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"Utilities that convert 4% of their generation to cleaner sources each year over the next decade would get a bonus that money could not go to profits it would have to benefit customers, utility employees or go to building more clean power plants. And Krasno says utilities that do not meet the annual target would face penalties. There's a payment the utilities will have to make. To the government if they fail to keep up with that clean energy ramp up rate. Democrats also want tens of billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits on top of that 13.5 billion for more electric vehicle charging stations and to convert trucks to electric power. There's also a fee on methane or natural gas. But that's a big concern for oil and gas companies are industry feels like it's under attack in this bill, and Bradbury is CEO of the American Exploration and Production Council. She's among those in the oil industry opposing the climate elements of the Democrat's budget package. They are Rushing bad policy in an enormous bill that very few people are actually going to read and will not have the appropriate time for the American public or even lawmakers to fully digest the impact. The industry has allies among the few Democrats in Congress. That's important because in the Senate, every Democrat must vote for the budget bill or it won't pass. West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has ties to the coal industry, and he told CNN he wouldn't vote for the package. He says utilities already are moving away from coal. Now they're wanting to pay companies do. What they're already doing makes no sense to me at all. For us to take billions of dollars and pay utilities for what they're going to do is the market transitions, But scientists say that shift must happen faster to avoid the worst effects of climate change. And this summer's climate fueled hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and fires are prompting even some Republicans to say more needs to be done. This legislation is designed to meet the obligations the US made under the Paris climate Agreement. For the Biden administration. It's important to have the measures in place before a meeting with other countries in Glasgow in November. That means this week is crunch time, says Tiernan Sittenfeld with the League of Conservation Voters. Her group sent a letter last week to Democratic lawmakers that we would only be considering endorsements for members of Congress who support climate provisions. Sittenfeld another environmentalists say they are watching and hoping those measures won't get watered down as negotiations continue. Jeff Brady NPR news In mathematics. The Greek letter Delta means change and the Delta strain of the coronavirus made schools around the country are once again having to make enormous changes at the last minute, like adding back remote learning. New York City, the largest school district in the country starts today. And as NPR's Anya Kamenetz reports it's one of a few holdouts against offering a remote option for many families who remain hesitant. And there's a crossing guard.
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"Jeff brady and news philadelphia. Republicans a handful of states are now considering mimicking the new texas law that bans abortion after six weeks and deputises private citizens to enforce that law. One of those states mississippi already has different law on the books banning the procedure after fifteen weeks. That law is currently not in effect. The supreme court will hear a challenge to it this fall but a bigger question is what threatened. Mississippi's law could have on access to abortions. Nationwide and with us as mary ziegler. She's a hit legal historian and law professor at florida state university. She's also the author of abortion and the law in america and she joins us now with more welcome. Thanks for having me. Thank you for being here mary. There are notable differences between the texas law and the mississippi law but the broader challenge is. Mississippi's request the supreme court. Overturn roe versus wade which legalized abortion throughout the us. Can you break down. Mississippi's arguments specific to roe versus wade. Yes so mississippi in texas really in a way to are focused on what they view as weakness of row. Which is the idea that there's a right to choose abortion before viability. Which is the point at which us survival is possible outside the womb and viability has been criticized by bioethicists by some of the justices on the supreme court and so worship opponents of fixated on it as a sort of opening to attack abortion rights more broadly but mississippi i think recognizes. That viability is gone then. The court has modified row and really fundamental ways. And either that would open the door. Overturning roe this year in twenty twenty two or two weakening that precedence substantially so that the court might overrule it for example in in twenty twenty three which would be around the time row would be turning fifty. The justices have reportedly deliberate it privately for months on whether to review this mississippi law. And we know that the court has never really come close to overturning roe v wade but now we have this texas decision. Does that give us any indication about the court may decide in this mississippi case. I mean yes and no because texas went to great lengths to avoid direct confrontation with row. The state designed. It's law in such a way that it would be very difficult to challenge in federal court using this doctrine called sovereign immunity. So because of the eleventh amendment. It's very hard to sue. States directly and the only path to doing that is to sue a state official who charged with enforcing a constitutional law but texas as you mentioned instead deputises private citizens and only private citizens to sue abortion providers and people who aid or abet those seeking abortions and so the state has said there is no official who can enforce this law there therefore there is no way to challenge it in federal court so even if it directly contradicts. Roe v wade. Which does there's no way a federal court can actually do anything about it. So the supreme court seem to be buying that argument which doesn't tell us necessarily what the court would do with a law that does directly confront roe v wade like the mississippi statute on the other hand. I it seems to me that a court that was seriously concerned about the right to choose. Abortion would not have been so cavalier about letting law go into effect that if effectively eliminates abortion and one of the nation's most populous states. So it's certainly not a good sign if you're concerned about our right to choose abortion i wanna break down two points that that you previously made. How much does president actually matter here. Well i mean. Precedent will be huge when we're thinking about what's going to happen with mississippi because we have a six justice majority comprised of conservatives and most court watchers believe that those conservatives are not convinced on the merits that there is or should be a right to choose abortion so the only reason those justices may hesitate to reverse row is because they believe in precedent or because they want to at least appear as if they believe in precedent so i think the question becomes whether the justices think that the the precedent of row has been weekend or contradicted so much by things like this texas law that there's nothing much left for them to have to respect or salvage and that's certainly the argument that abortion opponents have made in recent years. You also use this term fixated on the viability argument. I mean there has definitely been a chipping away at this essentially roe versus wade says women have the right to an abortion before viability. But there's no universal agreement as you said this is why we're seeing so many heartbeat bills pass republican legislatures. But can you break this down for us a little bit more. What we're talking about here when we say viability when we're talking about viability we're talking about a point at which a premature delivery of some kind is likely result in survival and the supreme court in one thousand nine hundred ninety three set viability as the point at which states could ban abortion and it wasn't particularly as far as we know based on the historical evidence the most important part of the court's opinion. In fact harry blackmun at one point had thought of making the abortion rights. Stop at the end of the first trimester but some of his colleagues Particularly thurgood marshall argued that that would make it impossible for people of color to access abortion. Because they might not be able to get resources to do so so early in pregnancy so central viability has been the dividing line. But it's always been controversial so bioethicists have asked whether viability is a good reflection of when we think human life takes on moral or.
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"The northeast still cleaning up all of the destruction caused by the remnants of hurricane ida last week at least fifty people died and while residents in some public health officials were surprised by the severe weather. Storms like this or what. Scientists have long warned about jeff brady from npr's climate team reports in bridgeport pennsylvania about one in the morning thursday vernon perry says the nearby river was rising and the fire department. Woke him up. They just were saying evacuate. Now get out the only chance you to go. Now get out run. There wasn't even time to move his car. It's flooded like others on this street a front loader hauls them to waiting trucks at the end of the muddy blocked. Brenda night is sitting under front step next to the sidewalk. Where a pipe. Gushes water into the street. It's being pumped up from her basement. The water came up to the first floor here and first floor. My rug was soaking wet in. There has whether she expected such a severe storm because of climate change. Not at all. This is a complete surprise. We had no idea of the magnitude of the damage. That was going to be called even new york governor. Kathy hokuto who talks about climate change fueling. More severe storms was surprised. We did not know that between eight fifty nine fifty pm that the heavens literally open up and bring niagara falls level water to the streets of new york. It's one thing to talk about the effects of climate change. It's another to experience them. Says burnet. woods blackie chief meteorologist with climate centro even. If you said to her there was going to be over three inches of rain in one hour if she's never seen that what does that mean. What does that look like. What does that look like on the ground. Same for the rest of us but we're getting more examples. There was superstorm. Sandy new york and new jersey nine years ago. The pacific northwest now understands what days of one hundred plus degree weather is like and across the country more people are experiencing wildfires and hazardous smoke.
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"The northeast still cleaning up all of the destruction caused by the remnants of hurricane ida last week at least fifty people died and while residents in some public health officials were surprised by the severe weather. Storms like this or what. Scientists have long warned about jeff brady from npr's climate team reports in bridgeport pennsylvania about one in the morning thursday vernon perry says the nearby river was rising and the fire department. Woke him up. They just were saying evacuate. Now get out the only chance you to go. Now get out run. There wasn't even time to move his car. It's flooded like others on this street a front loader hauls them to waiting trucks at the end of the muddy blocked. Brenda night is sitting under front step next to the sidewalk. Where a pipe. Gushes water into the street. It's being pumped up from her basement. The water came up to the first floor here and first floor. My rug was soaking wet in. There has whether she expected such a severe storm because of climate change. Not at all. This is a complete surprise. We had no idea of the magnitude of the damage. That was going to be called even new york governor. Kathy hokuto who talks about climate change fueling. More severe storms was surprised. We did not know that between eight fifty nine fifty pm that the heavens literally open up and bring niagara falls level water to the streets of new york. It's one thing to talk about the effects of climate change. It's another to experience them. Says burnet. woods blackie chief meteorologist with climate centro even. If you said to her there was going to be over three inches of rain in one hour if she's never seen that what does that mean. What does that look like. What does that look like on the ground. Same for the rest of us but we're getting more examples. There was superstorm. Sandy new york and new jersey nine years ago. The pacific northwest now understands what days of one hundred plus degree weather is like and across the country more people are experiencing wildfires and hazardous smoke.
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"Cherry Glazer Way state and local headlines. One in 12 homes in California is at high risk of burning in a wildfire. That's, according to a new report by UC Berkeley and an environmental think tank called Next 10 and the study says the state government maybe dramatically under estimating the costs of future wildfires. KCRW's Kaylie Wells explains. If the state had to replace all the houses in high or very high hazard risk zones it cost about $610 billion. The study's co author, Robert Stansky says the estimate is based on dated housing maps from 2000 and seven so it's likely much higher. I don't think we've come close to totaling what the costs are, The longer you look at it, the more different costs there are And the and those costs are one way or another, a burden on all California's and that doesn't even include things like insurance premiums In the seventies and eighties, insurance companies paid out 100 million per year in fire insurance claims. By 2017 and 2018. That number jumps up to $26 billion. The study says One of the best fixes is to build more housing and urban areas and incentivize fire victims to move there rather than rebuilding in the same spot. For KCRW. I'm Kaylie Wells with summer just around the corner and temperatures already heating up. Pacific Gas and Electric is on high alert for wildfires, executives with the state's largest utility, said this week. They're already doing practice runs of public safety power shutoffs. His KCRW's Matt Dillon reports. This comes as the state is bracing for fire season that could rival last year's the worst in California History. PG and E. Is director of Meteorology and Fire science has an ominous warning. Moisture levels in many fields across the state are more than bone dry for this time of year. Scott Stressful tells the Sacramento Bee. They're actually parched Appoints not usually seen until mid July. Quote. We're a month ahead of schedule, if not two months in terms of fire danger. Cryptic appraisal comes to Southern California remains the singular region not officially experiencing drought. Yet Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a drought emergency in 41 of the state's 58 counties. Fire risk is particularly important topic for PG any, The utility was forced to declare bankruptcy. In 2019 efforts. Faulty equipment was found to be the cause of several huge and devastating wildfires. It's paid out tens of millions to homeowners and communities and damages. This year alone. PG and E is spending almost $5 billion on wild fire safety, including efforts to section allies. It's grid so fewer people are impacted when it has to shut off power due to elevated fire danger. For KCRW. I'm Matt Gillam. Support for NPR comes from notarized, forgetting documents notarized online via computer or smart phone. 24 7 notarized, connects individuals and businesses to commissioned notary for an online transaction at notarized dot com. And from we work we work all access membership is designed to provide the flexibility to avoid work from home distractions by offering access to workspaces nationwide. More at we work dot com slash NPR. It's morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Noel King and I'm Sarah McCammon. The Keystone XL oil pipeline will not be built. A final confirmation came yesterday from the company behind the controversial project, ending a decade long battle. It is a big win for environmentalists and a defeat for the oil industry. NPR's Jeff Brady has covered the keystone almost from the start, and he joins us now. Good morning, Jeff. Good morning. Well as we both know this is something pipeline opponents have been fighting for years. I remember reporting on this issue years ago, when I was based in the Midwest. How are these activists responding now they are definitely celebrating. I talked with Jane Club from the group Bold in Nebraska, which started the campaign against the Keystone XL because landowners there didn't want the pipeline crossing their property. And also there was a lot of concern that it would threaten the Ogallala Aquifer Club says she spent a lot of time in a minivan going to rodeos, bars and church basements, trying to convince people to join her in stopping the pipeline. You know, In the early days we were organizing and every single person you know, other than my family and the pharmacies lands is going to be taken, told us that we were never going to win that There is no way that you can battle a big corporation and actually win. Now that they have one club says she was experiencing all kinds of emotions. She's happy, of course, but also she's relieved that it's over, and the pipeline won't come through Nebraska. And as you know, the oil industry pushed hard for this project. What are you hearing from the industry? Yeah, This is a big glass for the oil industry. If that pipeline had been built, it would transport oil from Alberta down to the Gulf Coast For decades, the industry and the company building the project, TC Energy, said it would have generated thousands of jobs, construction jobs, mostly, which means they go away. Once it was built, it would have created only about 50 permanent direct jobs. Still, those arguments convinced former President Trump to reverse Obama's decision to block the pipeline. Then, when Biden became president, he reversed the reversal and blocked it again without any options. Now the company is pulling the plug, and the American Petroleum Institute said this was a blow to US energy security. The industry often argued that it's better to get oil from friendly Canadians than from hostile governments overseas. But that argument it lost some steam as domestic oil production increased because of fracking. Now the U. S. Actually, exports oil and an important distinction here was the kind of oil the Keystone XL would have moved. I mean, it's different from what people might think of, right? Yeah, it's not the kind of gushes up from the ground. This has to be mined and I visited one of those minds in Alberta. It's just overwhelming. There are these huge pits. They look like the Grand Canyon. There's a heavy tar smell in the air. Some people call this tar sands oil. It has the consistency of play DOH, so it needs extra processing to turn it into crude oil. Usually that's heat, which means producing this oil emits more greenhouse gases. That's why environmental groups focus their efforts on stopping this pipeline. They want that oil sands or tar sands crude left.
