>>> WELCOME BACK TO "VELSHI & RUHLE."
RUHLE." THIS MORNING NEW CALLS TO FIGHT
CLIMATE CHANGE, THIS TIME THEY
ARE HEADED BY STUDENTS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
STUDENTS ARE LEAVING THEIR
CLASSROOMS AND DEMANDING
LAWMAKERS MAKE POLICIES TO
COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
ORGANIZERS SAY ALTHOUGH THERE
ARE MANY OTHER IMPORTANT
PRESSING ISSUES, CLIMATE CHANGE
DIRECTLY AFFECTS THEM AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS TO COME.
>> WITHOUT A LIVABLE PLANET, ALL
OF THOSE ISSUES WILL BE
OBSOLETE.
OBSOLETE. FIRST, WE NEED A PLANET THAT WE
CAN LIVE ON AND THRIVE ON.
>> IN MORNING AT THE UNITED
NATIONS, MY FRIENDS AND I FACED
OUR WORLD LEADERS, DEMONSTRATING
TO THEM THAT THEY URGENTLY ACT
ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
THEY ARE STILL NOT LISTENING.
INSTEAD, OUR WORLD LEADERS ARE
THE ONES ACTING LIKE CHILDREN.
THEY ARE THE ONES HAVING
TANTRUMS, ARGUING WITH EACH
OTHER AND REFUSING TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS
WHILE THE PLANET BURNS.
>> SCIENTISTS, NOT POLITICIANS,
SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DATA
EXPLAINING HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS
AFFECTING THE EARTH’S
ATMOSPHERE.
ATMOSPHERE. AND UNLESS WE MAKE MAJOR CHANGES
TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING, THE
CONSEQUENCE COULD BE
IRREVERSIBLE.
IRREVERSIBLE. IN 2017, THE NATIONAL CLIMATE --
EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME. THE NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA CENTER
RECORDED THE AVERAGE GLOBAL
TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE WORLD
AT .84 DEGREES CELSIUS, MAKING
IT THE THIRD WARM EST YEAR ON
RECORD.
RECORD. OFFICIALS SAY GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
HAS NOT BEEN COOLER SINCE 1976.
AND PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS.
FROM 1900 TO 1980, A NEW
TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET ON
EVERY 13 1/2 YEARS ON AVERAGE.
HOWEVER, SINCE 1981 A NEW RECORD
HAS BEEN SET EVERY THREE YEARS.
LAST MONTH, LAWMAKERS INTRODUCED
NEW LEGISLATION CALLED THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
NEW DEAL. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE CONGRESS
HAS NOT PASSED A NEW BILL ON
CLIMATE CHANGE IN NEARLY TEN
YEARS.
YEARS. THE GREEN NEW DEAL CALLS TO CUT
GLOBAL EMISSIONS BY 60% AND
UPGRADE BUILDINGS TO MAXIMUM
ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY. THE DEAL ALSO PROPOSES MEETING
100% OF U.S. POWER DEMAND
THROUGH CLEAN RENEWABLE AND ZERO
EMISSIONS ENERGY SOURCES.
IT ALSO PUSHES TO IMPLEMENT
SMART GRIDS TO AFFORDABLE
ELECTRICITY.
ELECTRICITY. >> AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
WITH THOSE GOALS.
WE’RE JUST GOING TO BE REALLY
CLEAR -- THERE’S NOTHING WRONG
WITH THOSE GOALS.
IT IS NOT A WEIRDLY LIBERAL
THING TO WANT ZERO EMISSIONS, TO
REDUCE YOUR CARBON DIOXIDE --
THIS IS NOTHING ABOUT THAT
THAT’S WEIRD.
THAT’S WEIRD. >> IF YOU DON’T SUPPORT OF
SPECIFICS OF THIS GREEN NEW DEAL
DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T HAVE
THESE GOALS.
THESE GOALS. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT IT A’s
LITTLE MORE.
