A TV Weatherman Reports a Death Threat

Chris Gloniger, a former weatherman for an Iowa television station, wrote a first-person account of his experience receiving critical and then threatening emails that disparaged him and the idea of climate change. The Des Moines police found the sender, who pled guilty to harassment.Gloniger quit his job in Iowa and got a job as Senior Scientist in Climate and Risk Communication at Woods Hole. He plans to build "climate literacy", help first responders integrate climate change into their emergency operation plans, and ensure environmental justice is part of "conversations about building resilient communities".You can read all of Gloniger's piece, which appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine, here: I spoke about climate change as a TV meteorologist and death threats followe

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