Past event: May 7, 2026
In April, a climate denial conference hosted in Washington, D.C., and boasting US Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin as a keynote speaker signaled a new era in US politics: from a slow but growing embrace of climate science in federal policy to outright rejection of the scientific consensus. Covering Climate Now hosted a special webinar exploring how the Trump administration’s overt embrace of climate denialism in Washington is creating a permission structure for more denial at the highest levels of government in the US and beyond.
Panelists
- Manon Jacob, Climate Digital Investigation Reporter for Agence France-Presse
- Maxine Joselow, Climate Policy Reporter for The New York Times
- Rei Takver, Reporter and Researcher for DeSmog
Kyle Pope, CCNow’s Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Co-Founder, moderated.