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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Iowa meteorologist resigns after death threats over climate crisis coverage

A meteorologist stands in front of a graph comparing C02 levels to temperature.
Chris Gloninger, chief meteorologist at KCCI in Des Moines, Iowa, announced he will be stepping down from his position and leaving his broadcast career in July, citing PTSD. Photograph: KCCI TV

An Iowa meteorologist says he is resigning from the television station where he works because he developed post-traumatic stress disorder after threats over his climate change coverage.

On Wednesday, Chris Gloninger, the chief meteorologist at Des Moines’s CBS TV station affiliate KCCI, announced that he will be stepping down from his position and leaving his broadcast career in July.

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