Are Climate Goals Doomed Without Nuclear?

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🗓️ 15 October 2015

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

When the Obama Administration released its carbon rule this summer, it was hailed as a "historic step" to cutting carbon pollution. But is it really? Lots of supporters and analysts think the targets are too weak. Many now worry that the government created a rule so fragile that it could break down with a modest change in the energy mix. The reason: existing nuclear has been left out. In this episode, we'll talk with energy analyst Jesse Jenkins about why maintaining nuclear plants is vital to keeping Obama's climate rule from collapsing. Later in the show, we'll talk about the fight over demand response that hit the Supreme Court this week. We'll also look at how energy and climate were discussed during the Democratic presidential debate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:49.0	In this episode, are U.S. climate goals doomed without nuclear? We'll talk with an analyst who says the government
0:56.0	screwed up when crafting its carbon emissions target. Then we'll recap the high drama for
1:01.0	demand response at the Supreme Court this week and we will break
1:04.2	down candidate positions on energy and climate in the aftermath of Tuesday's
1:08.0	Democratic presidential debate. I'm Stephen Lacy in Washington DC joined
1:12.2	by Catherine Hamilton of 38 North Solutions, also in D.C.
1:16.4	And Jiggershaw, Generate Capital in New York.
1:19.2	Catherine, I heard you stood for like four hours outside the Supreme Court yesterday.
1:23.0	Yes, four and a half hours.
1:25.0	I was tweeting pictures of the lovely crowds with whom I was hanging,
1:28.0	but we never got in.
1:29.0	Only 50 people got in.
1:30.0	I once stood in a line for a few hours to get into a Phil Lesh and Bob Dylan show.
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