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EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on Cars, Coal, and Climate

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4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Greg Dalton sits down for a rare interview with newly-confirmed U.S. EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on cars, coal, and climate. Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board, responds to Wheeler’s position on vehicle standards, and discusses her agency’s role leading a group of states in contesting the Trump administration’s revised auto emissions rules. Also featuring Albert Cheung of Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the future of personal mobility, and Helen Clarkson of The Climate Group on getting some of the world’s biggest companies to commit to 100% renewable energy. Guests: Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, U.S. EPA Albert Cheung, Head of Global Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board Helen Clarkson, CEO, The Climate Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Climate One, changing the conversation about energy, the economy, and the environment.

0:07.0

It's not the job of the EPA, the authority of the EPA to pick winners and losers between the different fuel sources.

0:13.0

Andrew Wheeler was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

0:20.0

I think it's important to make sure that we have a balance of fuel sources

0:23.6

in order to make sure that we have electric power for everyone across the country.

0:27.6

But again, that's not the role of the EPA.

0:29.6

Our job is to set the regulations that govern the industry.

0:32.6

But some companies aren't waiting on action from the federal government.

0:36.6

We're doing the innovation.

0:37.8

We're doing the work on figuring out how to sort out the CO2.

0:40.8

But in the meantime, we will really make a commitment on energy efficiency.

0:44.5

These markets are moving already, but it's really about accelerating and moving the pace on.

0:56.9

EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler and more. Up next on Climate One.

1:05.8

Climate One conversations with oil companies and environmentalists, Republicans and Democrats,

1:13.6

are recorded in San Francisco.

1:15.6

I'm Greg Dalton.

1:17.6

I recently attended a conference on the future of personal mobility organized by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

1:24.6

I sat down with US EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and other leaders to discuss how people

1:29.7

will get around in a hot and crowded world.

1:32.5

Administrator Wheeler, thanks for coming to Climate One.

1:35.0

Absolutely. Thanks for having me.

1:37.3

During your Senate confirmation testimony, you said that climate change is not the greatest

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