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>>> I TELL YOU, IM GENERALLY
OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE SO MUCH IS
BEGINNING TO HAPPEN AND BECAUSE
I BELIEVE IN OUR INGENUITY AND
OUR CAPACITY -- I KNOW PRESIDENT
BIDEN DOES.
IVE HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT IT.
HE BELIEVES WE CAN DO ANYTHING.
YOUVE HEARD HIM SAY IT.
AND THINK ABOUT IT.
WE ARE THE COUNTRY THAT WENT TO
THE MOON.
AND WE DIDNT KNOW HOW WE WERE
GOING TO GET THERE WHEN
PRESIDENT KENNEDY ANNOUNCED THAT
GOAL, BUT WE DID IT.
WE ARE THE COUNTRY THAT INVENTED
THE INTERNET.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT REGRET THAT
TODAY, BUT WE DID THAT.
WE ALSO GOT VACCINES THAT ARE
WORKING AND WEVE SHOWN WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO GET THEM OUT AND
PUT THEM IN PEOPLES ARMS.
SO I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE
ABILITY.
>> THAT WAS U.S. SPECIAL
PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE,
JOHN KERRY, EXPRESSING HIS
CONFIDENCE THAT THE COUNTRY WILL
MAKE THE EMISSION REDUCTION
GOALS SET YESTERDAY BY PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
JOINING US NOW, WHITE HOUSE
NATIONAL CLIMATE ADVISER, GINA
McCARTHY, WHO HELPED ESTABLISH
THE NEW EMISSIONS GOALS
ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN
YESTERDAY.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE
SHOW.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THAT GOAL AND IM LOOKING AT ALL
OF THE COUNTRY AND BUSINESSES
INVOLVED IN THIS SUMMIT.
YOU HAVE ALL OF THE BIG PLAYERS
AT THE TABLE, BUT WHATS GOING
TO MAKE SOMETHING ACTUALLY
HAPPEN?
>> WELL, THE U.S. IS BACK, THAT
WILL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
>> THAT HELPS.
>> AND WERE BRINGING THE WORLD
LEADERS TOGETHER TO TELL THEM
THAT.
AND REALLY, THE COMMITMENT WE
MADE WAS TO SEND A VERY CLEAR
SIGNAL ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF
WHAT WERE DOING AND HAVE TO GET
DONE ON CLIMATE AND THAT THE
U.S. IS INTERESTED IN LEADING
AGAIN.
AND ITS VERY EXCITING, BECAUSE
NOTHING HAS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT
FOUR YEARS, EVEN IN THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING
FORWARD, BUT THE FUN THING IS --
AND THE TEEUP IS RIGHT.
I AM ACTUALLY RUNNING OFF TO DO
A JOBS PANEL AT A CLIMATE
SUMMIT.
AND PEOPLE MIGHT REMEMBER WHY.
THE REASON WHY IS WHEN JOE BIDEN
HEARS CLIMATE, HE THINKS JOBS
AND VICE VERSA.
WHAT WE PUT IN THE TABLE WAS A
STRONG COMMITMENT, BUT ITS
BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
CLEAN ENERGY IN THE UNITED
STATES IS AN AREA WHERE WE ARE
GROWING JOBS.
IT IS NOT AN AREA WHERE WERE
GOING TO BE SACRIFICING.
ITS THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE
FUTURE HERE.
AND THE PRESIDENT IS INTERESTED
IN MOVING HIS AMERICAN JOBS PLAN
FORWARD, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE
KIND OF INVESTMENTS THATS GOING
TO GROW REALLY GOOD-PAYING UNION
JOBS, AND BRING REAL OPPORTUNITY
BACK TO THE UNITED STATES, TO
GRAB THE FUTURE AGAIN, REIGNITE
OUR MANUFACTURING.
SPEND MONEY ON OUR TRANSMISSION
GRID.
BECAUSE IF WE DONT, WELL HAVE
MORE PROBLEMS LIKE WE HAD IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
IT IS TIME FOR US TO INVEST IN
OUR OWN COUNTRY AND GRAB THAT
FUTURE FOR OURSELVES.
THATS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
>> AND ABSOLUTELY ON A NUTS AND
BOLTS LEVEL, IT IS KEY TO
INTEGRATE JOBS WITH THE GOAL.
YOU MENTIONED THE U.S. IS BACK.
CAN YOU DISCUSS, CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE CHALLENGES GIVEN THE
PAST FOUR YEARS ABOUT PERHAPS
MAKING SURE THAT THE UNITED
STATES CREDIBILITY TO ITS
COMMITMENT ON THESE ISSUES IS
PUT BACK IN PLACE.
