Author calls for climate storytelling in Juneau talk

In 1959, at a meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, physicist Edward Teller told oil executives that burning fossil fuels would someday warm the planet, melt Arctic ice and raise sea levels. The industry later confirmed the warning in a private report but kept quiet as it continued to expand production.

Author Kim Heacox brought this and many stories before a group of about 100 people at Ḵunéix̱ Hídi Northern Light United Church on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The event, hosted by the climate advocacy group 350Juneau, focused on the role of storytelling in communicating the severity of the climate crisis…(Read full story)