"Code Red" for our Planet with Wilderness Society Pres. Jamie Williams
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The breaking news of the day sometime obscures the existential threat that is climate change. We need to get going fast. And there are important, meaningful changes President Biden can do without Congress. Plus things we, as individuals, can do to mitigate the coming climate disaster.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends and neighbors, and welcome to a very special edition of the Bill Press |
| 0:11.1 | Pod, looking at the most critical problem facing the planet. |
| 0:15.9 | Now, of course, for the last few days, the news has been all about the messy end to the war in Afghanistan. |
| 0:21.8 | That's important. |
| 0:28.6 | That'll have a lasting effect. But we can't get so tied up talking about Afghanistan that we ignore a much bigger problem, something far more important that will have a far longer lasting impact. |
| 0:34.9 | And of course, I'm talking about the frightening reality of climate change. |
| 0:39.2 | In a report released by the United Nations last week, hundreds of scientists worldwide issued |
| 0:45.0 | what they called a code red for humanity. There is no doubt that climate change is real, |
| 0:52.5 | they argue. No doubt it's caused by human activity, |
| 0:56.0 | especially the burning of fossil fuels, and no doubt it's getting far worse and a lot faster |
| 1:02.9 | than anybody predicted. But they conclude, there's still time to slow down climate change |
| 1:09.7 | and save the planet if only the nations |
| 1:12.7 | will band together and take the bold steps necessary. |
| 1:17.2 | Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, is one of America's leading voices in the |
| 1:21.9 | call for action to combat climate change. |
| 1:24.6 | We checked in with him today to find out how bad is it? Is it already too late? And if |
| 1:29.9 | not, what can we do about it? Jamie Williams, welcome to the Bill Press pod. Good to have you with us. |
| 1:35.9 | Thank you. It's great to be here. So I want to talk about this UN report on climate change that came out |
| 1:41.2 | last week. It starts off with a very dramatic statement, |
| 1:44.7 | which is this, quote, it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, |
| 1:52.0 | ocean, and land. So does that mean at least we can accept that now everybody accepts the fact |
| 1:58.6 | that climate change is real and human activity caused it? |
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