The New Political Climate

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🗓️ 5 May 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Can the far right and far left come together on clean energy? Join us for a meeting of the minds between staunch members of both the Tea Party and 350.org. Debbie Dooley, President, Conservatives for Energy Freedom, Co-founder, Tea Party Movement May Boeve, Executive Director, 350.org Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator (D) Rhode Island This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 29, 2017. 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 culture,
0:22.7	Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter.
0:26.3	It's our future.
0:27.6	It's time to come together.
0:33.7	From the Museum in Washington, D.C., this is Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.
0:40.3	I'm Greg Dalton. Record percentages of Americans are deeply concerned about global warming, according to a recent Gallup poll.
0:48.3	More than 60% say it is caused by humans and is happening now.
0:52.3	That concern was on display recently when tens of thousands of people marched on the National Mall calling for strong climate protection.
1:00.7	President Trump has called global warming a hoax and filled his cabinet with people who deny or doubt the overwhelming scientific consensus that burning fossil fuels is causing temperatures and seas to rise.
1:12.9	Most Republicans in Congress try to stay as far away as possible from this issue.
1:17.7	Many Democrats, as well as corporations, including IBM, Coca-Cola, Disney, General Electric, and Walmart,
1:24.5	say climate is a serious risk to the economy economy and addressing it will create jobs and wealth.
1:29.7	On the show today, we'll explore the politics of carbon pollution in Washington, D.C., and around the country.
1:35.7	Later in the show, we'll hear from U.S. Senator Sheldon White House, a Democrat from Rhode Island,
1:40.1	who's one of the strongest voices in Congress calling for a move to cleaner energy.
1:44.4	First, we'll hear from two activists from the right and the left. What they say may surprise you.
1:49.6	Mae Bovie is executive director of 350.org, a grassroots organization that mobilizes people
1:54.8	around the country in the world, get it for getting off fossil fuels. She's a former student of
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