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"Over the years. Former President Obama blocked the project. Then Trump restarted it. Now the Keystone XL pipeline is officially dead news that brought cheers from environmental groups that long campaigned against it. Jeff Brady. NPR NEWS This is NPR news from Washington. Good morning. I'm Lisa Ram and this is W. ABC News. Another Georgia resident, has been arrested on charges stemming from the January 6th riot at the US Capitol 46 year old Kevin Creek of Alpharetta is charged with federal offenses that include assaulting or impeding officers, physical violence on Capitol grounds and obstruction of law enforcement. According to court documents, Creek traveled to Washington, D. C. January 5th carrying Mace and a book boot Knife Creek was caught on body cam footage, punching and kicking uniformed officers. The Department of Justice says they have arrested approximately 465 people on charges related to the January six incident. Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has filed paperwork to launch a third bid for City Hall as Emma hurt reports. This comes after current Mayor Keisha Lance bottoms decided not to run for re election last month, according to a filing with the state read created a committee called Kasim Reed for Atlanta for the 2021 election, read, serve two terms as mayor and endorsed bottoms, his successor four years ago. But his legacy has been mired by an ongoing federal corruption investigation that is implicated people, including his former chief procurement officer and former deputy chief of staff read, has maintained his innocence. He joins a field of mayoral candidates that includes City Council president Felisha, More City Council members Andre Dickens and Antonio Brown and Atlanta attorney Sharon Gay. The election will be on November 2nd. Emma hurt W ABC News Atlanta Hawks forward DeAndre Hunter will undergo knee surgery this weekend and will miss the remainder of the post season. The team says Hunter felt swelling in his knee prior to Sunday's game against Philadelphia. An MRI revealed a small tear of the lateral meniscus. Hunter averaged 10 points in Atlanta's opening round series against the Knicks. The Hawks current series with Philly is tied at one game three set for Friday night at State Farm Arena. Support for W AB comes from Georgia States. Robinson College.
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"NPR's Jeff Brady has been following the controversy for most of the past decade and joins us now. Hey, Jeff! Hey. Okay, So what did the company say today? Well, TC energy is the company. They used to be called Trans Canada. And they said after reviewing options and after consulting with their partner on the pipeline, That's the government of Alberta, one of the partners. They are terminating the project. It's dead, and it's not likely to be revived. The company had stopped construction back in January, when President Biden revoked a key cross border permit. It was assumed back then that the $8 billion project wouldn't happen, But this makes it official. Wow. Alright, well, tell us how environmental groups have been reacting to today's announcement because I know that they have been fighting this project for a really long time. Yeah, The reactions are nothing short of jubilation and an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity called this a landmark moment in the fight against the climate crisis. The Keystone XL. You know it become to symbolize a lot more than what it was. It's not just the pipeline transporting oil sands, some called the tars hands crude from landlocked Alberta, down to the U. S Gulf Coast, where it could get under the world market. It really became a symbol of whether big new fossil fuel projects could be stopped. And over the last decade, we've seen this keep it in the ground movement emerged, scientists say, to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Most of the known fossil fuel reserves have to be left in the ground, and environmentalists really put all their chips on stopping this project, and they succeeded. They sure did. Well. How is the oil industry responding to this decision to terminate the project? Yeah, This is a big loss for them. The American Petroleum Institute put out a statement, saying this is a blow to US energy security and a blow to the thousands of good paying union jobs the project would have supported The industry has argued all along the big projects like this create a lot of jobs, and they say pipelines are the safest way to transport crude oil. That argument worked for former President Trump. He revived the Keystone XL after President Obama blocked it. Now that political back and forth is over. Well, can we just talk a little more about the kind of oil this pipeline would have transported Because from what I understand, it's not the kind of crude oil that comes from a typical oil well, right. No, it's not this oil sands crude. It has to be mined and I visited one of these sites up in Alberta, and it was this huge hole in the ground. It looks like something you see at the Grand Canyon, and it doesn't come out of the ground as liquid. It's this gunky substance that has the consistency of play Doh and because of that, it requires extra processing to turn it into crude oil. That processing emits more greenhouse gases than even traditional oil production. And that's one of the reasons why this kind of crude has been so controversial. Well, the world is talking a lot more about climate change. Then even when this project was launched more than a decade back, What do you think this decision means for climate efforts? You know, I talked with Jane Club at the group Bold Nebraska, which really started this campaign against Keystone XL because landowners there didn't want the pipeline crossing their property. She said. This announcement today means early predictions that a big pipeline from a big company can't be stopped. That's just not true. And that's going to embolden pipeline opponents across the country. That is NPR's Jeff Brady. Thank you, Jeff. Thank you. Vice President Harris is back in the U. S. After her first foreign trip in office, she made stops in Guatemala and Mexico. She was there talking about the root causes of the migrant crisis at the U. S. Mexico border, and Harris came away with some modest agreements. But as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, this first trip wasn't entirely smooth. It was just 20 minutes into the trip when spokeswoman Simone Sanders rushed to the press cabin on Air Force two There was a problem with the landing.
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"Do you see those New York Knicks last night? Did you see it? And if you are the number one Knicks fan in New York and the universe? Making the playoffs is gigantic news. The Knicks are those guys want to come off run to come up filmmakers Spicoli I've been blessed. Be position to sit courtside. Courtside. You're right dead today in the New Yorker Radio hour Spike Lee on the Knicks and basketball activism in the N B, A and the NFL and a few hints about his upcoming documentary about New York City since 9 11. That's the New Yorker radio hour just ahead. Hold. Hold. Hold! Hold hold. Live from NPR news. I'm Giles Snyder. The Biden administration submitted a $6 trillion bunch of proposal to Congress this week and NPR's Cory Turner reports. Budget request includes an unprecedented increase in education spending. Currently, the U. S government spends more than $16 billion on schools that serve high poverty communities. Biden's proposed budget would more than double that amount to 36 a half billion dollars. It also would increase spending on special education what the administration calls a significant first step toward fully funding the individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Help schools safeguard kid's mental and emotional health. The budget calls for a billion dollars to hire more school counselors, psychologists and social workers also includes the American Families Plan, which calls for universal high quality preschool. Whether any of it ultimately passes, though, is now up to Congress. Cory Turner. NPR NEWS White House is imposing a syriza of sanctions against fellow rules over the forced landing of a passenger jet and the arrest of a journalist who was on board. In a statement, The White House says the U. S. Is suspending a 2019 agreement with Belarus that allowed air carriers from the two countries to use each other's airspace. Adam it other actions against the president of President Alexander Lukashenko's government spokeswoman Jen Psaki is calling on Lukashenko to allow a credible international investigation. Ask prices this Memorial Day weekend, the highest they've been in seven years. NPR's Jeff Brady reports. A gasoline production and delivery has not keeping up with rising demand as more people resume travel. Now that more Americans have received covered 19 vaccines and infection rates are declining. They're taking to the nation's highways. Triple A projects. 37 million people will take trips 50 miles arm or away from home this holiday weekend. Most by car. That's a 52% increase over last year headed into the weekend, the average retail price for regular gas was just over $3 a gallon about a dollar 15 cents higher than last year. The Energy Information Administration says oil companies aren't keeping up with increasing demand. A cold snap in February disrupted refinery operations in Texas than a cyber attack on the colonial pipeline halted transportation all the way up to the mid Atlantic. Jeff Brady. NPR NEWS overseas, several scientists advising the U. K government or suggesting that reopening plans may need to be postponed with the growing prevalence of a highly transmissible corona virus. Variant. First identified in India's film marks reports of London. Prominent scientists of expressed concern about the U. K's latest infection figures and have criticized the government for issuing contradictory advice. That's confused citizens. Boris Johnson's governments insisted they'll make decisions based on data not dates. But postponing the final easing step on June 21st could prove politically damaging for the prime minister. This is NPR news, and this is W. N. Y. C in New York. I'm David First New York City mayoral candidate Diane Morales is long shot bid for office is in turmoil. Dozens of campaign workers walked off the job Thursday after Morales suddenly fired for people who were leading efforts to unionize the staff. Several dozen workers rallied outside her office in Midtown yesterday, demanding that the fired workers be reinstated. Nia Evans is the policy director for more Alice. Supporting a union is not just an idea..
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"From NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning. Congress wants to revive rules limiting the oil and gas industries. Leaks of methane. Methane is a significant source of human caused greenhouse gasses. MPR's Jeff Brady is covering the story, Jeff Good morning. Good morning. When we say revive rules, what are lawmakers trying to do? Well, they first need to re reverse a Trump administration regulation from last year that essentially rolled back previous rules limiting methane leaks from oil and gas, and with the trump rules gone, stricter Obama era regulations would be reinstated. Those require drillers toe look for and plug leaks across the production process from the well toe pipelines and valves along the way. This is the first time Democrats have used the Congressional Review Act to eliminate rules from the last administration. You may remember, Republicans used the law quite a bit at the start of the Trump administration. It's significant that the Democrats are choosing methane for this action because scientists tell us that fixing those leaks now it provides a jump start on addressing climate change this interesting, So it's like a regulatory yo yo. Obama did one thing Trump went the other way. Now they're going back again. But what makes methane is such a big deal. Well, methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than the one we mostly have heard of carbon dioxide. Some estimates show it has more than 80 times the heat trapping power of CEO to at least for the first two decades that it's in the atmosphere. On Environmental Defense Fund study recently showed that cutting methane emissions now could save the rate of could slow the rate of global warming by as much as 30% Dan Grossman, with the group says, that means faster climate payoff. If we're really gonna bend the curve of greenhouse gas emissions to a way that we can stave off the most destructive aspects of climate change. We have to bend that curve more quickly. And reducing methane emissions from the world gas sector is the easiest, most practical way to do that. The White House says methane is responsible for about a third of the global warming we're experiencing now and since the oil and gas sector is the largest methane emitter, the administration says it makes sense to crack down there. What do oil and gas companies think about that? It might be a little surprising because the industry is split on this big companies who are heavily invested in natural gas. They support to the Obama regulations. Methane is the main ingredient in natural gas. And those big oil companies worry that if methane leaks aren't fixed, that will undermine their argument that gas is cleaner to burn than coal. Smaller companies they opposed the Obama regulations generally. Especially those with wells that don't produce much. They say expensively control measures could make their wells financially unviable West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito, she argued against the resolution, she said the industry already is reducing methane emissions. We shouldn't demonize an industry that is part of the life blood of our economy. We should celebrate the emission reduction accomplishments and look for ways to further incentivize those that didn't sway enough of her colleagues. Though the Senate voted to reverse the Trump regulations, a few GOP senators even cross the aisle to vote with Democrats. Now the resolution goes to the house, where a vote is expected in coming weeks. Jeff. Thanks so much. Thank you. That's NPR's Jeff Brady. Time now for StoryCorps. When Rich Gene wanted to help his daughter, Abigail learned to read, he took her to the library near their home in Brooklyn, New York, That's where.
