Keystone and Beyond (10/30/14)

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🗓️ 21 November 2014

⏱️ 60 minutes

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By land, by sea or via the Keystone Pipeline, Canadian oil is coming to satisfy our energy thirst. But is our need for fossil fuel a foregone conclusion? David Baker, Energy Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle John Cushman, Author, Keystone and Beyond: Tar Sands and the National Interest in the Era of Climate Change (Inside Climate News, 2014); former New York Times reporter Dan Matross, Trade Commissioner on Science and Sustainable Technologies at the Consulate General of Canada This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on October 30, 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.1	How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?
0:40.3	Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy,
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1:00.9	the matter. It's our future. It's time to come together. Welcome to Climate One, changing the
1:07.9	conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.
1:11.4	I'm Greg Dalton. Today we're discussing the Keystone Pipeline and fueling the future.
1:16.3	An energy boom in the United States and Canada is changing the world in ways unthinkable a few years ago.
1:21.9	Domestic oil production is the highest since Simon and Garfunkel and the Carpenters topped the music charts in 1970. Imports are way down.
1:30.7	Supporters say the Keystone Pipeline will provide reliable energy from a friendly neighbor.
1:35.3	Opponents say it will ignite a carbon bomb that could destabilize the U.S. economy.
1:40.2	Over the next hour, we will discuss oil, cars, and more with our live audience here at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
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