>>> WE HAVE AMONG THE CLEANEST AND SHARPEST CRYSTAL CLEAN, YOU
HEARD ME SAY IT.
I WANT CRYSTAL CLEAN AIR AND
WATER ANYWHERE ON EARTH.
>> WE HAVE THE CLEANEST AIR IN
THE WORLD IN THE UNITED STATES
AND IT GOT BETTER SINCE I’M
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. WE HAVE THE CLEANEST WATER.
IT’S CRYSTAL CLEAN.
>> AMERICA HAS THE CLEAN OAST
AIR AND WATER IN THE WORLD.
>> THAT’S NOT TRUE.
WE DON’T HAVE THE CLEANEST AIR
AND WATER IN THE WORLD.
>> HAVE YOU NOTICED THE THING
THAT TRUMP AND THE
ADMINISTRATION DO WHEN THEY ARE
CONFRONTED WITH THE POLICY THAT
IS MAKING THE WORLD HOTTER AND
MORE DANGEROUS.
MORE DANGEROUS. THEY ARE PITTED HARD THAT UNDER
THEIR TENURE THE AIR AND WATER
IN THIS COUNTRY IS THE CLEANEST
AND SHARPEST.
AND SHARPEST. FIRST OF ALL, IT’S NOT TRUE AND
IT’S A NONSEQUETER.
THEY WERE AT IT AGAIN WITH TRULY
BIBLICAL FLOODING IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
D.C. HE GATHERED UP SECRETARIES AND
TRIED TO TIMEOUT HIS
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD.
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD. >> WE’RE WANT THE CLEANEST AIR.
WE WANT CRYSTAL CLEAN WATER AND
THAT’S WHAT WE ARE DOING.
THAT’S WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON SO
HARD.
HARD. >> I THINK THE WORLD NEEDS TO
LOOK AT YOUR LEADERSHIP.
LOOK AT WHAT YOU’VE DONE.
TODAY WE HAVE THE CLEANEST AIR
ON RECORD AND WE ARE A GLOBAL
LEADER FOR ACCESS TO CLEAN
DRINKING WATER.
DRINKING WATER. >> OUT OF ALL THIS CLEAN AIR AND
WATER AROUSEING YOUR SUSPICIONS,
IT’S AN ATTEMPT TO SHORE UP A
LIABILITY, YOU ARE CORRECT.
REPORTING THE IDEA FOR THE
STEVEN STARTED WITH CONSULTANTS
WHO DISCOVERED THE RECORD IS A
DEFINITE TURN OFF FOR TWO KEY
DEMOGRAPHICS.
DEMOGRAPHICS. MILLENNIALS AND SUBURBAN WOMEN.
WHICH IS TO SAY, THE PUBLIC IS
ON TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS AND KNOW THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T.
ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T. UN
UN UNREMARKABLY, THEY UNDERSTAND
IT’S A POLITICAL PROBLEM.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM,
THEY REPORT ON SCIENCE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC CITIZEN.
THE MAN WHO REPLACED THE SCOTT
PRUITT WHO MADE FOR EXCELLENT
BAUP BECAUSE HE WAS DRIVING
AROUND TO DIFFERENT HOTELS WHOSE
SOAPS AND LOTIONS HE LIKED.
WHAT IS HIS ACTUAL RECORD?
>> TO SAY THEY ARE LEADERS IN
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IS
LIKE THE COOKIE MONSTER SAYING
HE IS THE LEADER IN VEGETABLES.
THEY SAY THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE
NOT.
NOT. WHEELER AND TRUMP SAY THEY ARE
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT
THEY’RE NOT.
THEY’RE NOT. I BELIEVE IT’S 83 REGULATIONS
THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
ROLLED BACK.
ROLLED BACK. 49 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THOSE ARE ALL
ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE-RELATED AND
ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE-RELATED AND SPAN DRINKING WATER, AIR
PROTECTIONS, CHEMICAL
PROTECTIONS, CHEMICAL PROTECTIONS.
PROTECTIONS. AND ANDREW WHEELER HIMSELF IS A
COAL LOBBYISTS.
COAL LOBBYISTS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER FUNNY
THINGS.
THINGS. TRUMP BROUGHT UP HIS SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR, DAVID BERNHARDT, A
FORMER LOBBYIST.
