Ten presidential candidates took to a New York stage Wednesday for a special CNN climate crisis town hall, and over the span of seven hours, they outlined grand plans for a sustainable future, ambi…
climate crisis town hall, and over the span of seven hours, they outlined grand plans for a sustainable future, ambitious targets for zero emissions by mid-century, and plenty of warnings of the existential threat of environmental catastrophe.
This was not an event to win over climate deniers or other skeptics, but to sound the alarm for action. At one point, CNN flashed images of a wildfire in California on one side of the screen and the satellite image of Hurricane Dorian on the other, as Chris Cuomo said, “These are both happening on our watch. The question is, what will be done about it?”
This was the 28th town hall event that CNN has done this cycle. The first, a Jan. 28 event featuring Harris, drew almost 2 million viewers, the most so far, while an April 14 event with Marianne Williamson captured the least, an audience of about 314,000. “I think it’s a big ask of viewers to tune in to a seven-hour town hall event, but I’m not sure that’s really the expectation,” said Alan Schroeder, professor emeritus at Northeastern University and author of “Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail.” “More likely the idea is to get the candidates on the
“Oh come on, give me a break,” she said. “This is what the fossil fuel industry hopes we all talk about. They want to be able to stir up a lot of controversy around your lightbulbs, around your straws, about your cheeseburgers.”
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