i don t know, i don t mind criticism at all. it s ok. because sometimes criticism leads to improvement. and so far, coldplay s ideas have been well received. and it s clear chris martin believes coldplay concerts are now green enough that he can once again go around the globe singing yellow. we wouldn t be announcing a tour unless we felt like we re far enough along that it s ok in our hearts. but we re definitely not finished. colin paterson, bbc news. for more on this, i m joined now by adam gardner, founder of reverb, who work directly with the music industry and artists to reduce their climate footprint. adam is also a performing musician and joins us from portland, maine. thank you so much forjoining us. firstly, what is your reaction to coldplay s announcements? are there plans really feasible? coldplay s announcements? are there plans really feasible? plans really feasible? absolutely, i m plans really feasible? absolutely, i m excited. plans really feasible? absolutely, i m
rich people shape many of these key decisions. right now, this current space race is within a raging pandemic and a lot of inequality and it s drawing unusually intense backlash. there are memes joking about how out of touch it looks. there are lawmakers raising inequality. they are hording wealth as they launch themselves into space. it looks like billionaires making fortunes off of companies with massive climate footprint and use the money to escape the burning planet. amidst all of this one online petition is just saying, maybe bezos shouldn t be allowed to return to earth. over 160,000 people signed that. what s going on here. part is due to sense that things are not good here on earth. specifically, right now. europe is under water.
it has to be about justice as well, though. for people who have been displaced, workers who have been displac displaced, for people in communities of color who have for generations now been the ones where the toxic dumps got sited next to their homes. their children breathe the nasty particulates that brought on asthmas. and so part of this change is not only about reducing climate footprint, about reducing our pollution of this earth, but it s about trying to help those who have been injured from all that s happened. so part of what i have reference to in the plan, it s not all the way stretched out yet and so i m still working on this and i want to work on this with the
confidence in nigel farage. of emmanuel macron. he is pushing headlong for france to be in the united states of europe with a european army and the french people ultimately don t like that. pete: macron like all the elites is obsessed with climate change and reducing france s climate footprint. so a gas tax, in u.s. terms, a 30 cent tax per gallon. they do see his face at the gas pump, and that s why 70% of french citizens at this point, according to some polls, don t have any confidence in emmanuel macron. globalism doesn t work that well on your discreet corner if everything s more expensive and you ve got unchecked, unfettered migration in your country as well he s got a real problem on his hands. rachel: it s interesting. there s a lot of parallels between our country and what s happening in france because there s a rural-urban divide. nigel also talked about if you re in europe it s kind of a
ambitions who want to come up to the hotel room, they think they can get away with it and he got away with it. to make fun of hillary clinton, i don t see it. she has a problem with her husband who crossed many lines and so she has a personal issue. i think lots of women were saying you know what, what s that famous country music song, stand by your man. that s a personal issue and i would stay away from it. policy issue, gun control. greg: hollywood has spent most of their lives judging our behavior. we are immoral if our climate footprint is too large. if we voted for trump, we are deplorable. they make politics personal. you saw eminem say if you are a fan of trump i don t want you listening to my music. there are actors who say if you voted for trump, i don t want you watching my movies.