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"I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning. Congress wants to revive rules limiting the oil and gas industries. Leaks of methane. Methane is a significant source of human caused greenhouse gasses. NPR's Jeff Brady is covering the story, Jeff Good morning. Good morning. When we say revive rules, what are lawmakers trying to do? Well, they first need to re reverse a Trump administration regulation from last year that essentially rolled back previous rules limiting methane leaks from oil and gas, and with the trump rules gone, stricter Obama era regulations would be reinstated. Those require drillers toe look for and plug leaks across the production process from the well toe pipelines and valves along the way. This is the first time Democrats have used the Congressional Review Act to eliminate rules from the last administration. You may remember, Republicans used the law quite a bit at the start of the Trump administration. It's significant that the Democrats are choosing methane for this action because scientists tell us that fixing those leaks now it provides a jump start on addressing climate change this interesting, So it's like a regulatory yo yo. Obama did one thing Trump went the other way. Now they're going back again. But what makes methane is such a big deal. Well, methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than the one we mostly have heard of carbon dioxide. Some estimates show it has more than 80 times the heat trapping power of CEO to at least for the first two decades that it's in the atmosphere. On Environmental Defense Fund study recently showed that cutting methane emissions now could save the rate of could slow the rate of global warming by as much as 30% Dan Grossman, with the group says, that means faster climate payoff. If we're really gonna bend the curve of greenhouse gas emissions to a way that we can stave off the most destructive aspects of climate change. We have to bend that curve more quickly. I'm reducing methane emissions from the world gas sector is the easiest, most practical way to do that. The White House says methane is responsible for about a third of the global warming we're experiencing now and since the oil and gas sector is the largest methane emitter, the administration says it makes sense to crack down there. What do oil and gas companies think about that? It might be a little surprising because the industry has split on this big companies who are heavily invested in natural gas. They support to the Obama regulations. Methane is the main ingredient in natural gas. And those big oil companies worry that if methane leaks aren't fixed, that will undermine their argument that gas is cleaner to burn than coal. Smaller companies they pose the Obama regulations generally. Especially those with wells that don't produce much. They say expensively control measures could make their wells financially unviable West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito, she argued against the resolution, she said the industry already is reducing methane emissions. We shouldn't demonize an industry that is part of the life blood of our economy. We should celebrate the emission reduction accomplishments and look for ways to further incentivize those that didn't sway enough of her colleagues. Though the Senate voted to reverse the Trump regulations, a few GOP senators even cross the aisle to vote with Democrats. Now the resolution goes to the house where a vote is expected in coming weeks. Jeff thanks so much, Thank you. That's NPR's Jeff Brady. Mm.
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"This hour. We preview President Biden's big speech tonight. He is expected to address the pandemic and roll out a new proposal. The American families plan what you'll hear people hear from him. Tonight is not just how far we've come. But the fact that government can work democracy can work. Plus, we meet a commanding general of the Afghan army and get his take on whether the U. S won its 20 year war in Afghanistan. Winning the war know that the U. S helped create an environment that can went Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Louise Schiavone. President Biden tonight delivers a joint address to Congress unlike any other in modern history, with the nation, hoping to gain the upper hand on a brutal more than year long pandemic and agenda, calling from major spending and taxation on the two top spots in the line of succession held by women. NPR's Franco Ordonez has details. Size president Comma Harris will call the proceedings to order and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will formally introduce buy into Congress. It'll be quick, but I'll make for a significant and historic image. During a speech, President Biden is expected to address his efforts to rebuild the economy, fight the pandemic and expand access to health care. He'll also rollout is sweeping $1.8 trillion plan to boost funding for child care paid leave and community colleges. This won't look like a typical presidential address to a joint session because of social distancing restrictions on Lee 200 people are expected to attend instead of the roughly 1600, who typically do Franco or Dona as NPR NEWS Washington The U. S Senate has voted to overturn a Trump administration rule that rolled back methane emissions standards for oil and gas drillers. MPR's Jeff Brady reports methane leaks can be found throughout the oil and gas production process. Senators used their power under the Congressional Review Act to pass a resolution that would reverse the Trump era rule and restore stricter regulations from the Obama era. The oil industry says it's already working to reduce leaks, but environmentalists say that needs to happen faster to address climate change. The House is expected to vote on the resolution in coming weeks. NPR's Jeff Brady reporting George's Election board met today for the first time under a new voting law. It was the first meeting without Georgia's secretary of state Brad Raffles. Berger, who was stripped of his role on the board by the Georgia Legislature, from member station W. A. B M, or hurt reports, the General Assembly replaced the elected secretary of state with the board chair they appoint, but that replacement has not yet been appointed. So the vice chair filled in for the meeting. The new law also gives the GOP controlled election board the power to take over county Election management. David were Lee, a Democrat on the state board protests had that idea. I, for one will never use the power that the General Assembly has given us this place local boards of elections and frankly, I do not believe other current members of this board will either. Early, says the State Election Board has no staff for budget and will continue to depend on the secretary of state's office to help draft rules and conduct investigations for NPR news. I'm Emma hurt in Atlanta. Federal hate crime charges have been announced. In the case of the death of Ahmad are Brae Ah black man who was killed while jogging through a neighborhood in Georgia last year. No trial date has been set. Wall Street the Dow closed down 1 64, the NASDAQ off 39. This is NPR news and at three or four on Wednesday, April 28. This is KCRW news. I'm Larry Peral. Alameda Police are under fire now to releasing body camera footage showing the death of a Latino man in their custody. The video made public last night reveals officers kneeling on Mario Gonzales is back and shoulder for more than five minutes until he became unresponsive. Footage has immediately drawn comparison to the murder of George Floyd by a former cop in Minneapolis. The Alameda arrest happened the same day a jury began deliberating in the George Floyd murder case. The autopsy findings have not been released yet. But Gonzalez his family has accused police of excessive force and escalating, which should have been a minor encounter with the unarmed man. Death is currently under investigation by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department in district Attorney's office. Three officers involved in the arrest have been placed on paid leave. In his first major address to Congress this evening. President Biden is expected to talk about some of the groundbreaking issues over the past few months. But one local one issue local congresswoman Judy Chu wants him to discuss is the rise in anti Asian hate crimes is Kcrw's Tara Autry and reports she's bringing the son of a woman killed and when the deadliest recent examples of hate as her guest Representative Judy Chu says she's looking forward to hearing bite and discuss his plans to end the pandemic and rebuild our economy. But one thing she says, she's really hoping he'll talk about are the other problems arising from the coronavirus. That includes the ongoing issues of hate crimes against Asian Americans. Nearly 4000 incidents have been log since last March as a member of the virtual audience will be flanked by Robert Peterson, the son of Yung IU, one of six Asian women killed in the Atlanta spa shootings last month. He says it's imperative that no other family experience what he's gone through to see that her life was cut short because of racial bias. I believe and hatred toward certain people for where they work who they are what they believe in With one bite into put a focus on choose No Hate Act, which would improve hate crimes reporting on this case, you are the least, are a tree on reporting and a federal grand jury has indicted two men on hate crime charges for assaulting a group of people at a Turkish restaurant in Beverly Hills. Both of the defendants are Armenia Americans and live in the L. A area. The only times reports they were among nine people who drove to the cafe to Kathy Istanbul after a protest outside the Turkish consulate last fall. Support for NPR comes from Lindamood Bell learning centers with instruction to help students conquer learning loss. Summer programs for reading comprehension and math. Learn more at lindamood bell dot com slash NPR..
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"President biden's administration said a big climate goal two zero out greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by twenty thirty five last week we talked with epa administrator michael regan about this believe that we can set up the right policy instrumentation and regulatory framework to encourage continued innovation to get us to that carbon-neutral goal that we know we can't achieve continued innovation. Industries still has to figure some of this out. So what more do we know about how the government is going to encourage it. Npr's jeff brady has been following up. Jeff good morning good morning. I just wanna know. 2035 sounds really distant. And then you start counting fourteen years not that long when you talk about changing all the power plants in the country house administration going to do it. Well you know is getting. The details are getting a little bit clear from the president's budget proposal and groups talking with the administration about this Details are still being worked out but a central focus is creating a national clean energy standard. And this would be a countrywide requirement that overtime increasing of is generated from fuels that don't emit the greenhouse gases that fossil fuels do conrad schneider at the clean air task. Force says it's similar to renewable energy standards that many states have they essentially required an increasing percentage electricity sales from renewable energy like clean energy standard simply broadens the list of energy resources that are eligible under the standard so in addition to wind and solar. This national standard would include things like hydropower and nuclear and another bit of detail. Here of energy likely will create this standard. And that's a little controversial. Some of the epa to do it. It's better known for setting and enforcing standards but some of the largest environmental groups. Say what's important is it. It gets
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"Expansion of offshore wind energy that could bring thousands of wind turbines to the east and West Coast. NPR's Jeff Brady reports the U. S. Is trying to catch up with Europe, which already has many more offshore wind farms. The White House set a goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 enough to power more than 10 million U. S homes Right now only one wind project is operating in the North East. Still, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says such a quick increase is possible. It is gonna be a full force gale of good paying union jobs that lifts people up. The administration says the plan will support about 32,000 construction related jobs through 2030 agency heads say their departments will work more closely together to speed environmental reviews, and the Energy Department is making $3 billion in loans available to the offshore wind industry. Jeff Brady.