LITTLE MORE. >> CLIMATE AND WEATHER ARE NOT
THE SAME.
THE SAME. >> TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
CARBON AND CARBON DIOXIDE ARE
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED ABOUT THAT
THE OTHER DAY.
>>> THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK THAT
YOU GOT TO JUST READ IT.
EVERYBODY HAS TO READ THIS.
THIS IS THEISH OTHER ISSUE OF OU
THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH, LIFE
AFTER WARMING.
AFTER WARMING. WE HAVE TO MOVE THIS
CONVERSATION TO A PLACE, IF YOU
DON’T LIKE WHAT THE GREEN NEW
DEAL IS, WHAT IT COSTS, OR YOU
DON’T UNDERSTAND THE MATH ON IT,
THAT’S ALL GOOD.
PROPOSE SOMETHING ELSE, DEBATE
IT, DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO,
BUT DON’T DENY THE FACT THAT
THOSE GOALS ARE GOALS WE SHOULD
SHARE.
SHARE. >> THAT’S WHAT MIKE BLOOMBERG
SAID.
SAID. >> WE WANT THE SAME STUFF
ARTICULATED THERE.
ARTICULATED THERE. I DON’T KNOW HOW THIS HAS BECOME
THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD FOR
SOME PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE. >> I WOULD SAY LEGISLATION IS
MOST EXCITING BECAUSE IT
EMPHASIZES THE FINDINGS OF THE
U.N. AND WHAT THE U.
SAYS WE NEED TO DO.
THERE IS SOME INDICATION HOW WE
WOULD GET TO THOSE GOALS, A
POSITION PAPER MORE THAN A
PROPER BILL.
PROPER BILL. THOSE AMBITIONS ARE EXACTLY IN
LINE WITH WHAT ALL THE WORLD
SCIENTISTS --
SCIENTISTS -- >> AMERICA HAS NOT BEEN IN THAT
PLACE.
PLACE. UNDER DONALD TRUMP WE HAVE
WITHDRAWN FROM EVEN STATING
THOSE ARE SHARED AMBITIONS.
>> YES, AND HE’S TELLING YOU
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A COW
OR EAT ICE CREAM GOING FORWARD.
TRADITIONALISTS ARE WORRIED THIS
IS A COMPLETELY RADICAL IDEA.
>> THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BILL
THAT MENTIONS THOSE THINGS AT
THE MOMENT.
THE MOMENT. THERE IS SOME BACK STORY ABOUT
AN FAQ THAT WAS PROBABLY WRITTEN
TOO EARLY OR PUBLISHED TO EARLY
THAT WAS WRITTEN TOO JOKINGLY
THAT HIT SOME OF THOSE POINTS.
BUT THE MAIN, THE MAIN FEATURES
OF THAT BILL ARE THAT WE NEED TO
DO EXACTLY WHAT THE U.N. SAYS WE
NEED TO DO, CUT EMISSIONS 45% BY
2030.
2030. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CLIMATE
STRIKE YOU FEATURED, THE KIDS
OUT ON THE STREET, IT’S HARD TO
ARGUE ABOUT THE MORAL CLARITY OF
THEIR POSITION.
THEIR POSITION. THE KIDS OF PARKLAND SPEAKING
ABOUT THE GUN ISSUE, WHEN YOU
SEE KIDS DOING THIS, AS MUCH AS
IT HAS BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH
PARTISAN POLITICS, THERE IS SUCH
CLEARLY MORAL URGENCY ON BOTH
POINTS.
POINTS. >> EXCEPT IT’S THE FIRST THING
MITCH McCONNELL TALKS ABOUT,
JOKES ABOUT STRAIGHT OUT OF THE
GATE.
GATE. TIME TO TALK GREEN NEW DEAL,
ATTACKING IT.