>> MIKA, WEVE BEEN ASKED THAT
QUESTION A BUNCH OF TIMES, BUT
IF YOU WERE AT THE SUMMIT, YOU
WOULD GET A GREAT SENSE THAT
OTHER COUNTRIES ARE WELCOMING US
BACK, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE
HAVE A WORLDWIDE CHALLENGE.
AND THEY NEED THE UNITED STATES
TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.
THATS WHAT YESTERDAY WAS ABOUT.
THATS WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
THAT, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN
HAS CREATED A PEOPLE PLAN, NOT A
CLIMATE PLAN.
YOU KNOW, HE HAS MADE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
IS A PROBLEM, BUT THE
UNBELIEVABLY INTERESTING THING
IS THAT HES MADE IT REAL FOR
PEOPLE AGAIN.
HES SAID, YES, WERE GOING TO
MOVE AWAY FROM THIS PANDEMIC AND
BUILD HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY
AGAIN.
SO HES MADE IT ALL ABOUT JOBS,
ALL ABOUT GOOD HOUSING, ALL
ABOUT OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES AND
YES, OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM, OUR
AIRPORT SYSTEM.
HES TOLD PEOPLE THAT IN THIS
COUNTRY, WE CAN INVEST IN
OURSELVES AND IT WILL WORK FOR
ALL OF US AND BUILD THAT MIDDLE
CLASS AGAIN.
AND WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE
ITS PAID FOR BYNOT BY PEOPLE WH
MAKE $400,000 OR LESS, BUT BY
CORPORATIONS WHO HAVENT DONE
THEIR FAIR SHARE.
IT WILL RIGHT THE SHIP IN THE
UNITED STATES, NOT JUST MAKE
SURE THAT WERE TAKING CARE OF
OUR PLANET.
THATS WHY PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
AINT.
THATS WHY WERE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD AND WERE GOING TO GET
THIS DONE.
>> GINA, ITS KASIE HUNT, I WANT
TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE MINE
WORKERS AND THE WORK YOURE
DOING MORE BROADLY TO TRY TO
BRING ALONG PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORRIED ABOUT BEING LEFT BEHIND.
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED THAT THE
JOBS THEY HAVE OR HAVE HAD IN
THE PAST WONT COME ALONG WITH
THIS.
AND AT FIRST WE REPORTED THAT
THE MINE WORKERS ARE
ENTHUSIASTICALLY BACKING THE
PLAN.
BUT NOW THEYRE SAYING, WE LIKE
SOME OF THIS, BUT WE WAILACTUALL
WANT AS MANY COAL JOBS TO REMAIN
AS POSSIBLE.
HOW DO YOU REASSURE THOSE PEOPLE
THERES A PLACE FOR THEM?
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THIS PLAN
HAS LEFT EVERYTHING ON THE
TABLE.
ALL KINDS OF SOLUTIONS.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERES REAL
OPPORTUNITY WITH COB AND CAPTURE
AND SEQUESTRATION TO ACTUALLY
MAKE SURE THAT WERE RETAINING
THAT AND PUTTING IT,
SEQUESTERING IT UNDER THE
GROUND.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS,
KASIE, THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
VERY CLEAR SINCE DAY ONE THAT A
TRANSITION HAS BEEN HAPPENING
AWAY FROM COAL AND OTHER FOSSIL
FUELS TO CLEAN ENERGY.
AND THAT TRANSITION IS
ECONOMICALLY BOUND.
ITS ABOUT WHATS LESS
EXPENSIVE.
SO WITH EYES WIDE OPEN, WEAPON
WENT INTO THIS ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT CHALLENGE, SAYING WERE
DEVELOPING A PLAN.
WERE RELEASING THIS PLAN.
AND JUST LAST WEEK, WE HAD
SENATOR MANCHIN AND WE HAD CECIL
ROBERTS, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED MINE WORKERS STANDING
UP AND SAYING, WE ARE BACKING
PRESIDENT BIDENS PLAN.
SO THEY KNOW THERES A
TRANSITION, BUT THEY NEED HELP
AND THEY NEED JOBS.
AND WERE BRINGING JOBS TO THEM
NOW.
JOBS THEY CAN HAVE IN THEIR OWN
COMMUNITIES, JOBS THAT MATCH
THEIR SKILL SET.
AND WERE GOING TO SPEND MONEY
ON TRAINING.
WERE NOT GOING TO LEAVE ANY
WORKER OR ANY COMMUNITY BEHIND.