>> WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR
POLITICS, I'M MEGAN PRATZ IN
WASHINGTON DC. PRESIDENT BIDEN
SPENT THE PAST WEEK TRAVELING
AROUND THE COUNTRY TALKING
ABOUT HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AN
IMMINENT THREAT. HE ALSO HAS
MULTIPLE CLIMATE RELATED
MEETINGS COMING UP
BOTH DOMESTIC LEE AND
INTERNATIONALLY SO JOINING US
NOW TO DISCUSS MORE ON THIS
TOPIC IS ANY HARDER EXECUTIVE
EDITOR OF CIPHER
WHICH IS A NEW PUBLICATION BY
BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME LET'S
JUMP RIGHT INTO WHAT BIDEN'S
SORT OF DRIVE HERE IS HE'S
GOT THE CLOSED DOOR TALKS THIS
WEEK SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY THIS
IS A MAJOR MEETING WITH
WORLD LEADERS AND REALLY MARKET
SHIFT FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE IN PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATIONS, SO WHAT ARE WE
EXPECTING TO COME FROM THIS
SUMMIT THIS WEEK.
>> WELL THIS SUMMIT IS REALLY
SEEN FOLLOW UP TO BE A PUBLIC
APRIL WE SAW WHEN THE PRESIDENT
WE LAY DOWN
THE FOUNDATION THE
ADMINISTRATION'S GOAL TO THE
PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT WHICH
WE'RE GOING TO
A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT AN ELITE
CLASS CO CONFERENCE IN SOME OF
THE SPECIFIC THE THING THAT WE
EXPECT TO SEE AT THE SITE IS
GOING TO FOCUS ON FAMOUS AND 17
IS A CODE
GREEN ASKED IT'S IT'S NOT AS
PREVALENT AS CARBON DIOXIDE
THAT IS THE PRIMARY COMPONENT
OF NATURAL GAS
AND HE'S HOPING ALONG WITH YEAR
AT TO GET OTHER COUNTRIES
ON BOARD TO REDUCE AND NOTHING
IN THIS IS LOW A 30% IN THE
NEXT 10 YEARS AND SO THAT IS
MISSING I DELIVER ALL THE ALSO
JUST WANTS TO RAISE
WARINESS AND GALVANIZE OTHER
COUNTRIES TO POINT TIME MORE
AGGRESSIVE GOALS LEADING UP TO
THIS PASCO SUMMIT.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF BIG OPEN
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
IT WANTS TO THAT.
>> I'M REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT
A BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT 45 DAYS
AWAY AT THIS POINT FROM THAT
SUMMIT KICKING OFF ON NOVEMBER
FIRST IN ANBAR A RATHER
IN GLASGOW AND I THINK THAT
THAT'S REALLY REALLY KEY RIGHT
TO THIS
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE STAND
WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE WHERE
WE STAND WHEN IT COMES
TO IT TO EVERYTHING IN THIS
INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION, YOU
CAN'T DO THE U.S. CAN ACT ALONE
BASICALLY IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO
SAY HERE SO HOW DOES THE U.S.
BACK UP THESE COMMITMENTS TO
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HEY WE'RE
HERE WE'RE
GOING TO DO WHAT WE SAY WE'RE
GOING TO DO AND THAT IF THE
ADMINISTRATION CHANGES OR IF
THE
PARTY CHANGES THAT'S NOT
NECESSARILY GOING TO CHANGE OUR
GOALS I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A
TOUGH ONE RIGHT BECAUSE.
WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY BEEN
ABLE TO DO THAT UP TO THIS
POINT.
>> CERTAINLY NOT AND PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS FACING MULTIPLE
CHALLENGES, THOSE DOMESTICALLY
AND ABRAAJ HE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO GET. AGGRESSIVE PARTICULARLY
FROM INDIA AND CHINA OVER
THE LOSS. YOU KNOW 9 A MONTH
SINCE HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE.
I THINK
A PROBLEM LEAVE THE
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WOULD
SAY THAT THEY HAVE WANTED TO
GET MORE BY THIS POINT IN TIME.
I THINK
DOMESTICALLY I WE'RE ALL VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE DEBATE ON
CAPITOL HILL
ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
AND NOW THE RECONCILIATION BILL
AND WHETHER OR NOT ONE OR BOTH
OR NEITHER
AND THOSE WILL CROSS THE
ULTIMATE FINISH LINE TO BECOME
LAW AND SO IF IF THAT DOESN'T
HAPPENED THEN BIDEN IS GOING
TO BE BUT AS EMPTY HANDED HAS
BEEN THERE NOBODY
IT JUST WASN'T HELPED BY
HIMSELF IN AN UNFORTUNATE
SIMILAR SITUATION AND SO HE'S
TRYING TO DO IS IS MANAGE
EXPECTATIONS THERE, BUT ALSO
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE CAN DO
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN DO
ON HIS OWN WITHOUT COM.
>> AND THAT'S GOING REQUIRE
EXECUTIVE ACTION WHICH IS THE
SAME THING WE SAW THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION DO AND FRANKLY
THE SAME THING WE SAW THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DO WHICH WAS
LESS WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT
WAS WILLING TO TAKE SOME STEPS
IN SOME PLACES
TO WORK WHERE THEY THOUGHT IT
WAS NECESSARY THE PRESIDENT
REPEATEDLY SAYING
HE WANTED CLEAN AIR CLEAN WATER
AND TAKING THE STEPS TO DO THAT
AND SO I WANT TO GET YOUR SENSE
OF.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT CAN DO IF WE
CAN'T GET
CONGRESS TO DO ANYTHING AND I
THINK THAT THIS IS WHERE HE'S
KIND OF HAMSTRUNG BECAUSE HE
HAS TO ACT EXECUTIVE LEEANN
EXECUTIVE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE
WAS SO WHERE DO YOU SEE THERE
BEING OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO
ACT.
