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: 1) by tannasg on Thursday September 03 2015, @02:51AM
Meh
Neutral on Obama (I'm not American), but would pay good money to see that idiot Grylls get his comeuppance from one of his nicknamesakes..all part of the great circle of life, Grylls eats crunchy frog, Grizzly eats crunchy 'Bear'..