US President Barack Obama will trek through the wilderness in Alaska this week with British TV adventurer Bear Grylls, the NBC channel has announced. He is due to tape an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls to observe the effects of climate change on the area, it said. He is the first president to appear on the show, to be aired later this year.
President Obama is on a three-day tour of Alaska aimed at highlighting the pace of climate change. It is part of his administration's efforts to build support for new legislation significantly capping carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the US, as well as raise attention to the ways climate change has damaged Alaska's natural landscape.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Wednesday September 02 2015, @08:45PM
Hey!...with global warming Alaska might turn out to be a decent place to live.
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @09:58PM
The wealthy will live in Alaska from September through March, and jet to Antarctica for the rest of the year, when Alaska will be too hot.