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"Today the white house announced in am vicious plan to expand the nation's use of offshore wind power it's part of president biden's campaign promise to create new jobs and tackle climate change by investing in green infrastructure. Npr's jeff brady joins us now and jeff. The us doesn't produce much wind energy at all right now. So what's the administration's plan. This is something that europe is far ahead on compared to the us Though several states have their own plans basically the administration is trying to make up for lost time so it setting a big goal. Thirty gigawatts of offshore wind power by twenty thirty. That's enough electricity to power more than ten million american homes for a year according to the white house now. Currently there's only one offshore project operating massachusetts and rhode island but they have to ramp up quickly to meet biden's climate goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by twenty thirty five and fast change like that can make people uneasy especially in the fossil fuel industry. That's one reason white house. National climate adviser gina mccarthy focused her comments on opportunities. This is all about creating great jobs in the ocean and opposite cities and in our heart win all across america revitalize communities in particular those that have been left behind the administration says this expansion will support thirty two thousand construction and support jobs through twenty. Thirty mccarthy says some of those heartland jobs include manufacturing turbans making steel and building the special boats. It'll be needed now. The administration has this big goal for building a lot. More wind turbines. But how are they actually going to make that happen. The interior department is establishing a new wind energy area and the new york bite. And that's the relatively shallow water between long island and the new jersey coast. The agency is starting an environmental review process for the proposed ocean wind project off new jersey. Then they're looking at locations on both coasts and in the gulf of
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"Not all places obviously are warming up to have a boat. Parade, but I wish they were. Brady is throwing the Lombardi from boat to boat. Uh, who caught it on the other boat drunk. There's like eight people like, Please don't let this drop in the water. I don't think the little party floats. Uh, I just saw Scotty Miller drop Chris Godwin's phone in the water. So that wasn't good. And then Leonard for net was on camera. He said that the sun's getting to him. I think the drinks are getting to him. But he's letter for net, said that being out in the sun this long he looked over J. P P and thought he had all his fingers. So that's what's going on down in the healing power. Two of his digits and half of his thumb grew back. That's crazy. And then there's just they'll just show Gronk every once in a while they were you watching this. I was shot in the NFL network to get away. I've got it online. They've got it online. They're they're playing in that that's from Tampa stations. It's just it's out of control. I don't know. I mean, I like a boat party, but I just got a feeling somebody's going in. Probably drunk. Somebody's going in at some point. When, when? When Brady threw that, Lombardi? I'm just thinking, Wolf boy. Not exactly the Stanley Cup. They could try to get a new one. But I don't think Lombardi's floating to you. After multiple. I think there are multiple conditions of that trophy that they rotate around. Whenever the Boston teams one they'd get out on the duck boats, But I'm trying to remember who else was done. I was wonder how they got to have a parade because they were talking about it. And they said they're gonna do it on the water. And Tampa's in central Florida. It's not far from Orlando, so it's a long way from Miami. So you could get. You know, I know what the temperature is there today. 78. It was 78 Never show that. Yes. You know, it's not like Miami 70. It's still pretty good there. They're not bad. So the waters the waters warm but Yeah. I don't have my heart and watching their victory Parade. John The Kansas City one last year. I wanted no part of watching, you know, And this one, I'm not as interested. No, the both of their Super Bowl championships and 37 over the Raiders and 55 over Kansas City or just so similar In the way the game's went And the Raiders did come back in 37 to make it kind of close. It was really not. But Jerry scored a touchdown, both Cherries to reporter and Jerry Rice. She reported one of the back of the end zone that I didn't it was a touchdown, but Chucking kind of blew his mind there. My head is gonna explode. Are you out of your skull, and I kind of agree with them, but anyway I think you know, because the Raiders were the number one offensive team in football that actually you're rich through for almost 5000 yards. He was gonna get Marino's record. And you know, Kansas City State of the art unstoppable force, and I Just felt like Kansas City didn't have a gear and they were a little I heard the word arrogant, used a little bit. I think Andy's personal situation. Coach Reid with son really was hard on them. But they did not. I don't think they had an alternative. Plan and for the Raiders. I know they were Arrogantly cocky going to that game. Remember, you're sitting a Bill Callahan's office for hours before the game. And I'm going through Tampa's defense and wow, they're really good, especially against the past. That and still inflated team like US and Losing Bera the morning of the game, you know, flip it. They tried to run Iran. Zack Crockett, three straight plays, but that was it. They tried to throw it every play and they couldn't block Simeon Rice and Sap, and you know there It was just it was an onslaught, and John knew What the Raiders were going to do it in this game. I just felt like Kansas City didn't change the launch angle. They didn't roll them out that they had to know They were gonna be some problems with the protection because they have either their tackles or there. Their doctor playing right guard Duvernay Chart Eve and they just never adjusted. So you look at Tampa's two championships defense when Jeff Brady Made plays, obviously in the running game, which is two of the most dominant defensive performances in a Super Bowl, and that's why they've got those two Super Bowl championships very similar, and how they beat the two A F C West teams 18 years apart to may have no doubt about it. By the way, we got so spoiled by these by these parades constantly with the Giants and the Warriors and When you have 12 14 15 5 16. Those are really so We anchored a lot of that stuff right by saying 17 and 16. Damn you ke re and LeBron. But you couldn't change 17 18 every year every year because you were in studio is that never went to one. Uh Did a mall in studio giants 10 times. 10 12 14 1 year I had the copy, man. Rob Schneider. Was she? Well, that's right. Yeah, He knew a lot about Giants baseball. He actually did. He was a Giants fan grown up. The wildest one had to be the right the Jordan Valley Year and all that was at the wildest of them all. Well, there was one giants won. I went out there a couple of years. The Sharks San Francisco long before Proposition 19 was passed was remember coming out after that one and my daughter was in school. Then she wanted to come down and forget which one it was. Just 12. Uh, I mean, that that just smelled like a San Francisco period. I mean, it was like it was. Oh, Buzz going here. It's gonna land here, See? No, no, it's okay. E. But that.
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"Key, singing on the grounds of the National Mall today as nation marks another once unimaginable milestone more than 400,000 covert 19 deaths. President elect Joe Biden and Vice President elect Kamila Harris stood at the Lincoln Memorial is Dust fell in the nation's capital less than 24 hours away from his inauguration there any angels in heaven? Roll nurses. You know, from our family experience what you do. Courage. Paying you absorb. Brothers. Thank you. Thank you Bye and takes the oath of office tomorrow at noon in a ceremony that will be unlike that of any president before him. Washington, D C is under intense security with 25,000 National Guard troops on hand after a right at the U. S Capitol earlier this month. President Trump was accused of helping insight that right leaves Washington in the morning. He will not attend Biden's inauguration. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blaming President Trump of the deadly right at the Capitol. McConnell today, saying the mob was quote fed lies and the president and others provoke those intent on overturning Democrat Joe Bynes election. McConnell's remarks come on Trump's last full day in office. Republican Senate leader also said it would be a safe and successful inauguration of President elect Biden tomorrow. The Senate, meanwhile, is expected to press ahead on Trump's impeachment trial, while the same time holding confirmation hearings for Biden's Cabinet. Among those pushing President elect DOE Bind to walk away from his pledge to block the Keystone XL pipeline is a union that faces allegations of racism. NPR's Jeff Brady reports. Black members are suing the union, saying they were denied promotions in favor of less qualified white workers. Also based pipeline is local 7 98 spent 20 years under federal oversight to correct the fact that in the mid 19 eighties, it had no women or African Americans among the more than 5000 members. There are more black pipe liners now, but attorney Matt Miller Novak says the lawsuit claims racist patterns at the union continue. So we're we're confident in the fax that will be presented Passionate about the cause, and we're happy to represent these people. And help them find some justice that we're able. The union declined comment. Biden has made both environmental justice and repairing harm to communities of color, a central theme of his ambitious plan to address climate change. Jeff Brady. NPR news Stocks closed higher today We're covering some of last week's losses, markets expressing some optimism regarding economic recovery. It's more covert 19 vaccines rolled out. Dad was up. 116 points today. The NASDAQ closed up 198 points the S and P gained 30 points. This is NPR. And on a Tuesday January 19th, This is KCRW on Larry Perella. Very good evening to you. Here's what's happening at 704 officials in Santa Clarita or warning residents to keep their distance from a brush fire that started near the West side of the five Freeway. Fires burn now about 50 to 60 acres of brush amid winds of 20 to 25 MPH. No buildings are immediately being threatened. His powerful winds continued to better much of the south land. Fire crews have been able to get the fire to about 10% containment. Oakland native Kamila Harris will make history tomorrow when she sworn in as the first female vice president shall also be the first black person and first Asian American to hold the office. California Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee represents the city. She got her start in politics by working on the campaign for another historic political figure, the late Shirley Chisholm, who became the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968, and the first to run for president in 1972. I know that Shirley Chisholm is smiling, and she's saying this is long overdue. And, uh, comma is really she's broken another glass ceiling or for all of us in this country, and for that our country's gonna be stronger as a result. Lee says she's also excited that Alex Padilla will be replacing Harris and becoming the first Latino to represent California in the U. S. Senate and the incoming Joe Biden administration continues to fill its ranks with Californians. The latest is Cindy Martin, the superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District. She's been tapped to be the country's next deputy secretary of education. Here's Martin talking in November about the challenges to public education caused By the Corona virus pandemic. Our nation's simply cannot afford Ah, lost generation of learners. Nor can we afford an incomplete recovery that leaves communities of color behind extending 400 years of inequality far into the future. Before becoming superintendent of California second largest school system. Martin was a teacher, vice principal and and and vice principal. Among other appointment from the state include California Attorney General Javier but Sarah to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Jennifer Granholm as injure Energy secretary and Alejandro by or kiss as the nominee to head Homeland security. You may have heard the 22 year old L a poet Amanda Gorman was asked to write a poem and recited at Joe Biden's inauguration tomorrow. But you probably don't know that Gorman, who became the nation's first national youth poet laureate a few years ago shares Personal connection with the president elect. Like Biden, who spoken openly about having studied as a child, Gorman has had to overcome a childhood speech impediment. She had difficulty saying certain letters of the alphabet. The letter R was especially tough, which caused her to have to constantly self edit. I don't want to say girls can change the world, but I cannot say Many of the letters in that statement, so I'd say things like young woman can shape the globe. Gorman says her inauguration poem was partly inspired by the insurrection of the U. S Capitol earlier this month. Here's a preview of that poem, which is called the Hill We Climb Allow Democracy can be periodically delayed. It can never be permanently defeated. In this truth in this faith we trust for while we have our eyes on the future history has its eyes on us. And when she steps to the microphone tomorrow, Gorman will continue a tradition that includes luminaries such as Robert Frost in Maya Angelou, who is one of her personal heroes, and crowds could soon return to the L. A convention center. The L. A City Council voted today to consider the venue as a temporary emergency homeless shelter. The motion was first introduced.
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"They angry race. How sweet This sounds good nurse Laurie Marie Key singing on the grounds of the National Mall today as nation marks another once unimaginable milestone more than 400,000 covert 19 deaths. President elect Joe Biden and Vice President elect Kamila Harris stood at the Lincoln Memorial is Dust fell in the nation's capital less than 24 hours away from his inauguration there any angels in heaven? Roll nurses. You know, from our family experience what you do. Courage. The pain you absorb. Brothers. Thank you. Thank you Bye and takes the oath of office tomorrow at noon in a ceremony that will be unlike that of any president before him. Washington, D C is under intense security with 25,000 National Guard troops on hand after a right at the U. S Capitol earlier this month. President Trump was accused of helping insight that right leaves Washington in the morning. He will not attend Biden's inauguration. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blaming President Trump of the deadly right at the Capitol. McConnell today, saying the mob was quote fed lies and the president and others provoke those intent on overturning Democrat Joe Bynes election. McConnell's remarks come on Trump's last full day in office. Republican Senate leader also said it would be a safe and successful inauguration of President elect Biden tomorrow. The Senate, meanwhile, is expected to press ahead on Trump's impeachment trial, while the same time holding confirmation hearings for Biden's Cabinet. Among those pushing President elect Joe Biden to walk away from his pledge to block the Keystone XL pipeline is a union that faces allegations of racism. NPR's Jeff Brady reports. Black members are suing the union, saying they were denied promotions in favor of less qualified white workers. Also based pipeline is local 7 98 spent 20 years under federal oversight to correct the fact that in the mid 19 eighties, it had no women or African Americans among the more than 5000 members. There are more black pipe liners now, but attorney Matt Miller Novak says the lawsuit claims racist patterns at the union continue, so we're confident in the fax that will be presented Passionate about the cause, and we're happy to represent these people. And to help them find some justice that we're able. The union declined comment. Biden has made both environmental justice and repairing harm to communities of color, a central theme of his ambitious plan to address climate change. Jeff Brady. NPR news Stocks closed higher today We're covering some of last week's losses, markets expressing some optimism regarding economic recovery. It's more covert 19 vaccines rolled out. Dad was up 116 points today, the NASDAQ closed up 198 points the S and P gained 30 points. This is NPR and this is W. N. Y. C in New York on Shawn Carlson. Retired New York City firefighter has been arrested and charged in federal court for his alleged role and violently storming the U. S Capitol building. Thomas Fi who lives in Nassau County, surrendered to law enforcement today. Prosecutors say he sent Selfies from the Capitol during the pro trump right on January 6th. And bragged about being the tip of the spear. He's been charged with disorderly conduct and no only entering a restricted building. He was previously suspended by the F D. N y in 2000 and four after allegedly shouting racial slurs at a black cardiologists on multiple occasions While working as a volunteer firefighter on Long Island. He was able to keep his city job and retired in October after 22 years. That's according to an F D N Y spokesman. Fi does not yet appear to have an attorney, and he has not yet been reached for comment. Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the new proposal today to legalize recreational marijuana in New York. That would set aside a specific amount of tax revenue annually for social equity purposes like reinvestment in community's disproportionately affected by the state's drug laws legalizing adult use Cannabis, which would raise about $350 million 100 million would go to a Social Equity fund. That would still give us $250 million towards the budget and our needs. That's different from Cuomo's previous marijuana legalization proposals, which allowed funding for social equity purposes but did not earmark an exact amount when was also proposing a different tax structure for the sale of marijuana that he's pitched in recent years, narrowing in on the potency and type of product rather than the amount purchased..
