Michael Oppenheimer

Professor of geosciences and international affairs, Princeton University

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Climate scientist and Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University; long-time participant on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

Michael Oppenheimer on KCRW

KCRW’s Warren Olney talks with Harvard law professor Jody Freeman and Princeton international affairs professor Michael Oppenheimer about Biden’s climate plans and what it means to…

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