Sam Seder guest-hosted MSNBC’s Countdown last week, just days after a nor’easter that dumped up to three feet of snow along the New Jersey to Massachusetts corridor. Seder said that while climate science denial is dumb any time of year, the storm drove America’s climate discussion to feel several degrees stupider than it already is:
To learn more about how the climate crisis is fueling oddball winter weather, go to NWF.org/ExtremeWeather.


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