Climate deniers are on the hot seat, as temperatures soar and extreme weather blows through communities across the country. Plus, oil pipelines are on pause — or shut down completely — including the infamous Keystone XL pipeline. And a history-making appointment, as the first African American is named to lead the U.S. Forest Service.

Those stories and more on our environmental roundtable.

Guests:

Dr. Aaron Bernstein, interim director of The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Bernstein is a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Heather Goldstone, chief communications officer at Woodwell Climate Research Center and former host GBH’s weekly science-focused radio show, Living Lab Radio.

Sam Payne, digital organizer and communications specialist at the Better Future Project.

Editor's note: This segment was recorded one week ago. In the time since taping, floods swept Europe and China, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon expanded and another heat wave hit the American West. Smoke from wildfires on the West Coast reached the East Coast and British Columbia declared a state of emergency over wildfires.

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Environmental Roundtable: Climate Change Fuels Extreme Weather, Shutting Down Oil Pipelines, And The Country's First Black Chief Of US Forest Service