Bloomberg taps Penn to host show about climate change

Kal Penn

Actor Kal Penn will host a weekly show about climate change for Bloomberg’s Quicktake streaming service, part of a new slate of programming from Bloomberg Green, reports Alex Weprin of The Hollywood Reporter.

Weprin reports, “The show, Getting Warmer with Kal Penn, will focus on the intersection of climate, clean energy and business, and will premiere in October 2022. Penn will travel the country looking at businesses, initiatives, researchers and communities transitioning to clean energy an adapting for the new climate reality.

“’We’ll explore the critical topics connected to climate change and connect audiences to a better understanding of the ways policymakers, consumers, and businesses can tackle these issue together,’ says Penn.

“The show will also feature reporting from Bloomberg Green’s team of climate journalists, with the company set to expand the scope of its reporting to include a new focus on areas like ESG investing, electric vehicles, new forms of energy, and ‘greener living.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.