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Trump win casts a shadow on UN climate talks

Here & Now Anytime

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4.6911 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Global climate talks begin next week. How will the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump affect them? Attracta Mooney of The Financial Times explains the environmental implications of his win. And, Democratic strategist David Axelrod breaks down what lessons the Democrats can learn from Trump's victory. Then, a new study found that a group of bacteria in wastewater can break down PFASs or forever chemicals. Northwestern University chemist William Dichtel joins us to discuss what the discovery means.

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We'll take them out so fast your head would spin.

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It's a ridiculous one-sided deal.

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All they did with the Paris Accord is take advantage environmentally of the United States.

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And we're not going to stand for it.

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It's Groundhog Day in climate politics, with another Trump win casting a shadow over the UN Climate Conference. Today is Friday, November 8th, and this is here and now anytime from

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NPR and WBUR. I'm Chris Bentley.

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Today on the show, David Apsulrod weighs in on Kamala Harris' laws to Donald Trump

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and how the Democrats gave up the working class.

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When it was announced that she was going to make a speech from the Washington Mall,

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my response was I'd rather see her speak at a suburban mall.

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Also, chemists have discovered a potential pathway for breaking down toxic forever chemicals in wastewater.

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It's early days, but promising, says one researcher.

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