What Biden’s Climate Plan Could Mean for California

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🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to sign a group of executive actions to fight climate change, on issues ranging from fracking to green jobs. But will they go far enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Jared Blumenfeld and Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot join us to share their reaction to Biden’s plan. They’ll also discuss how California--as it struggles with wildfire, drought and other challenges-- can serve as a model for national action on climate change. And we’ll hear what California itself is doing to meet clean energy targets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.6	President Biden is set to release his climate change action plan today, and the White House says he will sign executive orders establishing climate as a national security priority and conserving at least 30% of federal land and oceans by 2030, among other initiatives.
1:15.1	Coming up on forum, we'll get reaction from two of California's top environmental officials, Jared Blumenfeld of Cal EPA and Wade Crowfoot of the state's natural resources agency.
1:21.0	And we'll hear what lessons the state's climate actions hold for the U.S. and what California can do better.
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1:45.3	Right after this. Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. President Joe Biden will shortly sign a group of executive actions to fight climate change on issues ranging from fracking to green jobs, but will they go far enough to reduce greenhouse
1:50.5	gas emissions?
1:51.9	California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Jared Blumenfeld and Natural Resources Agency
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