The Election and Climate Action

Nov 11, 2008

Institute for Policy Studies

A panel discussion was held on the results of the 2008 elections and their implications for environmental policy, including climate change and energy. Topics included the impact of the financial crisis on environmental policy, committee structure changes with the new Congress, federal assistance to the auto industry, carbon offsets, and nuclear .. Read More
A panel discussion was held on the results of the 2008 elections and their implications for environmental policy, including climate change and energy. Topics included the impact of the financial crisis on environmental policy, committee structure changes with the new Congress, federal assistance to the auto industry, carbon offsets, and nuclear power. Following their remarks, panel members responded to questions from the audience. Daphne Wysham moderated. "The Election and Climate Action" was a program of the Institute for Policy Studies Mandate for Change Election Series.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:07 Unidentified Speaker NOW, A DISCUSSION ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN QUOTING...
00:00:37 Unidentified Speaker WELCOME TO THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES. THE INSTITUTE IS THE NATION'S OLDEST PROGRESS OF THINK...
00:02:56 Unidentified Speaker MAYBE THAT WILL BE THE MOST SENILE WE WILL ACTUALLY SEE ON THAT. [LAUGHTER] THIS IS A GREAT TIME OF...
00:14:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. BLACKWELDER OF FRIENDS OF THE EARTH OF UNITED STATES. YOU OPEN THE ABOVE COMPLICATED...
00:15:37 Unidentified Speaker ON WILL QUALIFY. IT'S MORE ABOUT ECONOMICS. DEDICATED TO THE IDEA YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL AND YOU CAN...
00:27:35 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU, JIM BARRETT. NEXT ON OUR LIST WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE DR. ARJUN MAKHIJANI. DR....
00:28:16 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, BETH. YOU CAN JOIN 200,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEMED TO HAVE DONE IT IN THE LAST YEAR. IT'S...
00:28:27 Unidentified Speaker AND THIS BOOK, CARBON-FREE AND NUCLEAR-FREE WAS INSPIRED BY SOMEBODY WHO COULD BE TAKEN NOTE OF MORE...
00:42:57 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, DR. MAKHIJANI WITH THE INSTITUTE FROM ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. WE WILL HAVE TIME...
00:43:59 Unidentified Speaker AND I'M ALSO A LITTLE BIT SICK SO I HOPE I WON'T GET INTO A COUGHING FIT. I MUST HAVE GIVEN IT TO...
00:56:38 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS JANET REDMAN. AND SHE'S WITH THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ECONOMY NETWORK HERE AT I.P.S. WE'VE...
00:57:34 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR DAVE. HE'S VERY ELOQUENT IN HIS OWN RIGHT. BUT I'VE BEEN DOING A FEW...
00:59:45 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, I'VE GIVEN THIS A FAIR AMOUNT OF THOUGHT. WE PERSONALLY AND INSTITUTIONALLY FANS OF A NEW NEW...
01:01:36 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT THAT. LAST YEAR -- AND DURING HIS CAMPAIGN SENATOR OBAMA POINTED...
01:02:32 Unidentified Speaker HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. THE DETROIT AUTOMAKERS ARE GOING RIGHT UP TO CONGRESS SAYING...
01:03:47 Unidentified Speaker JIM, DID YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT OR I'LL TAKE THE QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE?
01:03:51 Unidentified Speaker NO.
01:03:52 Unidentified Speaker QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
01:03:55 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS FOR JIM. JIM, I SAW YOU NODDING WHEN ARJUN WAS TALKING ABOUT EFFICIENCY INVESTMENTS....
01:04:19 Unidentified Speaker IN THE SHORT RUN IT'S HARD TO SEE. YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE, IS -- THIS IS MORE TRUE,...
01:04:56 Unidentified Speaker AS LONG AS -- AGAIN, MY ISSUE WITH THE STIMULUS AS LONG AS YOU CAN DO IT QUICKLY -- THE LIEBERMAN-WARNER...
01:05:36 Unidentified Speaker A QUESTION RIGHT OVER HERE IN THE BLUE.
01:05:38 Unidentified Speaker SURE. THANK YOU. ERIC, FROM WORLD WATCH INSTITUTE. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR BRENT. THERE'S A LOT OF...
01:06:12 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS AN EFFORT BEING MADE BY AS MANY GROUPS WILL SIGN ON TO GET CERTAIN GOALS SUCH AS AT LEAST...
01:07:17 Unidentified Speaker IF I MIGHT SAY ONE THING, CONGRESSMAN MARKEY WHO CHAIRS THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING...
01:08:12 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S A GROUP CALLED CLIMATE ACTION -- CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK WHICH IS BOTH A DOMESTIC COALITION...
01:08:51 Unidentified Speaker AND, YEAH, A QUESTION UP HERE IN THE FRONT ROW.
01:08:54 Unidentified Speaker IT SEEMS TO ME FROM EVERYTHING I READ THAT OUR ECONOMY PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED STATES IS BASED...
01:10:07 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I SHOULD START BY SAYING REDEFINING PROGRESS WAS FOUNDED AND NAMED BASED ON THE IDEA THAT OUR...
01:11:27 Unidentified Speaker WELL, LET'S -- OKAY. DR. MAKHIJANI, YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT?
01:11:31 Unidentified Speaker LET ME STIMULATE DISCUSSION HERE SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STIMULUS. I ACTUALLY DON'T AGREE WITH THIS...
01:13:56 Unidentified Speaker YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER HAVING ALL THIS EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION, ESPECIALLY, IN...
01:14:54 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD ADJUST ONE LAST THING TO THIS. WE HAVE ONLINE -- I WON'T PLUG IT. YOU CAN FIND IT. ANY...
01:15:15 Unidentified Speaker AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM COME FROM -- A PERSON SAYS, LISTEN, I THINK I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN...
01:16:11 Unidentified Speaker I ACTUALLY -- I WANT TO PICK UP SOMETHING THAT ARJUN TALKED ABOUT, TECHNOLOGY FIXES FOR THE NEXT 40...
01:17:12 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO BRING IN THE AUDIENCE IN THE BACK. GO AHEAD.
01:17:16 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SCOTT. I'M A BICYCLE COMMUTER TO TRY TO BE SUSTAINABLE. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR...
01:19:28 Unidentified Speaker OTHER QUESTIONS. IN THE FRONT ROW.
01:19:31 Unidentified Speaker TWO QUESTIONS. THE SHORT ONE FIRST. NO ONE HAS MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THE ENERGY GRID, AND I THINK...
01:20:17 Unidentified Speaker I CAN TAKE BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND OTHERS CAN JUMP IN. I DIDN'T MENTION THE GRID SIMPLY FOR LACK...
01:23:10 Unidentified Speaker LET'S LET BRENT JUMP IN ON THIS.
01:23:11 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER THING IF YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO DO MORE AND MORE CARS WE HAVE GOT A MASSIVE CONGESTION PROBLEM...
01:23:55 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. AND I WILL MAKE IT TO YOU IN THE BACK.
01:24:02 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS KAREN. MOST RECENTLY AFFILIATED WITH MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY BUT CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED...
01:24:41 Unidentified Speaker I THINK UNFORTUNATELY I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THE ADAPTATION FUNDING IS LOWER ON THE LIST IN THIS COMING...
01:26:04 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING ESPECIALLY DOCTORS BE EIGHT MAKHIJANI, JIM REDMAN AND BRENT FOR...
01:26:55 Unidentified Speaker IF ANYBODY WANTS AN ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CARBON TRADING SYSTEM, WE HAVE CARBON...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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