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"You absorb. Brothers. Thank you. Thank you Bye and takes the oath of office tomorrow at noon in a ceremony will be unlike that of any president before him. Washington, D C is under intense security with 25,000 National Guard troops on hand after a riot at the U. S Capitol earlier this month. President Trump was accused of helping insight that right leaves Washington in the morning. He will not attend Biden's inauguration. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blaming President Trump for the deadly right at the Capitol. McConnell today, saying the mob was quote fed lies and the president and others provoked those intent on overturning Democrat Joe Bynes election. Connell's remarks come on Trump's last full day in office. Republican Senate leader also said there'll be a safe and successful inauguration of president elect buying tomorrow. The Senate, meanwhile, is expected to press ahead on Trump's impeachment trial, while the same time holding confirmation hearings for Biden's Cabinet. Among those pushing President elect DOE Bind to walk away from his pledge to block the Keystone XL pipeline is a union that faces allegations of racism. NPR's Jeff Brady reports. Black members are suing the union, saying they were denied promotions in favor of less qualified white workers. Also based pipeline is local 7 98 spent 20 years under federal oversight to correct the fact that in the mid 19 eighties, it had no women or African Americans among the more than 5000 members. There are more black pipe liners now, but attorney Matt Miller Novak says the lawsuit claims racist patterns at the union continue. So we're we're confident in the facts that will be presented. Passionate about the cause, and we're happy to represent these people. And to help them find some justice that we're able. The union declined comment. Biden has made both environmental justice and repairing harm to communities of color, a central theme of his ambitious plan to address climate change. Jeff Brady. NPR news Stocks closed higher today We're covering some of last week's losses, markets expressing some optimism regarding economic recovery. It's more covert 19 vaccines rolled out. Dad was up 116 points today. The NASDAQ closed up 198 points the S and P gained 30 points. This is NPR. Live from KQED news. I'm terrorist..
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"Tells us things are changing for Asian actors, All that and more coming up on the art sour. Live from NPR News. I'm nor Rahm Retired General Lloyd Austin, who would be the first African American to lead the Pentagon appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee today for a confirmation hearing. Austin will need a waiver since he hasn't been retired for seven years as NPR's Tom Bowman reports he's been endorsed by 15 former senior Pentagon officials. Those endorsing Austin include officials who served in both Democratic and Republican administrations, such as President Obama's defense chief Leon Panetta, and James Roach, the Air Force secretary under President George W. Bush. Officials said. Austin is well versed on threats abroad as well as those at home, including quote the national security imperative of rooting out white supremacy from the force. Austin is a West Point graduate who spent most of his career focusing on the Middle East, serving on combat duty in Iraq and overseeing the region as the top officer. The Senate committee will likely focus on Austin's views about continued combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as a security threat of a rising China. Tom Bowman. NPR NEWS Washington The Senate Finance Committee begins confirmation hearings this morning for Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary should be. The first woman in that job yelling was also the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve. The Trump appointed director of the U. S. Census Bureau, is stepping down early. NPR's Hanzee Lo Wang reports. The departure comes after whistleblowers warned the director tried to rush out a report about non citizens before the end of the Trump administration. Census Bureau director Stephen Dealing him says he's retiring on Wednesday, more than 11 months before his term expires at year's end. Last week, the beer's watchdog revealed that whistle blowers reported dealing him for trying to pressure civil servants into producing a technical report related to President Trump's executive order for citizenship data. Ah, career official of the bureau warned the report would be statistically indefensible. Willingham backed off after his directive became public. The Bears career deputy director Ron Jarmon, will fill in as acting director as agency continues preparing the 1st 2020 census results, which are expected in March. Fancy The Wang NPR NEWS NEW YORK Russian judge has ruled to keep Alexey Navalny in jail for 30 days following the arrest of the outspoken Kremlin critic and a Moscow airport Sunday. As NPR's Lucy and Kim reports from Moscow. Navalny was detained after arriving from Germany, where he was recovering from a poisoning he blames on President Vladimir Putin. The judge made the ruling after holding an improvised core proceeding in a police station outside Moscow. Volney, whom Amnesty International has designated a prisoner of conscience, appealed to supporters to take to the streets. The Kremlin has been cracking down on all dissent. Punishing simple forms of protest was stiff punishments. NPR's Lucy and Kim reporting from Moscow. You're listening to NPR news. Alberta's premier says he's deeply concerned by reports that President elect Biden plans to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline. NPR's Jeff Brady reports Premier Jason Kenny. Says the Canadian province may pursue legal action. The Alberta government invested a billion and a half dollars in the pipeline last year and agreed to six billion in loan guarantees this year. The pipeline is important to the province because it would transport oil sands crude down to the Gulf Coast, where it could be sold on the world market for higher prices, But that crude has a bigger carbon footprint than just about any other kind of oil. It requires more processing. Joe Biden will inter office with an ambitious climate plan, and he's vowed to block the pipeline. Premier Kinney says in a statement that Alberta will quote use all legal avenues available to protect its interest in the project. Jeff Brady. NPR NEWS President. Trump issued a proclamation last night that he's resending travel restrictions for people entering the country from the UK, Ireland and Brazil. They were imposed to help stop the spread of the Corona virus. The ban is to end January 26 6 days after Trump leaves office. The incoming Biden administration says it won't lift the restrictions since the pandemic is worsening. And there are more contagious variants emerging around the world. Biden arrives in Washington today for tomorrow's inauguration, He and Vice President elect Kamila Harris are to attend an event at the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial. Remember those who died.
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"Moment in history, the pandemic and attack on Congress. Uncertainty about where we are and where we're going Who we are. NPR correspondents talked with people across this nation and NPR's Jeff Brady collected their responses. In Philadelphia 37 year old Charlotte Greer Brown has a grim view of the current state of the country way are no longer the United States of America. We are the divided states of America. She sees recent events as an extension of the country's history of systemic racism. But she has hope, saying Sometimes it gets really bad before it gets better. Once all the explosion is over, we'll see their true Americans that are here. Black America, White America. Whatever group you from Are here to help improve humankind. Nearby, 27 year old Aaron Randolph says. If black people have been behind the Capitol insurrection, police would have behaved more aggressively. He says the country feels chaotic now, and that's not just politics. He works at a local hospital cleaning rooms where covert patients are cared for. Randolph is a Democrat and looks forward to a Biden administration. We gotta get things back in order. We got to get people back to work kids to go back to school. That's where I would like to see his head it and, you know, get the economy back up and running and get black people somehow help that they need in Birmingham Republican Andrea Powers also is happy Trump is leaving office. She voted for him in 2016. But now she blames Trump for inciting violence of the capital. Just sit here as what I think it was a moderate even as a conservative in to see people committing acts of violence in In the name of so much of what I hold dear is appalling. It's sad. Debbie Dooley also condemns the violence of the capital, but she remains loyal to trump. Julie is a long time conservative activist and says she supports trump even over her own party. From now on, If the candidate in the Republican primary the Republican nominee is not a Trumpian Republican, I'm not gonna vote for Julie says Democrats treated Trump unfairly over the last four years, and she's ready to return the favor Democrats talking about unity, but then they're going after Donald Trump and his supporters. And they were not gonna big money. You know, I'm gonna spend the next four years for existing Joe Biden and treating him just like the Democrats treated Donald Trump in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge outside the post office. 80 year old Republican Jim Donovan says he still supports President Trump, too. He thinks the country can move past last week's insurrection. Well, get over it. I hope in the sixties and the anti Vietnam War Demonstrations and all that we got over it as the wind picks up. Colleen Broderick, who voted for Biden says she's not so sure. She worries about misinformation and lies, including the president and members of Congress, falsely arguing the election was stolen from Trump were not as a country just debating political theories.
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"Thousands of dollars to flip Georgia blue. Who are they? Well, their mission statement reads. We are romance authors who care about the future of this country and are inspired by fellow romance author Stacey Abrams to help elect two Democratic senators. Yes, among voting rights activist Abrams is many accomplishments is this She has authored eight romance novels, and that connection between politics and romance is not a coincidence. According to our next guest, one of the organizers of Romancing the runoff. Elissa Cole is The New York Times best selling author of books like an Extraordinary Union and how to Catch a queen and she joins us Now. Welcome to the program. I thank you for having me It is wonderful to have you. You recently wrote an op ed called I'm a romance novelist who writes about politics and I won't stay in my lane. Why do you think it's so important to intertwine politics with romance troubles with romance? I feel like you can really dig into some of the emotional aspects of politics and I know a lot of people try to stay that emotions and politics don't mix. But in reality, all politics is driven by emotion. Whether people acknowledge it or not, is the difference and with romance novels as characters are exploring their relationships. You can also have them exploring the world that they live in and the politics of those worlds. One of the things that romance allows for is for characters to live there full lives. Rightto have joy and agency and, yes, love and sex. They're complicated layered Is that why there's such a big demand for romance novels written by black women? I think the demand has always been there from readers. And I think the reason that historically it has not been in demand from publishers is to get political for a minute. And why say that romance itself is political, particularly when you're talking about diversity? Who is considered a whole person who is able to live there full lives, and I'm sure even now you could find an editor or publisher who thinks that people don't want to read about black couples. And that's not seeing someone is a whole human being. So, with all that said, I'd like you to reflect on your friend Stacey Abrams from moment because being an accomplished romance novelist and a political powerhouse you're suggesting is a natural fit. They are dare I say it that fellows Stacey Abrams. If she is, this is going to be like, I don't know this woman. Oh, but I will say as far as romance novels and politics go for people who are engaged in progressive politics. There is the link between the idea of optimism. One of the things that gets the reader through the book is knowing that at the end of the book, there will be some kind of resolution that leaves them feeling satisfied and uplifted. And I think people who read those kinds of romance novels and who write those kinds of romance novels are also seeking that in their real life and given the state of the world today has had more. Opportunity toe actively try to impact the world in the way that they enjoy reading about what struck me about the similarities between ST Saviour's being a romance author and also Getting people to vote is that it is about optimism. It is sort of believing there can be a happy ending in terms of getting people to literally vote. That seems to be the connection that you're getting at. Yes, I feel like a lot of romances are about resilience. And another thing I would say contribute to it is that romance writers work hard, knowing how to utilize your resource is for the biggest effect and how to tap into community. To build community. There's been a lot of discussion online among Democrats about how black women quote saved the country and I've also Heard a lot of pushback to the framing of that idea. What are your thoughts on the world? Black woman like yourself played in Georgia and the reaction to that. I think the thing is black women and many ways are saving the country, but they're saving themselves and their families. And they shouldn't have to. You know, we see after Georgia turned blue and then after the runoff election, with Steve people coming up with all kinds of jobs for Stacey Abrams and what she should be doing And where is she Next director Talent on and it's like, Have they even thought about what she wants? I don't think so. They're just thinking of how her labor can be mined. And some people see it as a compliment. But it really isn't at the end of the day. If you're not thinking about what she actually wants for herself moving forward when it comes to black women, there is this weird dichotomy in society of Whether you're really listening to people or whether you just see them as objects to occasionally work for you and then be put away. Listen. Cole is a best selling author. Her latest book is when No one is watching. Thank you very much. Thank you. Brazil was celebrated for its national vaccination programs in the fight against smallpox and polio. Today, its response to the grown A virus is chaotic tomorrow morning edition. Why scientists in Brazil are terrified. Tune in by asking your smart speaker to play NPR or your member station by name. Okay, This is an extraordinary moment in history, the pandemic and attack on Congress. Uncertainty about where we are and where we're going Who we are. NPR correspondents talked with people across this nation and NPR's Jeff Brady collected their responses. 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Congress passes $900 billion compromise COVID-19 relief package
"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Winter Johnston Congress has passed the next coronavirus relief bill, ending a monthlong stalemate. Roughly $900 billion measure includes an extension of jobless benefits and another round of direct payments. It also includes the most significant federal legislation addressing climate change in over a decade. NPR's Jeff Brady reports. The bill contains a phase down of heat trapping greenhouse gas is used in brief Redrants hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs are used in refrigerators and air conditioners. But in the environment there are powerful contributor to climate change. Governments agreed to phase down there use over 15 years. This legislation accomplishes that in the U. S. Environmental groups and affected companies supported the legislation. Chain of it with the U. S. Chambers has developing new refrigerants creates thousands of jobs. The US has been a leader in this space, and this will allow us to maintain that leadership, reducing imports from international technologies and increasing exports of US develop technologies. The relief package also includes billions of dollars for renewable energy research and development. Jeff Brady. NPR News
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Climate Activists Want Biden To Bar Appointees With Fossil Fuel Ties
"Joe biden has an ambitious climate plan and there are a lot of people with government experience. Who could help implement that plan. But some of them have ties to fossil fuel industries and that is a problem for climate change activists. Npr's jeopardy reports in philadelphia recently. A group of young climate activists marched to biden's campaign headquarters. The sunrise movement often pressures democrats. Back the green new deal but instead biden offered his own climate plan for a slower transition away from coal oil and gas. He has not committed to barring people with fossil fuel ties from his administration. Lauren martinez was sunrise. Thinks he should biden ran on the most progressive climate agenda in us history and one on it. So it's incumbent upon him to take that seriously and put forward people who are accountable to the people that elected him to office the head of the natural resources defense council and former epa administrator gina mccarthy says she understands why young activists want to ban on appointees connected to fossil fuels especially after trump. Put them in key posts including andrew wheeler a former coal industry lobbyist. I mean that's who has been running the environmental protection agency and has gotten us nowhere fast. It's backed us up. It hasn't supported a growing clean energy economy. But here's a problem with a fossil fuel will litmus test biden won't govern alone the us senate could remain under republican leadership that means passing legislation would require compromise and bradbury is ceo of the american exploration and production council. Americans voted for divided government. As part of that you know. I think they voted for moderation. And i think they voted for commonsense. Bradberry sees a future for fossil fuels even under biden's ambitious plan for net zero carbon emissions by twenty fifty worried about climate. Change say there are issues. Republicans and democrats likely can agree on heather. Reams was citizens for responsible. Energy solutions suggests activist focus on things like economic stimulus that boost clean energy. They should looking at the bigger policies and getting to what's possible with getting climate action done today rather than arguing about the position on one's resume among the names on the biden transition team a few have limited ties to fossil fuel but more are from environmental groups. Jody freeman served as councillor for energy and climate change on the obama white house now freeman is at harvard law school and says she sees a trend in the people selected so far i think the clear messages vitality one good people in place wrestling start who have experienced any days and not wasting any time. Freeman is a good example of those who could be excluded. If a biden administration rejects people connected to fossil fuel companies. She sits on the board of oil company conaco phillips but she also led obama's effort to double car fuel efficiency standards. She's also an expert on using presidential powers to address climate change. That's knowledge that likely will be necessary if both parties can't agree on new climate legislation when biden his sworn in next year. Jeff brady npr news.
