California's Climate Crusade

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🗓️ 6 October 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Some environmentalists said the law extending California’s cap and trade system to 2030 is a sellout to the oil industry and it shortchanges disadvantaged communities that breathe the dirtiest air. How do California’s climate moves play into national politics and policy? Will climate and energy play a meaningful role in the upcoming midterm elections? Will companies make energy policy more of a priority? We look back at how Gov. Schwarzenegger set the tone and how his past leadership continues to influence California’s policies today. David R. Baker Energy Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle Mike Mielke Sr. Vice President, Environment & Energy, Silicon Valley Leadership Group Parin Shah Senior Strategist, Asian Pacific Environmental Network Studio segment: US Senator Brian Schatz Portions of this program were recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA on August 29, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.3	More than a decade ago, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger kicked off California's climate crusade.
0:48.0	Schwarzenegger, in 2005, came out and said, science is settled.
0:49.2	We know what's happening.
0:51.8	We have a good idea what we need to do about it.
0:54.1	Despite pushback from the new administration,
0:57.2	Governor Jerry Brown has continued to lead the charge and to set an example for the nation.
0:59.8	California's legislators, business leaders, and environmentalists
1:03.1	have kept climate change on the front burner.
1:05.7	But not everyone is happy with Brown's methods,
1:08.4	such as the cap and trade allowance.
1:10.4	It's allowing refineries and power plants that continue to pollute
1:13.7	and not just emit atmospheric pollution, but emit local pollution
1:18.0	that enters into bodies and causes respiratory as well as other sort of public health issues.
1:24.4	The pros and cons of California's climate crusade.
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