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>>> WELCOME BACK. SALLY JEWELL THE SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION WHEN SHE WAS
LOOKING FOR HER NEXT ADVENTURE
SHE HEADED BACK TO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. SHE IS A DISTINGUISHED FELLOW
IN THE COLLEGE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT AND SHARES THE
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR A CUTTING-
EDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
WE WILL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT
THAT
THAT
THAT >>
THAT >> IS IT NICE TO BE BACK?
>> IT IS HARD TO DESCRIBE HOW
NICE IT IS.
>> I MISSED THE ACCESS TO THE
OUTDOORS SO CLOSE.
I MISSED MY FAMILY ALSO.
IT IS NICE TO BE BACK WITH
FAMILY AGAIN I MISSED THE
ABILITY TO WALK IN THE MIDST.
>> IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND I HAVE KNOWN THAT
YOU GRADUATED IN MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING AND YOU WORKED IN
BANKING BUT I HAVE ALWAYS
WONDERED HOW DID YOU MAKE THIS
MOVE?
MOVE?
MOVE? I
MOVE? I KNOW THAT YOU ARE PRIMARILY
FROM REI.
FROM REI.
FROM REI. HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN AN
OUTDOORS PERSON AND ALL OF
THAT?
THAT?
THAT? >>
THAT? >> I STARTED MY CAREER AS A
PETROLEUM ENGINEER.
PETROLEUM ENGINEER. WE ALL USE FOSSIL FUELS.
AT THAT STAGE IN MY LIFE I
WORKED FOR A MANUFACTURING
PLANT ON THE ALASKA PIPELINE
WHILE I WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT
SO ALL OF THESE CHAPTERS OF MY
LIFE HAVE HELPED SHAPE AND MOLD
ME INTO WHAT I AM TODAY.
I WOULD NOT SAY I WOULD
CHARACTERIZE MYSELF AS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL US BUT I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON THAT LOVES
NATURE.
NATURE.
NATURE. I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO GROW UP IN
A PLACE WHERE NATURE IS SO
ACCESSIBLE.
ACCESSIBLE. >> WHEN WE MOVE AWAY WE MISS IT
SO VERY MUCH.
>>> BY THE TIME HE LEFT AND HE
WENT TO BECOME THE SUIT
IMPAIRED INTERIOR SECRETARY DID
YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WOULD HAPPEN.
WOULD HAPPEN. >> IT WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE.
I DID NOT DO ANY FUNDRAISERS
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. REALLY I WAS ASKED BECAUSE OF
TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE
INFLUENTIAL IN MY LIFE THAT
RECOMMENDED ME.
RECOMMENDED ME. WE HAVE BUILD THE FIRST-EVER
HEAD OF THE EPA.
WE VOLUNTEERED ON SOMETHING
CALLED THE INITIATIVE FOR
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS
BUSINESS LEADERS COMMITTED TO
ENDING GLOBAL POVERTY.
THEY SCHEMED TOGETHER AND
SUGGESTED THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION MIGHT WANT ME.
>> WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO
YOU DURING THAT TIME IN TERMS
OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES?
>> IT IS A HUGE JOB AND HIGHLY
VARIED.
VARIED.
VARIED. YOU THINK ABOUT NATIONAL PARKS
AND WILDLIFE REFUGES BUT YOU
MANAGED ALL OF THE OUTER
CONTINENTAL SHELF AND WHAT
HAPPENS THERE.'S THAT COULD BE
OIL AND GAS IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO OR OIL SPILLS WHICH MY
PREDECESSOR HAD TO DEAL WITH OR
WIND ENERGY BUT ALSO PROTECTING
THE WATER COLUMN AND
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND
WORKING ON WHAT ARE THE AREAS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO CONSERVE
AND WHAT IS OKAY TO DEVELOP
WHETHER IT IS OIL GAS OR
MINING.
MINING.
MINING. IT IS VERY COMPLICATED AND
UPHOLDING TREATY AND TRUST
OBLIGATIONS.
OBLIGATIONS. >> I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY
THAT THE SAME VALUES DO NOT
HOLD TRUE IN THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
WHERE WE ARE HEADED?
>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS
RECOGNIZING THAT THE WORLD IS
COMPLEX AND THERE ARE COMPETING
INTERESTS AND YOU HAVE TO
RECOMMEND AND REPRESENT ALL OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
ALL OF US THAT ARE PASSING THIS
ON TO THE GENERATIONS THAT COME
AFTER US.
AFTER US.
AFTER US. WHAT IS VERY FRUSTRATING ABOUT
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS IT IS
VERY UNIDIMENSIONAL.
VERY UNIDIMENSIONAL. IT IS ABOUT FOSSIL FUEL
EXTRACTION AND ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES TODAY ON PUBLIC
LANDS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
BENEFITS THAT WE GET FROM
STANDING FORESTS OR THE
BENEFITS FROM CLEAN WATER AND
CLEAN AIR.
CLEAN AIR. HOW DO WE LISTEN TO THE SCIENCE
AND MAKE SMART DECISIONS.
>> IF WE LOSE THE THINGS WE DO
NOT GIVE THEM BACK.
>> HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU CLIMB
MOUNT RAINIER?
MOUNT RAINIER? >> SUCCESSFULLY SEVEN TIMES.
MY FIRST FAILURE CAME WHEN I
WAS 15.
WAS 15.
WAS 15. I
WAS 15. I MADE IT AT 16.
AT 15 WE GOT TURNED AROUND IN A
WIDEOUT.
WIDEOUT.
WIDEOUT. WHEN I CLAIMED THAT 16 THE
LEADER OF THE GROUP WAS 18.