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Trump and Biden debate their climate and environmental policies
"A lot at Thursday's debate. There was this telling exchange about climate change. Would you close the have a transition from their own industry? Yes. It is a big statement, President Trump again boosted the fossil fuel industries contributing to global warming. Joe Biden is campaigning on a plan for Net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. NPR's Jeff Brady has more on his $2 trillion proposal. Joe Biden's climate plan is ambitious for an economy is big and complex as the United States, but even those connected to fossil fuel industry say it may be doable. Scott Siegal with the energy focused law firm. Bracewell says the plan is pragmatic and includes both regulations and incentives for the growing list of companies focused on using cleaner energy in the future. One thing that makes Biden's approach somewhat comfortable is that you can sketch out that linear commitment to additional resource is to achieve these objectives, which I think most people in business, believe me. Are going to be the future anyway. The country has one example of meeting an ambitious climate goal. The Obama administration's clean power plan aimed to cut emissions from power plants, about a third by 2030. Even though court challenges stopped the plan from going into effect, the country is ahead of schedule. David Doniger is with NRDC Action Fund, The political arm of the natural resource is defense counsel. The power sector is already undergoing changes that have reduced their emissions by more than 30% 10 years ahead of the target that the Obama administration thought was aggressive. In 2015, a big part of that was the collapse of the coal industry. Coal fired power plants continue to go out of business, replaced with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy. Still, the bite and climate plan faces significant hurdles. It relies on technologies that haven't been developed or may not be commercially viable. That's why the plan includes $400 billion over a decade for research. With the economic hit from the Corona virus pandemic. Biden's campaign updated the plan this summer. It includes billions of dollars to hire people for things like plugging abandoned mines and building electric vehicle charging stations. Steph Feldman, with the bite and campaign says the plan also focuses on environmental justice. 40% of the benefit of those investments go to community, the color and low income communities that have been disproportionately harmed by pollution and the effects of climate change. This is especially important to the most vocal climate change activists. While Biden has distanced himself from the green new deal, it is popular, especially with the left wing of his party. Jenny Marino, Zimmer with 3 50 actions as this's thie strongest plan yet from a Democratic presidential nominee, the Biden campaign has committed to doing some really great things like ending leasing of fossil fuels on public lands. We'd like to see them go further and create a true phase out for the entire fossil fuel mystery over Of course of the next decade. Biden's plan has a longer timeline for a transition and includes a role for fossil fuels with offsets and carbon capture. Amy Myers Jaffe manages the climate policy Labatt Tufts University and says overall, this is a credible plan for addressing climate change. The Biden campaign has listed the right things. But the difference between listing things and implementing those things is a big difference. If Biden is elected, he'll likely need a Democratic Congress willing to pass laws and allocate money
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Breaking Down Joe Biden's Plan To Make The U.S. Carbon Neutral
"At Thursday's debate, there was this telling exchange about climate change. Would you close the? Transition from oil minister yes. I was trying to. It is a big statement president trump again boosted the fossil fuel industries contributing to global warming. Joe. Biden is campaigning on a plan for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by twenty fifty and peers. Jeff Brady has more on his two trillion dollar proposal Joe Biden's climate plan is ambitious for an economy as big and complex as the United States but even those connected to fossil fuel industry. Say it. May Be Doable Scott Siegel with the energy focused law firm Bracewell says plan is pragmatic and includes both regulations and incentives for the growing list of companies focused on using cleaner energy in the future one thing that makes Biden's approach somewhat comfortable is that you can sketch out that linear commitment to additional resources to achieve these objectives which I think most people in business believe are going to be. The future anyway, the country has one example of meeting an ambitious climate goal. The Obama Administration's clean power plan aimed to cut emissions from power plants about a third by twenty thirty even though court challenges stopped the plan from going into effect, the country is ahead of schedule David. Doniger. IS WITH NRDC Action Fund the political arm of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the power sector is already undergoing. Changes have reduced their emissions by more than thirty percent ten years ahead of the target that the Obama Administration thought was aggressive in two thousand fifteen. A big part of that was the collapse of the coal industry coal fired power plants continue to go out of business replaced with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy. Still, the Biden, climate plan faces significant hurdles it relies on technologies that haven't been. Developed or may not be commercially viable. That's why the plan includes four hundred billion dollars over a decade for research with the economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic Biden's campaign updated the plan this summer it includes billions of dollars to hire people for things like plugging abandoned mines and building electric vehicle charging stations. Steph Feldman with the Biden campaign says, the plan also focuses on environmental justice forty percent. Of the benefits of those investments, go to communities of color and low income communities that have been disproportionately harmed by pollution and the exit climate change. This is especially important to the most vocal climate change activists while Biden has distanced himself from the green new deal. It is popular especially with the left wing of his party Jenny Marino Zimmer with three fifty actions as this is the strongest plan. Yet from a Democratic presidential nominee, the Biden campaign has committed to doing some really great things like ending leasing of also feels on public lands. We'd like to see them go further and create a true phase out for the entire fossil fuel mystery over the course of the next decade. Biden's plan has a longer time line for a transition and includes a role for fossil fuels with offsets and. Carbon Capture Amy Myers Jaffe manages the climate policy lab at Tufts University and says, all this is a credible plan for addressing climate change. The Biden campaign has listed the right things but the difference between listing things and getting those things is a big difference. If Biden is elected, he'll likely need democratic congress willing to pass laws and allocate money to make his plan a reality. Jeff Brady NPR
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Climate Change Is A Top Campaign Issue At Least For Democrats
"This year climate change is a top campaign issue at least for Democrats. Yesterday, we looked at president trump's record. On the issue today, we'll explore toe Biden's plan, which is the most ambitious climate proposal. Any presidential candidate has ever laid out. We've got NPR's Nathan rods and NPR's Jeff Brady both of our climate team with us. Hi, guys good morning. So. Let's just the obviously our Joe Biden and Donald Trump do not exactly agree on climate? Change. Absolutely yeah I think that's a fair way to put it. President trump repeatedly rejects climate science and generally he depicts regulations to address climate. Change is bad for the economy and bad for jobs Joe Biden calls climate change existential threat to our health, our economy, our national security, the whole thing but he's also trying to frame it right now as an opportunity you know when? Donald. Trump thinks about climate change he thinks hoax. When I think about I think jobs. Good paying union opposite put. To work. Building a stronger more. Climate resilient nation I mean nate. That sounds great. But has he laid out a plan for how he would actually make that happen. Yes, and it is a lot Hewitt invest money for one climate. Change is part of his economic recovery plan for the pandemic. But he's also says he'll do executive actions right? Other Gate. He says he's GONNA re enter the Paris climate agreement and put the US back in the global climate conversation He's talking about conserving land for biodiversity stopping offshore drilling in the Arctic. Methane from existing oil and gas tell me when you want me to stop. But he's also putting money towards climate adaptation measures to make communities more resilient to sea level rise flooding hurricanes fires. You know the type of things we've experienced over the last few months and he's also promising massive investments in green energy and infrastructure. This is where the. Jobs part of what he's promising comes in. So that means more solar more wind high speed rail, electric car chargers all with the goal of zeroing out carbon pollution from our electrical sector by twenty, thirty five and making the country carbon neutral. So it's contributing anymore to climate change by twenty fifty. And I mean I know a lot of campaigns I mean the rhetoric is aspirational, right but even so I mean by twenty fifty shifting the entire US economy to be carbon neutral to sounds like a massive undertaking is he going to be able to accomplish that Jeff? You know most of the experts I've talked with thinking is possible. The plan includes a lot of executive actions. The Biden says, he would take right away some of the nature mentioned. It also this plan requires new laws passed by Congress to create policies for meeting that overall goal. Now, that's going to require a democratic majority in the Senate most likely I talked with Scott Siegel. He's a partner with the law firm Bracewell, which represents a lot of energy clients including fossil fuel companies, and you can imagine that they have a lot at stake care. He thinks guidance climate plan is realistic. He says, it includes both regulations and incentives for people. In Industries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and I think when a plan has both and doesn't rely only on the carrot or the stick, it's a sign of maturity in approaching these issues. Siegel likes that it leaves room for some fossil fuels with carbon offsets and capture, and he points out that the electric power sector is already on its way to meeting that interim 2035 call some of those companies in utilities are setting net zero carbon goals all on their own. Yeah, and that's an important point. I talked to Karl Frisch who worked at the US Department of Energy under three administrations including trump's she's now at the Rocky Mountain Institute you know and I asked her if she thinks it could all be done by Biden alone if he gets elected. No. So to get where we need to go on climate in the United States to reduce emissions and build a sustainable economy, it takes action by the executive branch action by Congress. And action by state leaders, city leaders, business leaders on the ground, and she says, you know a lot of these actions are already happening at the local level. So a Biden administration would be smart to try to build on that existing momentum. So something we hear president trump attack Joe Biden on a lot is fracking fracking for natural gas. The president alleging that Joe Biden wants to ban it. Let's just clear this up Jeff Does Joe Biden WanNa. Ban fracking. No, he doesn't want to ban fracking. He has repeatedly said that he would not ban all fracking just new fracking on federal land and when trump says that it's aimed at voters and energy producing swing states like Pennsylvania, which actually has very little federal land but that's still a point of contention for for Biden, with mini climate activists who say the country should stop all fracking and keep all fossil fuels in the ground to slow climate change. So. What about the politics of climate change you know I mean we know what the facts are that it is happening that humans have contributed to it as well. But what about the politics of climate change because we know for Republicans it's an incredibly divisive issue where do Democrats stand on Biden's proposals? Well, polling indicates a majority of registered voters in the US view climate change as a real threat to the country, and when you look at Republicans climate change is actually a lot less divisive you get. But in terms of Democrats a recent poll by Pew found that more than two-thirds of Joe Biden supporters sit climate change is very important to them. So Biden's. Plan is not as ambitious as what some Progressive Democrats want to see it is not the green new deal despite what the president repeatedly says, but it is more ambitious than what Joe Biden had initially proposed. So for example, his plan now includes an environmental justice component which would aim to address the fact that people of color are disproportionately affected by pollution climate change and have been for a long time. His plan says he'd do that by investing in disadvantaged communities pulling polluters accountable I talked to Michelle Roberts with the Environmental Justice Health Alliance about this, and she has a long history with Biden because she's actually from Delaware, his home state and she says historically. Always overly supportive when it came to dealing with polluters like dupont over communities like hers he was a Filibuster for the political economy that was running the great state of Delaware. Does that make sense BA- Roberts says she's met with Biden since and she thinks his views have a she supports him but it's going to be important. She says if he's elected to hold them accountable all the things that he's promising to do now. NPR's nate wrought and NPR's Jeff. Brady, thank you for your reporting. Thank you. Thank
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What Are The Presidential Candidates' Views On Climate Change?
