the weather will be well it'll be drive the heart of the cold native bernard will be there artwork more looking to take that i you know when asked basically get the american public to ask uh... is c_b_s_ news if that's really their position and we've also already been running on campaigns and we do support of our tens of thousands of members out to challenge the american meteorological society which certifies meteorologists essentially as scientists and a lot of these t_v_ people we don't have scientific degrees were certified by this society or global warming dinars and we've been challenging them on that this guy david bernardin has the chief mural just of the c_b_s_ affiliate in miami has he started it all up to uh... to your efforts vcs by i would say i'm trying to remember feast we did in response but ight be evening so far he has not and it said and yet the bernard has pleaded that the earth is cooling he's defended the heartland institute which is the right wing think-tank uh... he's also compared uh... bernard as compare those who believe in global warming to mass murders is that right well that's what the heartland is that it did ida i don't think i bernard went that far that's what he defended you know when you're defending the heartland is a passenger at the same here defending and a hard line as it is funded by uh... fossil fuel companies right fossa feel companies right wing companies and we in fact would natural things we don't even really know who finds them but allot fewer companies do this year than did last year and in large part because of the efforts of forecast the facts validation all those meteorologist or out there were climate change tonight as their actually are some they're doing the right thing right there somewhere out there at some stations were being particularly courageous given the corporate uh... both parents that they have who are talking about these connections so that's absolutely true any unfortunately the reality is that most t_v_ people most did any relatives uh... runaway from this incredibly important topic uh... but you see some of the hardcore deniers that you're talking about and then you see some real heroes in usually they're people who is it pretty good job security but you know you it's really a over the country from rhode island down to south carolina even you see meteorologists who are just explaining the fact and as far as the uh... a lot of people may think well you know i trust my meteorologist images in the news he tells me what has to be rainy or snowy or their schools because because of icy roads and the i mean there are pillars of the community and a lot of these are local of television areas um... what how was it that though i mean that this particular group of boat people came to sort of passes being these climate change denier something is it simply just sort of the the corporate character that they have that they saw the writing on the walls whereas with a corporate parents wanted them to do i mean is it isn't that simple i mean i think there's a live the let different pathways and you're talking about they're usually upper-middle-class as older usually white men and so they had their politics kind of reflect that but it's reflective of you know our congress and these are people in positions of power and authority and the fossil fuel industry in those two wish to support them ab worked really hard to ensure that we're stuck in the status quo so some t_v_ meteorologists are given juggle christians who don't want to believe uh... in the science some of them are are conservative skeptics some of them just don't want to anger their management i think some of them are brother just frankly adalah near my experience in tv both on local news and and network news there are some the urologist who are very bright or scientific or or piano but oh well educated they are also some meteorologists were frankly not very smart it doesn't take a lot of smarts to be on t_v_ into the compelling on t_v_ in fact some people would argue that if you're too smarty come across as being he may condescending your audience you want somebody is a little bit more like your audience and that's perfect for both your sports guy and your weather got the weather guy in my experience does not always been the brightest ball but he doesn't really warm trout telling you about the snow to cover the market that well i don't know i have to say in my personal experience that pretty much all the t_v_ neeraj is that i've met whether they're uh... cart you know defending the signs are attacking it or really quite hard hardworking and quite intelligent individuals and no matter whether they're kind of you do what their high q_ is so to speak the whole point is that they have an amazing responsibility and what the work that they do actually saves lives and so i i i don't think it it really serve anybody dismissed uh... what they do uh... whether or not you doin i like to have a conversation about food home with them okay brad johnson bring me back from alleged allah god yes they do what they do survey at greater purpose in our communities and warning us about bad weather they do serve lives is just a archivos urban baffled at the why they don't have a more serb vigorous approach to science and to understanding some of the global picture and and all these things but brad again for people want to get to people want to get involved then go to your website what is on the other two they go out of the local weatherman at the state's there what not with these weathermen are out there doing a live report and say hey while helping your income what why don't you understand this is should they be more involved in that sense well the first thing to do is to ask them idvd religious you know what their weathers they're taking a speeches you know the reality is is the majority just don't really want to talk about aurora or i i i should say are afraid to talk about it but they also have this responsibility to respond to their viewers so i would say the into the basic question go to forecast the facts and then also contact your local meteorologists and asked them do they said do they support the you know the science on climate change and a good example of that is the american airlines of the society re last year put out a strong information statement on climate change which is easy to look up any meteorologist with their salt there's no reason for them to disagree with that uh... is a clear statement of the science of how the fossil fuels that were burning are changing the weather that we see in this country and uh... you know as their survivors of sandy and the drought in the trade show in uh... the flooding and better going out this is something that's affecting pretty much literally every single american already and we have to you know and that's why i'm what these t_v_ people do is so important brad johnson campaign director for forecast the fax you can follow them on twitter at that climate brad brad thanks so much for being part of program we appreciated and good luck to you thank you brad johnson from for cap as a fax to get his continues after this