Emission Critical
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 23 April 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
President Biden and 40 heads of state met for the first day of a virtual climate summit, yesterday, and he pledged to cut America’s greenhouse gases in half from where they were in 2005 by 2030. Biden also announced a plan for the US to double the amount of money it gives to other countries to help them lower their own emissions.
COVID cases are still surging worldwide, with a record 5.24 million new cases recorded just last week. The State Department issued 116 "Do No Travel" advisories to discourage Americans from traveling to most of the world.
And in headlines: the House approves a bill that would make DC a state, the Supreme Court rules to restore life without parole for juvenile offenders, and Meghan McCain's cyberpunk hairstyles are on purpose.
Show Notes –
NPR: "How The U.S. Could Halve Climate Emissions By 2030" – https://n.pr/32DzkvA
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, April 23rd. I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:08.4 | And I'm Gideon Ressick and this is what a day, a podcast that was created mainly to celebrate |
| 0:12.4 | the fifth anniversary of Beyonce's lemonade. |
| 0:14.4 | Yeah, it's not like I do it every day, but I do it every day, so it just feels like another |
| 0:19.2 | day for me. |
| 0:26.9 | On today's show, your passport can continue to relax in a drawer because the US just recommended |
| 0:31.1 | that you basically go nowhere outside the country anytime soon, then some headlines, but first |
| 0:36.5 | the latest. |
| 0:37.5 | By maintaining those investments and putting these people to work, the United States sets |
| 0:42.6 | out on the road to cut a greenhouse gases in half, in half by the end of this decade. |
| 0:49.6 | That's where we're headed as a nation. |
| 0:51.8 | That was President Biden speaking yesterday during a virtual climate change summit. |
| 0:55.5 | The event featured 40 heads of state from across the globe as part of Earth Day, but what |
| 0:59.3 | were some of the other big takeaways from what Biden said? |
| 1:01.9 | Yeah, so let's just start with that pledge. |
| 1:04.0 | When he said, quote, cutting it in half, that is measured against the greenhouse gas emissions |
| 1:08.6 | America was spewing out in 2005. |
| 1:11.9 | So that year was picked for the US because it is when fossil fuel emissions reached a peak. |
| 1:16.9 | Yeah, it's definitely hummer time. |
| 1:18.6 | I remember everybody had those hummers. |
| 1:21.0 | Yes, multiple HG's rolling up at once to the mall, also the year Star Wars 3, your |
| 1:25.7 | venture, the Sith came out. |
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