Climate Action: A Progressive and a Conservative Find Common Ground. Bill McKibben and Bob Inglis

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Environmental activist and author Bill McKibben warned the public about the perils of climate change and the damage human activity is causing more than forty years ago. Former South Carolina Republican Congressman Bob Inglis became a climate activist much later, but he is no less passionate. Both differ on politics and who to vote for, but they agree on the goal of sharply reducing carbon emissions as soon as possible. Inglis and McKibben join us for this episode of "Let's Find Common Ground". They sound the alarm about the need for urgent action. Bob Inglis is a conservative Republican and a committed believer in free enterprise capitalism and limited government. He’s executive director of RepublicEN.org, a conservative group that advocates for solutions to climate change. Bill McKibben is a writer and teacher who has dedicated his life to confronting the climate crisis. He has written a dozen books about the environment, is a distinguished scholar at Middlebury College, and leads the climate campaign group 350.org. Last year Bill launched Third Act, a new campaign aimed at engaging activists over the age of 60

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0:00.0	More than 40 years ago, environmental activist and author Bill McKibben was among the very first
0:07.0	thinkers to warn the public about the perils of climate change and the damage that human activity
0:12.9	is causing. Former Republican Congressman Bob Englis became a climate activist much later,
0:20.4	but he still no less passionate. Both men differ on politics, but they agree on the goal of sharply
0:28.0	reducing carbon emissions as quickly as possible. Next, we hear from them.
0:38.4	This is Let's Find Common Ground. I'm Richard Davies. Co-host Ashley Mellentite is away this week.
0:45.4	Bob Englis is a conservative Republican and a committed believer in free enterprise capitalism
0:52.1	and limited government. He's executive director of RepublicEn.org, a conservative group
0:59.0	that advocates for solutions to climate change. Bill McKibben is a writer and teacher who has
1:05.1	dedicated his life to stopping the climate crisis. He's written a dozen books about the environment,
1:11.2	is a distinguished scholar at Middlebury College, and the leader of the Climate Action Campaign
1:17.5	350.org. Last year, Bill launched another campaign, Third Act, which is aimed at engaging
1:24.4	activists over the age of 60 on climate democracy and other issues. Here's our interview.
1:32.0	Bill McKibben and Bob Englis, thanks very much for joining us on Let's Find Common Ground.
1:36.9	It's a pleasure to be with you both. Yes, great to be with you.
1:40.8	So, let's start where you both agree. Climate change. First, Bill, tell us why you think it's
1:48.5	such an urgent threat. Well, climate change is the biggest thing that human beings have ever done
1:56.0	and by a order of magnitude. I wrote the first book about what we now call climate change, what we
2:01.7	then called the greenhouse effect back in 1989, and even then it was pretty clear it was going to be
2:08.4	dramatic turn in human history, and all that's happened in the decade since has made it clear
2:15.0	that the scientists were absolutely right. Indeed, as scientists usually are, they were conservative
2:20.3	in their predictions, and things are happening faster and on a larger scale than we would have
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