world and the next generation of americans and global citizens. the reports are nuanced. this is important to understand. you really have to study these things. we are seeing what some scientists think is a decline in the use of coal. coal power is down 3.7% between 2013 and 2017. that s good. but despite this, harmful emissions that contribute to planetary warming are going up as efforts stall to fight global warming. based on data as recently as early november, the world on track to produce 37.1 gigatons of co2 emission, a jump of 2.7% compared to the end of 2017. the biggest polluters in the word, china, india and the united states all are going to have higher emissions by the end of the year. the european union by the way has actually managed to lower its emissions, at least it s doing its part to fight climate change and some emission increases could be a result of
place, mandates that a percentage of our fuel has ethanol. we are producing 15 billion gallons of ethanol presently. we are doing very well in the ethanol sector and exporting that as well. it s an opportunity from an economic perspective. we need to make sure we find a balance. with respect to enforcement and administration of it. dana: to think the president will mention climate change in his address? with piers morgan, he said he s still leaving the door open to rejoin the paris accord. when the president announced he was exiting the paris accord, which is absolutely the right decision, it was courageous, he said engagement is going to continue. from the state department, he will talk about exporting, which we do with the nation. we ve reduced our co2 emission.
president obama wasn t even able to get it ratified by the senate. they re focusing on that instead of what we know actually works, what has actually reduced co2 emission. that is the free market. that s what we heard secretary pruitt talk about. jenna: i m curious about that point. that was also a point made by the white house. perhaps there s better ways to do this. you can also do it through state regulation. if a certain state felt very strong about this issue and its voters. maybe that s the better way to approach it. scott pruitt said we re open to other agreements and that discussion can take place. what do you think of that? i think a big part of this decision also makes it very clear to our diplomatic allies that we are not a country that s going to be held jenna: for us. for us. turning away from the federal government perhaps and looking more toward state based solutions. what about handling the problem that way? well, i think that s
extensive work overseas has caught the attention and gained the respect of trump. in his case he is more than a business executive. he is a world-class player. to me, a great advantage is he knows many of the mayeplayers a knows them well. under tillerson s leadership, the oil softened its stand on climate change, publicly acknowledging its existence and risks. i m not disputing that increasing co2 emission unless the atmosphere will have an impact. it will have a warming impact. how large it is what is hard for anyone to predict. reporter: tillerson, who is 64, is expected to retire as ceo of exxon mobil when he turns 65 in march. the mandatory retirement age at the company. rachel crane, cnn, new york. let s chat about this with cnn senior law enforcement analyst tom fuentes and former
there s a variety of technologies that might provide that solution. we need to fund thousands of entrepreneurs to drive those costs down. because otherwise, middle-income countries aren t going to pay some huge premium for their energy. and do you feel like we are at the cusp of an energy revolution? well, i m hopeful. i keep encouraging governments to raise their energy r&d budgets. and it s disappointing, given the importance of energy for the poorest in the world and this imperative that we get zero co2 emission, that the r&d budgets haven t gone up more. i m funding some new work in nuclear. there s a lot being funded in storage. i m involved in some of those. the solar space has gotten lots and lots of funding. so there s good things happening, but i think we should be trying to accelerate that because rather than subsidize this stuff when it s not economic, funding the r&d to get