"News. This is all things considered. I'm Elsa Chang and I'm Ari Shapiro. We're spending a few days this week digging into where the presidential candidates stand on some of the key issues in this election. Today, it's climate change. President Trump and Joe Biden have dramatically different views. Biden has an aggressive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. President Trump is focused on boosting fossil fuels. We learn more. We're joined by Jeff Brady of NPR's climate team. Hi Jeff Diary start by summing up force. What President Trump has done on climate in his first term climate change is not a priority for him in the past. He's even called it a hoax. But Trump has softened his language a bit on this. At the first presidential debate Last month, the president was asked what he believes about climate change. I want crystal clean water and air. I want beautiful, clean air. We have now the lowest carbon. If you look at our numbers right now, we are doing phenomenally, but I haven't destroyed our businesses. Trump's still doesn't display much understanding about how humans are changing the climate. But as you heard there, he does brag about carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector going down. That's not because of anything Trump has done. It's because cleaner and cheaper renewable energy and natural gas air replacing coal for generating electricity. Trump has this energy dominance agenda. It's a combination of promoting domestic energy, mostly fossil fuels. And getting rid of regulations that might hinder the drilling and mining that produces those fuels. So he pulled out of the Paris climate agreement. He's rolled back dozens of environmental regulations, including President Obama's clean power plan, and also strict fuel efficiency standards for cars. On the campaign trail. President Trump often ties Joe Biden two proposals like the Green new Deal and banning fracking. Those issues might hurt biting and ki energy producing swing states like Pennsylvania but clear this up for us What our Biden's position On those topics and what are his actual climate proposals? Well, Biden says the green new deal is a good framework. But he has his own climate plan, and the only supports burnt banning new fracking on public land. And there's very little of that. In Pennsylvania on climate change bite an echo scientists that humans are changing the climate and emissions must be reduced quickly. His detailed climate plan has a big job creation focus. He calls for spending $2 trillion over four years for a wide range of environmental projects, Things like plugging abandoned mines and building electric vehicle charging stations across the country. There's so many things that we can do now to create thousands of thousands of jobs. We can get to net zero in terms of energy production by 2035, not only not costing people jobs, creating jobs. On top of that 2035 goal for the electricity sector that he mentioned at the first debate. Biden's plan aims for net zero carbon emissions across the entire US economy, including transportation by 2050. That seems like an enormous pivot. When you think of all the power plant's vehicles, airplanes in the U. S it zbig reach. Is it possible it would cost trillions of dollars and require big changes really fast. Under this plan, fossil fuels, though, would still be used, but there would be offsets and carbon capture projects to reach that. Net zero goal. Biden has a long list of what he calls day. One executive actions Some are about reversing trumps rollback. Something's like methane emissions and those car fuel efficiency standards. There's also directives for the federal government by zero emission vehicles and make buildings more efficient. He has an ambitious legislative agenda that includes an enforcement mechanism mechanism to meet that net zero by 2050 goal. And to do all this. Given the political polarization around climate change, his party probably will have to control both houses of Congress. Looks like Democrats will hold on to the house, but the Senate is still in question there. And if President Trump is re elected, what is his second term climate agenda look like AA lot of the environmental rollbacks from his first four years are being challenged in court now, so resolving those battles and cementing trumps deregulation agenda would be a big focus. He'd continue pushing for more exploration and drilling on public land and offshore. But very little focus on addressing climate change, which you know, scientists say the world needs to do that to minimize its worst effects in coming decades. That's NPR's Jeff Brady. Thanks, Jeff. Thank you. The film
All Things Considered
What Are The Presidential Candidates' Views On Climate Change?
"All things considered. I'm Elsa Chang and I'm Ari Shapiro. We're spending a few days this week digging into where the presidential candidates stand on some of the key issues in this election. Today, it's climate change. President Trump and Joe Biden have dramatically different views. Biden has an aggressive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. President Trump is focused on boosting fossil fuels. We learn more. We're joined by Jeff Brady of NPR's climate team. Hi Jeff Diary start by summing up for us. What President Trump has done on climate in his first term climate change is not a priority for him in the past. He's even called it a hoax. But Trump has softened his language a bit on this. At the first presidential debate Last month, the president was asked what he believes about climate change. I want crystal clean water and air. I want beautiful, clean air. We have now the lowest carbon. If you look at our numbers right now, we are doing phenomenally, but I haven't destroyed our businesses. Trump's still doesn't display much understanding about how humans are changing the climate. But as you heard there, he does brag about carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector going down. That's not because of anything Trump has done. It's because cleaner and cheaper renewable energy and natural gas air replacing coal for generating electricity. Trump has this energy dominance agenda. It's a combination of promoting domestic energy, mostly fossil fuels. And getting rid of regulations that might hinder the drilling and mining that produces those fuels. So he pulled out of the Paris climate agreement. He's rolled back dozens of environmental regulations, including President Obama's clean power plan, and also strict fuel efficiency standards for cars. On the campaign trail. President Trump often ties Joe Biden two proposals like the Green new Deal and banning fracking. Those issues might hurt biting and ki energy producing swing states like Pennsylvania but clear this up for us What our Biden's position On those topics and what are his actual climate proposals? Well, Biden says the green new deal is a good framework. But he has his own climate plan, and the only supports parent banning new fracking on public land. And there's very little of that. In Pennsylvania on climate change bite an echo scientists that humans are changing the climate and emissions must be reduced quickly. His detailed climate plan has a big job creation focus. He calls for spending $2 trillion over four years for a wide range of environmental projects, Things like plugging abandoned mines and building electric vehicle charging stations across the country. There's so many things that we can do now to create thousands of thousands of jobs. We can get to net zero in terms of energy production by 2035, not only not costing people jobs, creating jobs. On top of that 2035 goal for the electricity sector that he mentioned at the first debate. Biden's plan aims for net zero carbon emissions across the entire US economy, including transportation by 2050. That seems like an enormous pivot. When you think of all the power plant's vehicles, airplanes in the U. S it zbig reach. Is it possible it would cost trillions of dollars and require big changes really fast. Under this plan, fossil fuels, though, would still be used, but there would be offsets and carbon capture projects to reach that. Net zero goal. Biden has a long list of what he calls day. One executive actions Some are about reversing trumps rollback. Something's like methane emissions and those car fuel efficiency standards. There's also directives for the federal government by zero emission vehicles and make buildings more efficient. He has an ambitious legislative agenda that includes an enforcement mechanism mechanism to meet that net zero by 2050 goal. And to do all this. Given the political polarization around climate change, his party probably will have to control both houses of Congress. Looks like Democrats will hold on to the house, but the Senate is still in question there. And if President Trump is re elected, what is his second term climate agenda look like AA lot of the environmental rollbacks from his first four years are being challenged in court now, so resolving those battles and cementing trumps deregulation agenda would be a big focus. He'd continue pushing for more exploration and drilling on public land and offshore. But very little focus on addressing climate change, which you know, scientists say the world needs to do that to minimize its worst effects in coming decades. That's NPR's Jeff Brady. Thanks, Jeff. Thank you. The film that
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How Nomination Of Amy Coney Barrett To Supreme Court Might Affect U.S. Climate Action
"Environmental Policies Almost always end up in court these days and several of president trump's most contested chart changes to environmental policy are likely headed to the Supreme Court if Conservative nominee amy, Coney Barrett confirmed, it could have a major impact on how the US treats climate change as NPR's Jeff Brady explains it's difficult to predict how Amy Coney Barrett will rule on specific cases. Environmental Law was not her focus as a professor and not something she dealt with a lot during her time on the Court of Appeals for the seventh circuit. Her judicial philosophy does offer clues discussed that when her nomination was announced, a judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers and they must be resolute and setting aside any policy views. They might hold Barrett's judicial philosophy show skepticism of government and favors. Deregulation over-regulation says, Harvard law professor and former Obama administration official Jody Freeman I think generally speaking it's GonNa be a corporate court good for business good for corporation. Freeman says Barrett is skeptical federal agencies stretching their authority under laws where Congress hasn't given them clear direction. But Freeman, says agencies need to have flexibility. Even when Congress passes new laws are always ambiguities they're always things congress doesn't fade there always is new science new understanding new risks, new problems, new data. And it's impossible to specify each and every small kind of decision that the agencies make and sometimes agencies have to use existing laws to address new problems like climate change. That's what the Obama Administration did after failing to convince Congress to pass legislation focused on the polarizing topic, the EPA turned to the decades-old Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases a two thousand seven. Supreme. Court case Massachusetts versus the EPA determined carbon dioxide could be regulated under the act. It became an important environmental ruling and now some worry a more conservative Supreme Court could overturn or weaken it case Western. Reserve University Law Professor Jonathan Adler. Unlikely on the question of whether greenhouse gases are pollutant, but he says it's more likely on the constitutional issue of standing whether Massachusetts and the other states had the right to sue the federal government standing inclement cases can be a challenge and I think based on what we've seen on the seventh circuit. A Justice Barrett. Certainly won't make that challenge. Any easier Adler Conservative agrees that bear it a skeptical of agencies overreaching their authority but says that doesn't mean Barrett is hostile to addressing climate change just that Congress needs to pass more specific laws constant do a lot of that these days but but yes. I'm old fashioned in that I. think that's what we had members of Congress and that's what we elect senators to do this appeals to conservatives like Tom Pile with the American energy alliance he supported Barrett's nomination on his podcast was duke it out where it belongs in Congress you guys win congratulations expanded to include co two regulation. You got it but Reverend Lennox Yearwood with the hip hop caucus says, he wants a different kind of justice who will lead on fixing big problems like climate change is a lifetime position and so that's why you have to have people in those positions who have a world view. that. Is One that Debbie will go by the Constitution. But also understands the nuances of the world we live today year would is among those who say they want the Senate to wait on a confirmation vote until after the presidential election. Jeff Radi? NPR
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'Light Years Ahead' Of Their Elders, Young Republicans Push GOP On Climate Change
"A recent NPR PBS Newshour poll showed that the top issue for Democratic voters. This election is climate change for Republicans it barely registers, but there is a divide within the GOP on the issue. Other surveys show that younger Republicans are more concerned than their elders by nearly two to one margin. NPR's Jeff Brady reports Benji backers started the American conservation coalition in two thousand seventeen while still in college he says his love of nature comes in part from his family there audubon members, Nature Conservancy members, but they were conservative and. I grew up not thinking that the environment should be political at all yet these days, environmental politics and dominate his life from now until election day backer is driving an electric car across the country talking about his groups climate agenda and posting videos along the way we are in the San National Park about to kick off the electric election road trip. Promoting his groups American climate contract. That's his conservative market focused response to the green new deal. Backer is critical of fellow conservatives who ignore climate change he's praised Swedish. Climate activist gratitude. And says, he wants to work with liberal climate activists to pass legislation. So how will he vote in November? If president trump wants to get my vote, he's going to have to prioritize climate change in the way that he has not done over the past four years. Backer says he's undecided so far he was disappointed climate change wasn't even discussed at the Republican National Convention. The trump campaign says in a statement to NPR that the president has proven, you can have energy independence and a clean healthy environment but the statement doesn't even mention climate change. Young Republicans are light years ahead of their elder counterparts on this issue here O'Brien HEADS YOUNG CONSERVATIVES FOR CARBON DIVIDENDS WHICH SUPPORTS A carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gas emissions grew up in Alaska and says, young people are motivated by mounting evidence that the climate is changing. They're seeing the impacts firsthand whether it's myself in Alaska with Algal blooms that are turning the ocean weird colors or with flooding in the Gulf coast hurricanes that are unprecedented at this point this is the climate generation and people are witnessing these things that we had been told growing up far off in real time that urgency is prompting young conservatives to join others in their generation and pushing for more action on climate change according to Bob English is a former Republican congressman from South Carolina I. Think it's a with their progressive friends. Plan on living on the earth longer than say their parents or grandparents English now directs the Conservative Climate Group Republic E. N. he says among young conservatives addressing climate change is becoming a moral issue more than a political one and that makes him optimistic. The country will eventually take more action. The demographics are definitely going to deliver a win for climate change. I am absolutely certain that we are going to win on climate policy the questions whether we win soon, enough to avoid the worst consequences scientists say the timeline is short. English says the country is more likely to succeed if both sides of the aisle are focused on climate change jeopardy NPR