FORMER LOBBYIST. HE BROUGHT UP ANDREW WHEELER,
INVOLVED IN REPEALING AND
CREATING REGULATIONS TO PROTECT
THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE ENVIRONMENT. IN REALITY THEY ARE PUTTING IN
NEW REGULATIONS THAT ARE WHAT
THE INDUSTRIES WANT THAT SORT OF
ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE IN THE
MOST POLLUTING WAY POSSIBLE
WHILE STILL UNDER THE GUISE THAT
THEY ARE BEING REGULATED.
>> THE REGULATORY STATE HAS A
FAIR AMOUNT OF POWER WHEN IT
COMES TO THINGS LIKE CLEAN WATER
AND AIR AND REGULATING
CHEMICALS.
CHEMICALS. HOW MUCH POWER DOES THE
EXECUTIVE HAVE AND HOW HAS THIS
ADMINISTRATION USED OR NOT USED
THAT POWER?
THAT POWER? >> THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
ENORMOUS POWER.
ENORMOUS POWER. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION GOT THE
REST OF THE WORLD IN LINE FOR A
CLIMATE AGREEMENT THAT TRUMP
UNILATERALLY DISMANTLED.
UNILATERALLY DISMANTLED. ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
PUSHED HARD TO DISMANTLE THE
CLIMATE AGREEMENT WAS BOB MURRAY
WHO WAS ABSENT FROM TODAY’S
EVENT, BUT BOB MURRAY, WHO RUNS
MURRAY MANAGER WHO USED TO HIRE
TO SET UP FOR MEETINGS WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, MURRAY ENERGY
DELIVERED THIS 16-POINT ACTION
PLAN OF WHICH REPEALING AND
GETTING OUT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE
ACCORD WAS THE NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY.
PRIORITY. THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, OBAMA
MADE A TON OF CONCESSIONS ON
THAT.
THAT. IT WOULDN’T BE BINDING AND
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ALONG WITH
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WOULD BE ON
IT AND IT WOULD HAVE FAIRLY
MODEST CLIMATE REDUCTION GOALS.
THE RADICALNESS AND ABSURDNESS
OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
EVEN DISMANTLING SOMETHING LIKE
THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD.
>> DO YOU AGREE THIS?
I AM TRUCK THAT HE MADE THE
SPEECH AT ALL AND THEY HAVE
CONSULTANTS SAYING THIS IS A
POLITICAL LIABILITY.
POLITICAL LIABILITY. THAT’S WHY I THINK THEY DID IT.
HAVING COVERED TRUMP IN GENERAL
AND REPUBLICANS AND CLIMATE
CHANGE, YEARS AGO, THERE WAS NO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
CLIMATE CHANGE. IT’S A HOAX.
THEN THERE IS CLIMATE CHANGE,
BUT IT’S NATURAL-CAUSED.
HUMANS DIDN’T CAUSE IT.
NOW REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP ARE
CONFRONTED WITH THE FACT THAT
THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC
REALIZES THERE IS A CLIMATE
CRISIS.
CRISIS. THE GENIUS IS THAT TRUMP TOOK
THAT AND HE WAS LIKE -- HE
DIDN’T SAY THIS, BUT THE
ADMINISTRATION DOES AS A WHOLE.
HE SAID THERE IS A CLIMATE
CRISIS, BUT AMERICAN HUMEANS ARE
DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB
CONFRONTING IT.
CONFRONTING IT. HE DIDN’T SAY THE WORDS CLIMATE
CHANGE, BUT HE REFERENCED CARBON
EMISSIONS.
EMISSIONS. HE SAID THE U.S. DECLINED
EMISSIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN
DOWN SINCE 2000.
IT’S STRO STRA TEEJIC BECAUSE
THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY IN 2000 AND
OBVIOUSLY THEY DECLINED.
THE MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE
ACCEPTEDING IS WE ARE DOING
GREAT.
GREAT. THIS CLIMATE CRISIS THING,
THAT’S UP TO THE MORE POLLUTING
COUNTRIES.
COUNTRIES. >> IS IT PROGRESS TO HAVE TO
DEAL WITH IT AND EVEN MAKE THE
POINT AS FALASHS AS IT IS?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> I THINK IT HOW IMPORTANT
CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER AND
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE ARE TO
A LARGE MAJORITY OF AMERICAN
VOTERS.
VOTERS. IT’S SO DISTRESSING THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS DOING SO MUCH
AGGRESSIVE LASTING DAMAGE ON
THESE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
AREAS.
AREAS. AND PLACING FORMER CORPORATE
LOBBYISTS FOR THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY IN CHARGE OF THE
REGULATORY APPARATUS.
REGULATORY APPARATUS. IT HAS TO END.