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2015 was perhaps the most newsworthy year for climate change in history. It was the second-consecutive hottest year on record globally. It was a record tropical cyclone year in the northern hemisphere. And we watched historic climate agreements at the COP21 meetings in Paris.
And yet 

 from Media Matters says climate change coverage actually fell on network TV newscasts last year. 

On this week's Climate Cast MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talks about the culture of TV newsrooms with longtime WCCO journalist Don Shelby, and with the director of the Center for Climate Change Communication, 

Long-time WCCO reporter and anchor Don Shelby talks about the pressures television newsrooms face when deciding whether to cover climate change as a news story.

On Climate Cast, Paul Huttner spoke with long-time Twin Cities news personality Don Shelby about his own reporting on climate change and how the topic has been treated over the years in television news rooms. 3/11/16

Climate Cast: Why so little climate coverage on TV news?

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