DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!!

agree, only action, UN climate activist could act and commit, line up with Dr. Vaishali Patil's call 2 action... Perhaps they should donate 50% their annual salaries to the People's Climate Movement... no more speeches, only real action in the People's Climate March. We are The World, right?

agree, only action, UN climate activist could act and commit, line up with Dr. Vaishali Patil's call 2 action... Perhaps they should donate 50% their annual salaries to the People's Climate Movement... no more speeches, only real action in the People's Climate March. We are The World, right?

Wonderful, Brian: not a single scientist on your panel for your event. Brilliant.

Thank You Brian, and your guests for engaging in this very important discussion that is a global issue. New York City is the perfect stage to make a statement to the world as the historic Summit on Climate Change begins at the United Nations -- here in NYC.

It seems to me a confused endeavor to ask people to divest from nuclear power, which is environmentally friendly. You are asking people to divest from them for other political reasons that have nothing to do with your environment-protecting goals.

This is so wonderful -- it's like a jam session of environmental platitudes!

Next up on the Brian Lehrer Show: The worldwide struggle against cow-produced methane gas.

I'm glad that these guests are here in NY for the march. However, I wish there was better sharing of knowledge when it comes to nuclear energy. Fear is a normal response but I'm disheartened that the guest from India thinks of nuclear only in terms of war and peace. The fuel used in modern nuclear power plants cannot be turned into weapons grade material. That, in addition to the increased safety technology makes nuclear a pretty acceptable alternative to filling our atmosphere with carbon, NOX and other dangerous materials that eventually end up in our lives. The cost is much higher with fossil fuels than fissile fuels.

It just struck me: Is this a real segment or an excerpt from the next Christopher Guest movie? Nobody can be this clueless! Hilarious!

Population,the subject no one talks about.

People's Climate March: The last desperate attempt of the Marxists and goo-goo Greens to try to use the environment as the stalking horse for their political agenda. Anyone who buys into their nonsensical agenda fulfills Lenin's definition of "useful idiots."

By the way, Brian, ask your guests how they traveled here. Did they climb on a jet plane and dump tons of CO2 into the atmosphere?

you can march all you want, but there is a couple of billion people too many living on this planet and consumption rising tremendously in "developing" countries - China, India, Brazil, etc., change that and you'll see a difference

Right itl, because nothing changes international policy makers than people walking down the street. Chinese president Xi Jinping will look out of the window of his suite at the Waldorf, see the gridlocked traffic, hear the horns, watch the people trying to cross the street and think to himself... "wow, i never thought of it before, but yeah, we really should curb our carbon emissions." Perfectly reasonable assumption for a protester to make.

People who march in these types of protests care about one thing; making themselves feel good. You might think you care about the environment, but you clearly don't care for your neighbors.

Your protest will achieve nothing other than causing problems for the people of the city you claim to love so much.

To CR from Manhattan: I am planning to march and it is because I love our city and our planet and my children so much that I want to be part of this plea that international leaders get together and act to prevent the catastrophic trajectory we are on with our runaway carbon emissions. The polls keep saying "the people" don't share the urgency. This march is being held in NY not to lecture New Yorkers, but to make a statement to international leaders gathering at the United Nations next week to talk about climate. We need to show them with our numbers that "the people" do care and need them to act to protect future generations from flooding, drought, famine and possibly most worrisome, international strife and warfare around increasingly scarce resources.

Brian -

Can you please ask them their thoughts on the incredible inconvenience they are causing to the people of New York with this protest? I would be curious to learn what they actually think they will achieve, other than the boilerplate justifications like "raise awareness..."

The people of New York ride the subways, we ride buses. We have hybrid taxis. We have bike lanes and bike sharing. We walk. Less than 20% of Manhattan residents own vehicles, and the wide majority of those who do own cars only use them part-time on weekend getaways. As big cities go we're about as good as it gets.

This march will cause massive gridlock. Our streets will be congested, sidewalks will be impassible. Why are they punishing the good guys?