UnDisciplined: Where did climate denial come from? (Part 2)

By Matthew LaPlante

Published August 8, 2024 at 10:56 AM MDT

The Parrot and the Igloo book cover by David Lipsky

For decades and decades the basic principles of climate science were not at all controversial. There were policy disagreements, sure, but not really all that many scientific ones. And then, something happened. But to understand what, and why, we have to go back into the past. That’s what David Lipsky does in his latest book, The Parrot and the Igloo. (Part 2 of 2)

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Matthew LaPlante

Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something occurred to him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be so brutally depressing all the time. These days, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects with his work on UnDisciplined — Utah Public Radio's weekly program on science and discovery.

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