ATTACKING IT. SO TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE
TO STOP BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUNG
PEOPLE BEGGING FOR US TO FOCUS,
WE’RE NOT -- A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
MAJOR POWER POSITIONS ARE
MOCKING IT.
MOCKING IT. >> THE POWERFUL HAVE NOT YET
COME AROUND.
COME AROUND. THE POLLING IS ASTONISHING.
73% OF AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE
GLOBAL WARMING IS HAPPENING.
NUMBERS ARE UP SINCE 2015.
UP 8% SINCE MARCH.
THE MOVEMENT IN THE PUBLIC IS
MOVING.
MOVING. THE FACT WE’RE SEEING A GREEN
NEW DEAL AT ALL IS AMAZING.
FIVE YEARS AGO CAP AND TRADE WAS
TOO RADICAL NOW WE’RE IN AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PLACE.
HOPEFULLY WE’LL CONTINUE DOWN
THAT PATH AND REPUBLICANS AND
TRANSJENTS WILL FALL AWAY.
THEY ARE AN OUTLIER AROUND THE
WORLD.
WORLD. THERE IS NOT A PARTY ANYWHERE
ELSE IN THE WORLD CAPTIVE TO
DENIAL --
DENIAL -- >> EARN EVEN CONSERVATIVE
PARTIES.
PARTIES. >> NO.
>> NO. >> THIS IS NOT A WEIRDLY
CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL THING IN
THE REST OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD.
>> IT’S FUNNY YOU BRING THAT UP.
WHEN WE WERE IN DAVOS AND I WAS
ASKING THAT QUESTION TO PEOPLE
WHO WERE DEEPLY FOCUSED ON
CLIMATE CHANGE, THEY WEREN’T
THAT CONCERNED WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP PULLING OUT OF THE PARIS
CLIMATE ACCORD.
CLIMATE ACCORD. THEY SAID HE CAN DO THAT.
THE REST OF THE WORLD, WE GOT
THIS.
THIS. EVEN CORPORATE AMERICA IS ON
BOARD.
BOARD. >> I MEAN AMERICANS ARE ONLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR 15% OF GLOBAL
EMISSION ANDS THAT SHARE IS
FALLING.
FALLING. THE TRUTH IS THE FUTURE OF THE
PLANET’S CLIMATE WILL BE WRITTEN
LARGELY BY CHINA, A LITTLE BY
INDIA AND THE REST BY SUBSAHARA
AFRICA.
AFRICA. TO SHOW WE CAN GO GREEN AND
STILL PROVIDE AFFLUENT
PROSPEROUS LIVES FOR OUR
CITIZENS, IN CITIZENS.
THE PLANET WILL BE DETERMINED BY
THESE OTHER COUNTRIES AND WHAT
THEY DO.
THEY DO. I THINK XI JINPING HAS BEEN
EXCITED BY TRUMP’S EVACUATION ON
THIS ISSUE.
THIS ISSUE. HE SEES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHINA
TO PLAY THAT ROLE.
>> HE’S SEIZING IT.
>> 73% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THIS
OR ACKNOWLEDGE IT, 20% DON’T.
THAT SEEMS ALARMINGLY HIGH TO
ME.
ME. YOU BROUGHT UP A POINT WHY IT IS
NOT ALARMING.
NOT ALARMING. >> 20% AMERICANS BELIEVE ALIENS
ARE LIVING AMONG US.
I WISH THOSE NUMBERS WILL FLOW.
THE TRUTH IS OUR POLITICS CAN
OVER COME THOSE NUMBERS QUITE
EASILY.
EASILY. NASA DOES NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WHO
BELIEVE THAT ALIENS ARE HERE.
THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS THE 70% OF
AMERICANS WHO ARE CONCERNED OF
CLIMATE ARE NOT CONCERNED
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. THE MEDIAN AMERICANS ARE NOT
WILLING TO PAY $10 A MONTH FOR
CHANGE.
CHANGE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THOSE OF
US WHO ARE A BIT CONCERNED OF