Name: Seth Meyers slams Trump's climate denial in 'Late Night' segment
Uploaded: 2016-12-22T14:04:02+00:00
Description: Meyers calls the climate situation under Trump "dire."

Seth Meyers slams Trump's climate denial in 'Late Night' segment

Meyers calls the climate situation under Trump "dire."

NBC's Seth Meyers has been transforming his show into a home for substantive, and hilarious, critiques of the incoming Trump administration. On Wednesday's Late Night, Meyers devoted nearly 10 minutes to a discussion of the president-elect's views on climate change -- and it wasn't pretty.

Noting Trump's hatred of wind mills (they kill too many eagles, Trump has repeatedly said), denial of mainstream climate science and ideological cabinet picks, Meyers paints a picture of a downright dangerous incoming administration.

The segment, like most of Meyers' "A Closer Look" pieces, is worth watching in its entirety to catch up on exactly how anti-climate science Trump and his team actually are, and why you should care.

Topics Late Night With Seth Meyers

Andrew Freedman

Andrew Freedman is Mashable's Senior Editor for Science and Special Projects. Prior to working at Mashable, Freedman was a Senior Science writer for Climate Central. He has also worked as a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and Greenwire/E&E Daily. His writing has also appeared in the Washington Post, online at The Weather Channel, and washingtonpost.com, where he wrote a weekly climate science column for the "Capital Weather Gang" blog. He has provided commentary on climate science and policy for Sky News, CBC Radio, NPR, Al Jazeera, Sirius XM Radio, PBS NewsHour, and other national and international outlets. He holds a Masters in Climate and Society from Columbia University, and a Masters in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.