This evening: Guest appearance on 20/20
April 20, 2007 | Posted by Bill Chameides in News
Hi, folks. I'm back in town and glad to be back on the blog.
This weekend, Americans will observe Earth Day. ABC is getting started early, airing a daylong look at the state of our planet today (see preview).
I am especially anxious to tune into 20/20 tonight. I am told I will be featured on two segments: an interview on solar energy and a panel discussion on global warming.
The panel discussion was really fun. I and six very impressive folks – ranging from the CEO of Duke Energy, Jim Rogers, to my predecessor at Environmental Defense, Michael Openheimer – gathered at a studio overlooking the Hudson River. They sat us around an up-lit glass-plated table with cameras all around us, and then let us talk for 3 hours. There was no moderator and we were pretty much left to wander in whatever direction our conversation took. Occasionally, when the discussion got too far afield – like when we turned to the need for space colonization in the 22nd century – the producer would interrupt and refocus. I will be interested to see how the producer boils that down into a few nuggets of wisdom for the broadcast.
If you tune in, let me know what you think!
Update (April 23, 12:27 PM): If you tuned in to 20/20 Friday night, I suspect you had a hard time catching me on the small screen.
Apparently, despite spending more than 3 hours in the studio & our staff providing them with the statistics they used on their "7 ways to save the planet" I was cut out at the last minute.
Ah well, left on the cutting room floor once again. That's show biz.
3 Responses
Comment from BenInBrooklyn
April 20th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Great to see you'll be on 20/20. Global warming certainly seems to have hit its stride in the media (good and bad). On Tuesday, global warming will be front and center on PBS:
- On NOVA at 8pm, watch "Saved By The Sun": http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
- On Frontline at 9pm, watch "Hot Politics": http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hotpolitics/
Comment from scanter
April 21st, 2007 at 8:12 am
I watched the show, and was disappointed to see the panel discussion was cut from the final edit. I did find an interview with Bill on the ABC Web site, however:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3061183
Comment from Enrique
April 21st, 2007 at 9:38 am
Thanks scanter for posting the link for bill's interview.
We got a long way to go.
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