Topic: Fossil Fuel Divestment

Protests against fossil fuel companies intensify, with activists suspending themselves from ships to block Arctic drilling and the University of Hawaii divesting its $66 million endowment. Simultaneously, critics attack the IPCC, claiming the organization is purely political and that its list of 2,500 "top scientists" includes many non-scientists and reviewers who do not actually agree with the final reports.

Climate activists in Seattle call for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to divest its $1.4 billion in fossil fuel holdings. Former Mayor Mike McGinn joins the protest, calling the foundation's investments "hypocritical." The hosts also discuss Obama's "Organizing for Action" group, which has launched a website to "call out climate change deniers."

The hosts discuss a report from the National Association of Scholars regarding the climate divestment movement on college campuses. They highlight Naomi Klein's argument that focusing on individual carbon footprints is a form of "climate change denial" and that the movement should instead target energy producers. The hosts view this as a political ploy to stigmatize the fossil fuel industry.