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PUSHED FORWARD HIS PLAN TO
TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE.
HE SIGNED A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE
ORDERS THAT HE SAYS WILL ADDRESS
THE AXIS TEN THREATEXISTENTIAL T
GREATER URGENCY.
>> WE CAN’T WAIT LONGER.
THAT’S WHY I SIGN EXECUTIVE
ORDER TO SUPER CHARGE OUR
AMBITIOUS PLAN TO CONFRONT THE
EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
IT IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT.
>> INCLUDES ELEVATING CLIMATE
CHANGE TO A NATIONAL SECURITY
PRIORITY, CONSERVING 30% OF ALL
FEDERAL LAND AND WATER BY 2030
AND SUSPENDING NEW LEASES FOR
OIL AND NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT
ON FEDERAL LANDS AND WATERS.
THAT LAST ORDER, THE MORATORIUM,
WILL NOT END FOSSIL FUEL
EXTRACTION ALL TOGETHER.
THE INDUSTRY HAS UNDEVELOPED
LEASES.
SOME COMPANIES VOCALLY OPPOSED
MR. BIDEN’S ACTIONS AND MAY EVEN
CHALLENGE THE ORDERS IN COURT.
JOINING US NOW IS GINA McCARTHY,
THE WHITE HOUSE’S NATIONAL CLIMATE ADVISER AND SERVED AS
CLIMATE ADVISER AND SERVED AS
EPA
EPA, $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF
PACKAGE THE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING
CONGRESS TO APPROVE AND $2
TRILLION PLAN TO ELIMINATE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM
THE POWER SECTOR BY 2035 AND
ACROSS THE ENTIRE U.S. ECONOMY
BY THE YEAR 2050.
THAT T WORD, TRILLION, SEEMS TO
SEND HALF OF CONGRESS INTO OJDA.
HOW DO YOU WORK THROUGH THAT?
>> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
WHOLE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN
THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN OUTLINED
AND LAST WEEK WAS A TERRIFIC
WEEK FOR SCIENCE.
HE MOVED FORWARD TO ONCE AGAIN
EMBRACE SCIENCE INTEGRITY ACROSS
THE WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT.
STARTED BACK HIS PRESIDENTIAL
ADVISERS ON SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY AND THE THIRD THING
HE DID WAS REALLY MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT WE HAVE TO TACKLE THE
CLIMATE CRISIS IN A WAY THAT
GROWS MILLIONS OF JOBS AND
ADDRESSES THE EQUITY CHALLENGES
THAT WE KNOW ARE HOLDING SO MANY
COMMUNITIES BACK.
SO WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT IS
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT IS
INVESTING TO GET OUT OF THE
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN THAT COVID-19
HAS BROUGHT US IN.
DON’T THINK ABOUT THESE AS
WASTED COSTS.
THINK ABOUT THESE AS OUR
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE FUTURE
WE NEED.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT JOBS.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT ACTUAL
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.
THIS IS NOT PIE IN THE SKY.
THIS IS NOT ESSENTIAL WAYS IN
WHICH WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE’RE FACING
TODAY AND START LOOKING AT THE
FUTURE AND ONCE AGAIN, BRING
DOMESTIC LEADERSHIP IN THE
UNITED STATES AND INTO
NATIONALLY BECOME A LEADER WHEN
IT COMES TO TACKLING CLIMATE
CHANGE.
>> TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ITSELF. SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE
SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE
THE EP ACTIONA, WILDLIFE SERVICE
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ASSOCIATION, THE GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY.
HOW ARE THOSE AGENCIES DOING NOW
AFTER THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION?
>> WELL, WE’VE HAD SOME
DIFFICULTIES WITH THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION.
THE MORE WE HAVE PEOPLE GO INTO
THESE AGENCIES NOW, THE MORE WE
REALIZE THAT THE SCIENCE PROCESS
HAS BEEN DISMANTLED.
WHICH IS THE REASON TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THESE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS.
BUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS NOW
ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT IN ORDER
TO RECOVER FROM COVID-19, IN
ORDER TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM
THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A
LONG TIME AND TACKLE CLIMATE, WE
HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE OF
GOVERNMENT APPROACH.
SO THIS IS CREATING AN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO BOTH ONCE
AGAIN PARTICIPATE AT THE
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL FOR THE
UNITED STATES SO WE CAN LEAD IN
CLEAN ENERGY INTERNATIONALLY BUT
IT’S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
EVERY ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES IS
REBUILT AND IS ABLE TO TAKE
THEIR PART IN ADDRESSING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS.
SO WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT
PROCUREMENT, WE’RE GOING TO LOOK
AT BUDGETS, POLICIES, REBUILDING
THIS COUNTRY AND STRENGTHENING
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO WE CAN
PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP, NOT JUST
THAT SCIENCE DEMANDS BUT PEOPLE
DEMAND.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT PEOPLE AGAIN,
GET THEM SAFE AND SECURE.
KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A FUTURE
THAT THEY CAN LEAVE TO THEIR
CHILDREN, THAT THEY’RE GOING TO
BE PROUD OF.
>> MITCH McCONNELL REFERRED TO
THE GREEN NEW DEAL IN TALKING
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE
ORDERS ON THE FLOOR OF THE
SENATE THIS WEEK.
I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS PART OF WHAT HE SAID.
>> SHOULDN’T BE THIS WAY.
NOT WITH A PRESIDENT WHO
CAMPAIGNED ON THE UNION JOBS
THAT LEFT ONCE TO ELIMINATE.
THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT ELECTED TO
ENACT POLICIES THAT PROMPTED
CERTAIN YOUNG CONGRESSWOMAN FROM
NEW YORK CITY TO BOAST ONLINE
THAT HER RADICAL IDEAS ARE
SHAPING HIS ENERGY POLICIES.
THIS PIECEMEAL GREEN NEW DEAL IS
THE WRONG PRESCRIPTION, WRONG
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, WRONG FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY, AND MOST OF
ALL, FOR THE WORKING AMERICANS
WHO WILL SOON BE WORKING
AMERICANS IF THIS KEEPS UP.
>> I KNOW MY TIME WITH YOU IS
BRIEF BUT ON ONE HAND,
DESCRIBING WHAT HE SAID LUNCH
PAIL UNION JOBS, NOT NECESSARILY
A SOUND ARGUMENT.
IT’S NOT CERTAIN THE UNION JOBS
WOULD BE DESTROYED BY THIS,
INDEED, SOME OF THEM COULD BE
TRANSFORMED IF NOT IMPROVED
DEPENDING ON THE FUTURE OF THESE
JOBS.
LET’S SET THAT ASIDE.
BUT I THINK THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF POLITICAL SUCCESS IN TYING
OF POLITICAL SUCCESS IN TYING
THE GREEN NEW DEAL TO ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ AS A, BUT SOME SAY
ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER, I DON’T
WANT TO DO WITH.
IF YOU COULD CUT PAST THE
POLITICS AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE,
I’M NOT READY FOR WHATEVER THE
HELL THIS IS, I’M JUST NOT READY
FOR IT.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST THING YOU
WANT EVERY AMERICAN TO KNOW
ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT
NOW TO SAVE OUR HOME BEFORE I
LET YOU GO?
>> RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
TO SAVE OUR HOMES IS TO FOLLOW
THE SCIENCE AND CREATE THE KIND
OF JOBS WE WANT IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A BIDEN PLAN.
THAT’S WHAT IT IS.
WHEN HE HEARS CLIMATE, HE THINKS
JOBS.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT GROWING JOBS
FOR THE FUTURE AND UNIONS, ABOUT
GOOD PAYING JOBS.
THAT’S HOW WE’RE GOING TO PUT
FOOD ON OUR TABLE AGAIN.
THAT’S HOW WE’RE GOING TO FEEL
HEALTHY AND SECURE AGAIN.
THIS ISN’T ABOUT THE PLANET.