First, they came for CO2, then they came for methane.Because apparently methane makes an outsized contribution to global warming.Atmospheric physicists William Happer and William van Wijngaarden say otherwise. Together they published the results of their highly technical research. In podcast 169, van Wijngaarden explains, in understandable language, why there is no need for panic over methane.We have a follow up from last weeks interview with Ramesh Thakur on the state of Covid in NZ and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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