Watch: exclusive interview with Frank Mitloehner, the greenhouse gas guru

Irish Farmers Journal climate specialist Lorcan Allen speaks exclusively to Prof Frank Mitloehner, the UC Davis scientist who’s also known as the greenhouse gas guru.

Lorcan Allen

24 January 2020

Watch: exclusive interview with Frank Mitloehner, the greenhouse gas guru

Prof Frank Mitloehner from the University of California, Davis speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal climate specialist Lorcan Allen this week in Dublin.

On Tuesday this week, Prof Frank Mitloehner from UC Davis in California came to Dublin to present his views on livestock and their impact on global warming. The self-styled greenhouse gas guru has become an ardent defender of farmers in the increasingly polarised climate debate.

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