I WAS THE YOUNGEST AND HE WAS
THE OLDEST.
THE OLDEST. >> DID YOU CHEW IT ON YOUR OWN?
>> I GRADUATED FROM RENTON HIGH
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. THEY HAD A CLIMBING CLUB.
>> HAT IS YOUR THOUGHT.
I THINK BEING A MOUNTAINEER
GIVES YOU AN APPRECIATION OF
NATURE THAT IS BEYOND.
I HAVE BEEN TO BASE CAMP A FEW
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. WHAT YOU THINK YOU LEARNED FROM
THOSE EXPERIENCES REALLY
TESTING YOURSELF NOT AGAINST
NATURE BUT WITH NATURE.
>> YOU GET AN EXTRAORDINARY
APPRECIATION OF THE
COMPLEXITIES IS OF NATURE.
YOU GET AN APPRECIATION OF YOUR
VULNERABILITY.
VULNERABILITY. OF NO MATTER HOW WHEN YOU
EXERCISE REALLY GOOD JUDGMENT
SOMETIMES THE MOUNTAIN CHOOSES
TO MOVE.
TO MOVE.
TO MOVE. THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME.
THE CONDITIONS WERE PERFECT FOR
CLIMBING AND YET THINGS STILL
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. IT REALLY PUTS YOU IN YOUR
PLACE BUT YOU ALSO SEE CHANGES
IN THE LANDSCAPE WHEN YOU ARE
THAT INTIMATE WITH IT.
THE DIFFERENCES IN THE MOUNTAIN
FROM WHEN I WAS FIRST LEARNING
TO CLIMB AND THE DIFFERENCES
TODAY ARE REALLY EXTRAORDINARY.
YOU SEE MY BLUE ICE WHICH IS
ICE THAT IS ANCIENT BECAUSE THE
GLACIER IN SOME AREAS IS NOT
ACCUMULATING AS IT USED TO YOU
CAN SLIP ON THAT.
YOU HAVE TO PUT ICE SCREWS AND
PROTECTION AND THAT YOU WOULD
NOT HAVE HAD TO BEFORE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS
I'M NOT THAT INTERESTED IN
SUMMONING.
SUMMONING. WHAT DO WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO?
IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE OR IS
THAT SOMETHING ELSE?
>> IT IS CLIMATE CHANGE.
RE: I USED TO RUN TRIPS TO
CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.
THEY STOPPED DOING IT BECAUSE
THE GLACIER WAS NO LONGER A
CHELATING.
CHELATING. WOULD AND IS NOT GETTING NEW
ICE EACH YEAR YOU BEGIN TO GET
OLDER ICE.
OLDER ICE. >> ALL OF US HAVE SOME
RESPONSIBILITY.
RESPONSIBILITY. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO DO WITH THE CARBON
FOOTPRINT AND JUST SIMPLE
THINGS LIKE NOT COMPOSTING OUR
FOOD OR PURCHASING REUSABLE
BAGGIES.
BAGGIES.
BAGGIES. >> I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION
OF LOCAL ACTION AND WORLDWIDE
POLICY.
POLICY.
POLICY. I
POLICY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN
PARIS WHEN THE CLIMATE ACCORD
WAS BEING NEGOTIATED.
I WAS ENORMOUSLY PROUD OF THE
UNITED STATES AND OUR ROLE IN
THAT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IN
THE PEOPLE THAT TALKED ABOUT
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THEIR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND CITIES
AND TOWNS TO BE PART OF THAT
SOLUTION THE REALITY IS IT'S
FROM A GRASSROOTS INDIVIDUAL
LEVEL OF HOW YOU BEHAVE
INDIVIDUALLY DO YOU TAKE PUBLIC
TRANSIT OR REDUCE THE CARBON
FOOTPRINT OR HOW YOU MIGHT USE
A PERSONAL VEHICLE.
DO YOU REDUCE YOUR WASTE?
WHAT ARE THE POLICIES AT A
SIGNIFICANT LEVEL WHETHER IT IS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STATE
GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
ALL OF THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL
IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE
TRAJECTORY THAT WE ARE ON RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
VIDEO THAT I THINK YOU SHOT
YOURSELF OF POLAR BEARS WHEN
YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT.
>> I SHOT THIS FROM THE AIRPORT
IN ALASKA.
IN ALASKA. I'M SITTING IN THE CAR FOR
OBVIOUS REASONS.
OBVIOUS REASONS. THIS IS THE AIRPORT WHICH IS
WASHING AWAY BECAUSE THE ARCTIC
OCEAN, THE ARCTIC IS WARMING AT
TWICE THE RATE OF ANY OTHER
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. SO
AREA. SO YOU HAVE BATTERING OF THE
SHORELINE THAT YOU NEVER HAVE
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. THE AIRPORT IS ERODING AND IT
IS HAVING TO BE MOVED THAT
AIRPORT IS ALSO WASHING INTO
THE WATER BECAUSE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. SEA LEVEL RISE THERE, BATTERING
AND MELTING OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN
>> YOU ARE TEACHING NOW.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE
TEACHING.
TEACHING.
TEACHING. >> I'M AFFILIATED WITH THE
COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I WAS ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS
WHEN IT WAS CREATED IT WAS
CREATED TO SAY THAT ADDRESSING
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IS
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. THE SCIENCE MAY BE CLEAR BUT WE
NEED TO BRING PEOPLE ALONG.
THE COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
IS CREATED AS A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE UNIVERSITY WOULD WORK
COLLABORATIVELY.
COLLABORATIVELY. SO I LECTURED ANY MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING CLASS YESTERDAY A
MEANS TO CREATE A FUTURE THAT
IS BOTH ECONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY