The Climate Crisis Worsens

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Wood Mackenzie

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🗓️ 17 June 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Thirty years ago, a Congressional committee held a two-day hearing on climate change. In June of 1986, scientists didn’t have the sophisticated measurement tools and supercomputer models that they do today. But they did have a lot of data showing that greenhouse gases were steadily warming the planet -- and that failure to curb those emissions would bring dire consequences. Three decades later, those predictions are playing out with alarming accuracy. In the last few months, we’ve seen a slew of research showing that the planet has a worsening fever. We haven’t yet hit summer, but we’re already smashing more climate and weather records. We will talk about the barrage of alarming climate news over the last couple of months. Then, new data shows that renewables are on their way overtaking fossil fuels in the electric sector. Is the development as positive as it seems? Finally, we’ll talk transmission. A couple new projects in the U.S. illustrate how to build new lines effectively to support carbon-free energy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:29.9	From Green Tech Media, this is the Energy Gang, a weekly digest on energy, clean tech, and the environment.
0:39.0	I'm Stephen Lacy, welcome. We haven't yet hit summer, but we're already smashing more climate and
0:50.9	weather records.
0:52.5	We will talk about the barrage of alarming climate news over the last couple of months to kick
0:56.2	off the show.
0:57.8	Then new data shows that renewables are on their way to overtaking fossil fuels in the electric
1:01.7	sector. Is the development as positive as it seems
1:05.3	Finally we'll talk transmission a couple new projects in the US illustrate how to build new lines effectively to support carbon-free energy. In Washington, D.C. it is
1:15.7	Catherine Hamilton, a partner with 38 North Solutions and regular co-host. Hey
1:20.5	Catherine, how are you? Hi, I'm great.
1:23.0	And technically, today I'm in Crystal City at the 1776 venue here, and it's really nice.
1:29.2	Out in San Diego getting up early for us today, it is Jigger Shaw with Generate Capital.
1:34.3	Hello Jigger, how are you? Doing well. I'm happy to get up early every day for this
1:38.6	beautiful weather. Well I hope that good weather has you in a good mood. It sounds like it because we start off today's show
1:45.8	with a series of pretty dire developments.
1:48.8	30 years ago last week, a congressional committee held a two-day hearing on climate change.
1:53.9	In June of 1986, scientists didn't have the sophisticated measurement tools and supercomputer
1:58.7	models that they do today.
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