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UnDisciplined: Can holding leaders accountable to truth unlock a climate revolution?

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In his new book, “A Climate of Truth,” the climate analyst Mike Berners-Lee points out that efficiency hasn’t gotten us very far in reducing carbon emissions. The more efficient we get, the more energy we use — and so far that’s kept demand for fossil fuels high — negative gains in energy derived from renewables. Berners-Lee says there is a singular shift that would go far toward solving our efficiency conundrum and every other climate bind we’re in: It’s holding corporate and political leaders accountable to truth.

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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.