Obama Talks Climate Change in James Cameron's Showtime Documentary

Obama Talks Climate Change in James Cameron's Showtime Documentary

"In what is likely a first for a Showtime series, the program's content was vetted by a panel of nine climate scientists, including Joe Romm of the Center for American Progress and Climate Progress blog, Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University, and Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University."

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