AND DEMOCRAT
CONTROLLED SENATE THEY'RE
BRINGING NEW HOPES FOR
MEANINGFUL CLIMATE POLICY IN
THE U.S., BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
IT'S EASY AND PACKS OF GLOBAL
WARMING. JOINING US NOW IS
MICHAEL MANN WHO IS THE AUTHOR
OF THE NEW CLIMATE OR THE FIGHT
TO
TAKE BACK OUR PLANET MICHAEL
COULD HAVE YOU HERE WITH US ON
THE DAY WHAT WILL YOU BE
WATCHING
OUT FOR FROM THINGS LIKE
SPENDING AND STIMULUS AS IT
CORRELATES TO
CLIMATE IN CURBING CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FROM THE INCOMING BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
>> WHAT THANKS VERY YOU KNOW I
DO THINK THERE IS REASON TO BE
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE
WILL SEE MEANINGFUL CLIMATE
ACTION IN. THE UPCOMING MONTHS
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A
CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN JOE
BIDEN WHO CAMPAIGNED ON THE
CLIMATE ISSUE HE'S GOT A
MANDATE TO LEAD
ON CLIMATE AND INDEED AS WE'VE
SEEN BY THE NOMINATIONS THAT
HE'S MADE
CABINET POSITIONS. DIFFERENT
AGENCIES THAT THEY ARE
PLANNING ON AN ALL AGENCY
APPROACH REALLY MAKING SURE
THAT THEY INCORPORATE CLIMATE
ACTION INTO EVERY SECTOR OF
THEIR EFFORTS.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A CONGRESS
WHICH WILL BE IN DEMOCRATIC
HANDS, IT WILL
BE A A SPLIT
AND THAT MEANS THAT IT IS
DIFFICULT
TO ENVISION THE SORT
OF WIDE RANGING A SWEEPING
CLIMATE LEGISLATION THAT MANY
OF US MIGHT HAVE HOPE
FOR SOMETHING YOU KNOW LIKE THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AS DESCRIBED BY
ED MARKEY SEE
INSTEAD WHAT I THINK WE'LL SEE
IS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE
WILL BE ROOM FOR
FOR A COMPROMISE CLIMATE
LEGISLATION THAT WILL INCLUDE
STIMULUS FOR GREEN ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND WE
ACTUALLY SAW THAT IN THE
STIMULUS PACKAGE SO WE SAW
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN
SUPPORT THOSE SORTS
OF EFFORTS COMBINED PROBABLY
WITH SOME SORT
OF CARBON PRICING AND WE COULD
ENVISION DEMOCRATS JOINING WITH
MAYBE A HALF-DOZEN REPUBLICANS
OR SO IN PASSING THAT SORT OF
LEGISLATION SO WE
NEED LEGISLATIVE ACTION AS WELL
AS EXECUTIVE ACTION WE NEED TO
USE ALL THE TOOLS IN THE TOOL
BOX IF WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE
THIS PROBLEM AND SO WHAT IS IT
REALLY GOING TO TAKE 4 MORE OF
THOSE BY PART ANDERSON,
OVERLAPS IF YOU
WILL WHERE.
>> THERE ARE THESE EFFORTS
BECAUSE HISTORICALLY THE GOP
HAS NOT BEEN AS OPEN TO SOME OF
THE
POLICIES THAT ARE
ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED AND
MINDED THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
CONTINUED TO UNVEILED DURING
THE CAMP PAINTING
WHERE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT EACH
PARTY'S AGENDA HAS BEEN WHERE
YOU EXPECT MORE OF THAT
REACHING OVER THE AISLE TO TAKE
PLACE.
>> YES IF YOU TALK TO
SOME INSIDERS IN WASHINGTON DC
WILL
TELL YOU. THERE ARE ABOUT A
HALF-DOZEN REPUBLICANS IN THE
SENATE HAVE BEEN VERY QUIET
ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY
QUIETLY DO
SUPPORT ACTION. THEY JUST
DIDN'T SEE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
THEY COULD SAFELY INDOORS
CLIMATE ACTION SO WHAT HAS TO
CHANGE
IS THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT,
THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE IN THE
WAY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CROSS
THE AISLE, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT OF COURSE MADE THAT
IMPOSSIBLE WAS MITCH MCCONNELL
WAS REPUBLICAN
WHO IN FACT REFUSED TO BRING
ANY BILLS TO THE TO THE SENATE
FLOOR IF THEY INVOLVED FOR
EXAMPLE CLIMATE AND
GREEN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY.
NOW UNDER DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP. WE WILL SEE CLIMATE
BILLS ACTUALLY
MAKE IT TO THE SENATE FLOOR
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T
SEEN IN YEARS AND IN THAT WITH
JOE BIDEN WHO HAS A REPUTATION.
>> FOR.
>> SORT OF REACHING OUT TO
MODERATE CONSERVATIVES TO
FINDING. SOME DEGREE
OF CONSENSUS ON MATTERS LIKE
CLIMATE CHANGE I THINK AGAIN WE
COULD ACTUALLY SEE A
CLIMATE BILL NOT ONLY BROUGHT
TO THE SENATE FLOOR AND VOTED
ON BUT ACTUALLY ASKED AND
THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE
CRITICAL BECAUSE WE CAN'T SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM THROUGH EXECUTIVE
ACTIONS ALONE WE NEED
TO MASSIVELY INCENTIVIZE THE
SHIFT AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO
RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY
DIFFICULT TO DO THAT WITHOUT
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION WITHOUT A
CLIMATE BILL OR
SENATE BILLS.
>> MICHAEL I JUST WHILE WE HAVE
YOU AS WELL GOT TO ASK YOU
SUGGESTED THAT BILLIONAIRES
SHOULD FOCUS
LESS ON GADGETRY AND MORE WHEN
GOVERNMENT ACTION. WHY IS THAT
AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM
EVEN PRIVATE PUBLIC
PARTNERSHIPS.
YES SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO
TALK ABOUT IN THE
NEW CLIMATE.
>> THERE BILL GATES AMONG THEM
WE'RE VERY BULLISH ON SORT OF
TECHNO THINGS
LIKE GEOENGINEERING.
PARTICULATES INTO THE
STRATOSPHERE TO BLOCK OUT SOME
OF THE SUNLIGHT
TO OFFSET SOME OF THE GLOBAL
WARMING CAUSED BY CARBON
POLLUTION AND OTHER SORT
OF AND TESTED SCHEMES THAT ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IF WE
WERE TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THEM
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AWAY
FROM BILL GATES IS ALSO ON
RECORD SAYING WE NEED
A MIRACLE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
AND WE VEHICLES ALREADY HERE.
IT'S THE SUN, IT'S THE WIND IS
JUST THERMAL WE HAVE THE TOOLS
NECESSARY TO DECARBONIZE OUR
ECONOMY AND THERE IS PEER
REVIEWED RESEARCH THAT
DEMONSTRATES THE PATH FORWARD
TO DOING THAT IT'S SIMPLY A
MATTER OF PUTTING IN PLACE
THE INCENTIVES IT WILL MAKE
THAT HAPPEN IT'S ALL ABOUT
POLICY AT THIS POINT MICHAEL