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Trump's Postmaster General DeJoy will testifies before Congress
"Lewis to Joy testifies before Congress Today he is sure to be questioned about just how he is changing the U. S Postal Service. Joy has already promised to suspend his plans until after the election, but still faces concern about male delays and mail in ballots. That is especially the case in states where the vote may be close. Such as Pennsylvania, where NPR's Jeff Brady is based. Just about every summer. For more than two decades, Nancy Rothwell and her family have rented a vacation house at the Jersey Shore. This was the first year she ran into a problem with the mail. The realtor contacted me after about two weeks. And said, Hey, where is your money? And I said, What are you talking about? I mailed it in July. Sir, usually takes just a few days for mail to travel 80 miles from Roth Wells, Philadelphia suburb to the shore town. Fortunately, the check arrived, but just barely in time, three weeks from now. Tell him village to Ocean City, New Jersey is like ridiculous. The Postal Service declined to comment for this story. It referred NPR TOE. Postmaster General Lewis to Joy's announcement that cost cutting measures will be suspended until after the election to joy says the agency will be ableto handle whatever volume of election mail it receives. But postal service unions are not convinced. John Gibson is president of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. Local 30 Wait, which covers Delaware. Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He says. Giant mail sorting machines that have already been removed aren't coming back. The trend facility took out 60 VCs machines, which sorts mail there not being returned. They're just not going to perceive with removing the other three. The loss of those machines now is a concern, says Gibson, because they also sort mail in ballots because of the pandemic. New Jersey is mailing ballots to everyone, and Gibson thinks not having these machines will slow down processing. Times. The steps that have been taken initially by the postmaster general have led to the slowing of the mail deliveries. No doubt about it. Ohio is another politically important state this election and at least one case, they're postal workers say equipment they thought would just be unplugged and covered with a tarp was instead dismantled and stored outside exposed to the elements. Ensuring it can't be used again. On top of these changes. Union official Gibson says the Corona virus pandemic also has slowed mail delivery. He says absenteeism among his members was up to 50% in spring, he says that's improving and has been cut in half. Still, even with change is suspended and workers coming back. Some voters like Yumi Kwan near Philadelphia are losing confidence that the Postal Service can ensure their votes will be counted and I going to get my mail in ballots on time. If I mail my ballots really get there on time. Voting is important to Quan. She's not a fan of President Trump, who won Pennsylvania four years ago by a narrow margin. With the Corona virus. She doesn't want to risk missing election day. Like if I get physically sick and I have to be hospitalized, I will not be able to go and vote. She signed up for a mail in ballot but has decided it will be best to deliver it in person. Jeff
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama-Era Restrictions On Methane Emissions
"Today the trump administration rolled back another environmental rule. This one was aimed at reducing climate warming methane emissions. The oil and gas industry is the largest source of those emissions in the US and get some big oil companies wanted to keep the rule in place NPR's Jeff Brady's covering this story. Jeff Hi, Ari. Why did the Obama Administration create this rule in the first place about methane emissions back in two thousand, sixteen it there's a lot of concern about methane. It's the main ingredient in natural gas and when it's burned, it's cleaner than other fossil fuels. But when it escapes into the atmosphere unburned safe from a leaky valve at a well drilling site, it's a very potent greenhouse gas it. Has More than eighty times the climate warming power of Carbon Dioxide over the first twenty years it's in the atmosphere. So under the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency required oil and gas companies to monitor and limit methane leaks, I to newer wells, and eventually to thousands of wells installed before twenty fifteen Also, that's by some oil companies. especially smaller ones oppose the rule they said. It's too costly. Now, the trump administration deciding with US companies and rolling back the requirement it says that they'll save those companies up to about nineteen million dollars. A year in compliance costs is the flip side of that cost saving an acceptance that methane emissions are gonNA rise. Yeah. Yeah. you know the the administration echoes and industry argument says oil companies have an incentive to stop. Methane from leaking because that's the product that they sell, and the industry already has a voluntary program to reduce methane emissions The administration also says the Obama EPA rule that they say it was duplicative they say methane can already be regulated under other rules but environmentalists methane is such a problem that it needs special attention. Here's a Peter Zahle South with the Group Environmental Defense, fund? Reducing methane emissions. Is One of the fastest whammos, low cost and most effective ways that we can combat climate change in the near term, and he says, there are side benefits to that old rule that the Obama administration had had passed because it also reduces other pollution that harms people's health. That's what we would expect to hear from an environmental group. But explain why some big oil companies also want to stick with the twenty sixteen rule even if it does cost the money to comply. Yeah and these are companies names we recognize Exxon Mobil BP shell they have a lot invested in natural gas and they worry if methane leaks continue to be a problem that could undermine their arguments that natural gas is a cleaner burning fossil fuel than say coal the president of Shell in the US Gretchen Watkins told us in a statement that she finds it frustrating and disappointing. The Administration is rolling back these regulations, her companies and others plan to continue their efforts to reduce methane emissions and some. States also have their own programs underway. So states and big companies are still focused on stopping these leaks is the trump administration's robot going to have much of an effect. It likely will especially because there won't be that requirement to go back and stop leaks at older wells Environmental Defense Fund calculates. The effect would be about the same as adding greenhouse gas emissions from one hundred coal fired power plants every year by rolling back these these these regulations. But there are two caveats here. One is the rollback will be challenged in court and second if Joe Biden wins in November and Democrats take control of the Senate, this nothing rule could be reversed again NPR's Jeff Brady thank you. Thank
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United Arab Emirates spacecraft blasts off from Japan
"Arab Emirates has launched its first spacecraft. A probe headed for Mars. NPR's Jeff Brady reports. The craft was launched from a space centre in Japan. After the launch Countdown in Arabic in a Japanese rocket launched the unmanned spacecraft. United Arab Emirates named the probe a mall or hope. Project director Amron Sharrif says in a promotional video that the Emirates Mars mission delivers a message of hope to young Arab people the same way we used to generate knowledge in the past. You can generate knowledge today and in the future to serve humanity. The craft is expected to reach Mars next February, as the Emirates celebrates 50 years since the country was founded. Once they're the probe will study the planet's upper atmosphere and monitor it's changing climate. Jeff Brady NPR news
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Absent From Stimulus Packages: Overhauling Energy, Climate Programs
"Some countries are literally printing money to rescue their economies from the ravages of covid nineteen. The UN and some others argue that some of that money should be spent to fight climate change. The European Union has a plan to do that. The US so far does not despite the fact that this country has a tradition of overhauling our energy sector to promote economic recovery. Here's NPR's Jeff Brady. Consider President Franklin. Roosevelt's new deal a century ago, electricity may not come to mind, but a big element was building massive hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River then the government paid woody Guthrie to write songs about. Colonial. Power returning our. Law. The legacy of those dams is mixed. They forever changed the environment, but they also brought electricity to rural America during the Nineteen Twenties and Nineteen Thirties about ninety percent of the US. Farms had no electricity. Ted Case is executive director of the Oregon. Rural Electric Cooperative Association his Co. up. Members exist because the new deal brought utility, Poles and power lines down many miles of dusty Rhodes and connected homes to the grid that day was the most incredible day for a lot of families when they finally got to throw. Throw that kerosene lantern out the window which many people did decades later? President Obama was sworn into office amid an economic downturn. His stimulus plan included ninety billion dollars that helped reshape the US energy landscape. It's an investment that will double the amount of renewable energy produced over the next three years solar and wind grew quickly, and now the cheapest source of electricity in some places, but hundreds of thousands of renewable energy jobs have been lost. Scientists say carbon emissions must be reduced dramatically to avoid the worst effects of. Of Climate Change, that requires significant changes at a time. The country already is spending a lot of money about three trillion dollars on relief packages so far Julian brave noise cat is with the group data for progress. It is irresponsible from like a very basic good government perspective to not have any of that money. Go to Queen Energy and fighting climate change noise cat says money should be spent creating jobs to build retrofit houses install rooftop, solar and deploy electric vehicles. Heather reams also is concerned about climate change, but. But her politics are more conservative and market focused. If we're talking about if you'RE GONNA put taxpayer money someplace, put it where you're going to get a good return, and that is in clean energy. Reams heads citizens for responsible energy solutions. She says there are bills. In Congress. That could become stimulus programs even with an administration that shows little interest in climate change they do recognize the economic value that clean energy brings the jobs that brings particularly to a lot of red states, so I think the business certainty. Trump's if you will any kind of political challenges, another idea has the support of some conservatives and big oil companies taxing carbon dioxide emissions I. Think it's fair to say that carbon taxes are economists favorite way of addressing climate change Yona. Marinescu is an economist at the University of Pennsylvania, but she says this would be a bad time to levy new taxes. She suggest the government invest lots of money in clean energy upfront, and then Levy carbon tax to pay for it when the economy recovers, it's one idea among many the point. Is that climate? Climate Change arguably is the biggest problem humans face now and fixing. It requires sweeping solutions at a time. The US's spending lots of money. It's a sad time, but also an opportunity to do investments that perhaps we didn't have the Mo-jo to get our act together and do before. Sometimes it takes a good crisis to finally move in a whole new direction just like the new deal. Here's what's different. Though after the Great Depression and the two thousand eight recession, the country had presidents who believed in fixing the big energy problems of
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Coronavirus will trigger biggest ever plunge in energy demand, emissions: IEA
"The corona virus pandemic is delivering the biggest shock to the global energy system in seven decades according to the international energy agency NPR's Jeff Brady reports plunging demand for energy is hitting fossil fuels especially hard global energy demand will fall by six percent this year seven times the decline after the financial crisis ten years ago I E. a projection show oil and gas hit hard but demand for coal falls by an extraordinary eight percent the largest decline since World War two the agency says renewable energy fair as well while among grows much as in the past the IEA projects electricity generation from wind solar and hydro power will increase five percent the agency says all this will reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions that lead to climate change by almost eight percent the largest annual decrease ever recorded though emissions will rebound in an economic recovery unless countries focus relief packages on boosting clean energy Jeff Brady