>> WE'LL BE
IN SOME WAYS WAS HIS REASON AS
WE WERE BACK IN THE EARLY PART
OF
LAST DECADE WHERE ONCE IT WAS
CLEAR CONGRESS WAS GOING TO
PASS
A COMPREHENSIVE AND YOU KNEW
PRESIDENT OBAMA AT A TIME WHEN
FORD A MUCH
MORE INTENSE. NOW THIS EPA HAS
BEEN A BIT QUIETER ON THE FRONT
OF WHETHER OR NOT AND HOW
AGGRESSIVE. IT'S GOING TO BE
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE CARBON
EMISSIONS A CAR LAST NOW THE
EPA HAS INDICATED IS MOVING
FORWARD ON AGGRESSIVE
REGULATIONS FOR CURRY MISSES
FROM VEHICLES AND SO THAT WOULD
BE
ONE STEP. I BET A AND PERHAPS
OTHER AGENCIES AND MOVE FORWARD
ON REGULATIONS REDUCING METHANE
EMISSIONS THAT WE ALREADY
DISCUSSED ARE A KEY PART OF THE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND A KEY
INGREDIENT OF
NATURAL GAS.
>> SO THIS REGULATORY STEPS THE
ADMINISTRATION CAN TAKE THEY
CAN ALSO LIMITS.
>> AND FINANCING FOSSIL
FUELS ABROAD AND I'M REALLY
WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
YOU CAN DO NEARLY AS
MUCH FUN. A LOT OF
THE ADMINISTRATION IS IT A GOAL
TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AS PART OF
THE PARIS AGREEMENT
ARE CONTINGENT UPON
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION SO I THINK
THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE FOCUS
IS GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE.
AND TODAY WILL BE DO YOU TRY
TO GO FOR EVERYTHING OR DO YOU
SETTLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT
COMPROMISE AND AND YOU KNOW I
THINK WE'LL BE SEEING THAT IT
IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
>> AMY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SOME OF
PRESIDENT BIDEN GOALS
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE HE'S COME
OUT AND SAID THAT HE WANTS 50%
OF US ENERGY TO BE SOLAR IN THE
NEXT 30 YEARS HE WANTS
50% OF THE CARS ON THE ROAD TO
BE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE
NEXT 10 YEARS
THESE ARE BIG GOALS THEY'RE
VERY SEE MORE REALISTIC THAN
OTHERS AND I WANT TO DISPUTE
THE SCIENCE HERE. BUT I DO WANT
TO GET YOUR SENSE OF HOW
REALISTIC HE'S BEING BECAUSE
HE'S MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE HAVE
TO ACT URGENTLY AND I THINK
THAT THE SCIENCE BEARS THAT
OUT RIGHT. BUT HOW QUICKLY OR
WERE WE ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO
IMPLEMENT A LOT OF THESE
CHANGES.
>> WELL IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IF
ANYTHING CONGRESS DOES TO HELPS
FOR A LONG THESE CHANGES
I THINK THEY DID
2% SOLAR GOAL THAT YOU
MENTIONED THE AD CAME FROM AN
ENERGY DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL
REPORT
POTENTIALLY THE U.S. COULD
POWER AS MUCH AS 50% OF ITS
ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR ASH NOW
THE ADMINISTRATION MAY
ACTUALLY BEFORE A MORE DIVERSE
MIX OF WIND AND SOLAR AND PROPS
NEGAN POWER
ALSO CARBON-FREE BUT IT DEPENDS
ON SO MANY THINGS FALLING INTO
PLACE AND THESE GOALS 50% YOU
KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO IT IS NOT GOLD MORE OF
A TECHNICAL 10 50% OF YOUR
CALLS AND
JOHNSON CONDUCTION AND
ELECTRICITY IN A MISSING
THOUGH, AND A LOT OVER THE NEXT
DECADE ARE ALL CONTINGENT UPON
EVERYTHING GOING RIGHT. AND
MOORE SAYS HE'S PUT IN PLACE
FOR WIND
AND SOLAR AND OTHER CARBON-FREE
SOURCE IS NO POWER PLANTS
REMAINING OPEN, MORE SUBSIDIES
GOING TO CONSUMERS AND THEY CAN
CANNED WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUY
LIKE TO CARS AND SO FAR WE'RE
NOT SEEING ALL THESE THINGS
LINING UP ONE THING THAT IS
CLEAR IS THAT CONGRESS THERE'S
A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE SOME MID
90 SECONDS AND I SING CLEAN
ENERGY AS OPPOSED
TO MAKING DIRTIER ENERGY MORE
EXPENSIVE THERE IS SOME
RUMBLINGS IN CONGRESS THAT
THERE MAY BE SOME PORT FOR
CURRENT PRICE. I LEAST ON THE
SENATE SIDE
KNOW THAT PEERS AND TO VIOLATE
THAT THE NEW TAX ON PEOPLE
MAKING LESS THAN $400,000 A
YEAR PLANS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
HAS MADE
BUT THAT COULD BE A GAME
CHANGER AND THINGS LIKE THAT
CAN HELP US MAKE THESE CHANGES
HAPPEN
MORE QUICKLY. BUT HOUSE AND BIG
POLICY CHANGE YOU WON'T GET
THAT BIG CHANGES IN CONSUMER
BEHAVIOR.