Power Year in Review (12/2/13)

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🗓️ 4 December 2013

⏱️ 68 minutes

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“Fear of fracking is rampant,” said KQED science editor Craig Miller when asked about California’s energy headlines of 2013. But more electric vehicles are on the road and the cap-and-trade market is about to enter its second year – the rest of the country is watching California’s approach to a clean energy future. “Part of this is a response to lack of federal leadership,” said Andrew McAllister, a member of the California Energy Commission. “We’re having to go down this route because there’s not a federal climate policy.” This conversation covers the ups and downs of power in California during a pivotal year, and what it means for the future. “This pattern where we decide that there’s some competition between jobs and environmental protection – this is a stupid idea,” said Amy Myers Jaffe, executive director of Energy and Sustainability at UC Davis. Lauren Faber, West Coast Political Director, Environmental Defense Fund Craig Miller, Science Editor, KQED Amy Myers Jaffe, Executive Director of Energy and Sustainability, UC Davis Andrew McAllister, Commissioner, California Energy Commission This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on December 2, 2013 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?
0:05.0	Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.
0:11.4	Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time,
0:15.2	Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.
0:18.2	With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and
0:21.9	culture, Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter. It's our future. It's
0:27.8	time to come together. Today on Climate One, we're looking back at the top energy and climate
0:32.4	headlines of 2013. I'm Greg Dalton. Welcome, everyone. In the last 12 months, a lot has happened. The plug was
0:39.3	pulled on a nuclear power plant, and a growing number of Californians decided to plug in their
0:44.1	cars. California's cap and trade program got up and running, and Governor Brown inked several
0:49.0	deals with other states and countries. Nationally, President Obama introduced his climate action plan.
0:55.0	Globally, energy markets grappled with the impacts of the boom and hydraulic fracturing
0:59.1	or fracking for oil and natural gas. Over the next hour, we'll talk about these stories and more
1:04.7	with our live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. We're pleased to be joined by
1:09.1	four experts involved in shaping and covering California's energy future.
1:13.4	Lauren Faber's West Coast Political Director at the Environmental Defense Fund.
1:17.3	Amy Jaffe is Executive Director of Energy and Sustainability at UC Davis.
1:21.8	Andrew McAllister is Commissioner of the California Energy Commission,
1:24.9	and Craig Miller is science editor at KQED.
1:27.3	Please welcome them to Climate One.
1:33.3	I'd like to begin by kind of throwing the Lego on the ground and just seeing what we can make of it.
1:38.5	And go down and ask you, what do you think are some of the top headlines, energy stories of 2013, and then we'll talk about them,
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