Nearly 5,3000 students addressed the 2020 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition theme “What’s Your Vision for 2020?”, which asked participants to create a short documentary examining the issue they most want presidential candidates to address during the campaign. My partner and I examined the influence of corporate propaganda and lobbying in hindering action on climate change, specifically by fossil fuel companies.
S O C I A L M E D I A M E N T I O N S
Bonnie Watson Coleman is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district since 2015.
I N T E R V I E W E E S
ANDREW WEAVER
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Former Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, an independent party promoting sustainability and ecological wisdom
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Lead author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th scientific assessments
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Chief editor of the Journal of Climate from 2005 to 2009
KATHLEEN MILLER
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Climate scientist focusing on the economics of climate change
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Based at the United States National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado
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Lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chapter on North America
MICHAEL E. MANN
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Pioneered methods to find patterns in past climate change, making him a leading climate scientist in the US
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Director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University
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Co-author of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy
KEN CALDEIRA
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Was one of the first environmental scientists who brought awareness to ocean acidification's detrimental effects
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Based at Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology
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Contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR5 report