The Fight Against The Green Fog

By josh donlan on July 18, 2008.

SB's Randy Olson joins a conversation on NPR's Talk of the Nation to discuss his new movie Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy. Randy and folks from The Martin Group discuss how to break through "the green fog" and fight green fatigue.

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Randy Olson has a new movie that is premiering today: Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy. We all know it's going to be funny, and that because it will also criticize the scientists studying climate change, it will be infuriating and annoying and will draw lots of fire from both sides. Go ahead and…

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