America’s Climate War

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🗓️ 25 June 2010

⏱️ 67 minutes

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America’s Climate War Eric Pooley, Deputy Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek Why is the national conversation about America’s energy future so polarized? Who are the true believers, power brokers and climate-change deniers working the halls of power in Washington? The political story of global warming includes colorful characters from activists chaining themselves to bulldozers and powerful lobbyists in the West Wing of President Obama’s administration. Pooley had extensive access to Al Gore in writing his new book, The Climate War. He offers his take on the forces battling it out in the big climate change showdown. Join him for a conversation about villains, heroes and the fight to save the earth. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on June 24, 2010 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy? Climate One at the
0:36.0	Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate
0:38.6	about energy, economy, and the environment. Bringing together the brightest and most provocative
0:43.7	leaders of our time, Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard. With thoughtful and
0:49.0	insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture, Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter.
0:56.3	It's our future. It's time to come together.
0:59.6	Welcome to Climate One at the Commonwealth Club. I'm Greg Dalton. Unlike many industrialized and developing countries,
1:05.9	the United States still does not have a national policy that prices a price on carbon pollution.
1:12.0	Why?
1:13.0	One reason is coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels, still accounts for half of our electricity.
1:18.7	And reaching agreement among states with different energy profiles, coastal states, extraction
1:23.6	states, manufacturing states, is difficult and messy political business.
1:29.1	Eric Pooley, deputy editor of Bloomberg Business Week, has chronicled the colorful characters
1:33.9	waging America's epic energy battle in a new book titled The Climate War.
1:39.0	Mr. Pooley was previously managing editor of Fortune magazine and White House correspondent for Time magazine.
1:46.0	Soon he'll take questions from our live audience in San Francisco here at Climate One.
1:50.0	Please welcome Eric Pooley.
1:52.0	Thank you very much.
1:58.0	Eric, welcome. Thanks for coming to Climate One.
2:00.0	Thank you, Greg. Great to be with you.
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