It's the Brian Larras Show on WNYC. Good morning everyone. We begin today with our climate

story of the week, which we do every Tuesday on the show, and this week we're leading with it

for a closer look at the climate section in President Biden's State of the Union address

and because energy and the climate are already breaking out as one of the biggest and most divisive issues in the presidential election campaign.

Remember this remark from Donald Trump just a few weeks ago when Sean Hannity asked him in an interview

if he'd act like a dictator?

We love this guy.

He says, you're not going to be a dictator, are you?

I said, no, no, no, other than day one.

We're closing the border and we're drilling, drilling, drilling, drilling.

After that, I'm not a dictator.

So make no mistake promising more fossil fuels is one of the top ways that Trump thinks he'll get reelected and at least one big thing will be different this time,

even after day one, if Trump does get back into the White House,

unlike during his first term,

when few people expected him to actually get elected, there is now a detailed pro-fossil

fuels policy agenda called Project 2025, developed at a conservative think tank prepared specifically so that

Trump if elected this year can move specifically and quickly to roll back the

climate policies the country has today. What would they be rolling back? Well here is the climate

section from Biden's State of the Union speech last Thursday night. This runs about

a minute. We're also making this to you by confronting the climate crisis, not denying it.

I don't think any of you think there's no longer a climate crisis.

At least I hope you don't.

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