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U-M prof examines science vs. values in climate debate

WKAR Public Media

Published May 6, 2015 at 11:30 AM EDT

Dr. Andrew Hoffman is the Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. His new book "How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate" examines ways in which non-scientific views shape opinion on the subject of global climate shifts.Dr. Kirk Heinze, host of MSU Today’s "Greening of the Great Lakes", speaks with Hoffman about his work.

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