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Policies. I dont think this could be anymore timely given today is the first day that President Trump can formally begin withdrawal from the paris agreement. And a year ago a year ago yesterday is the election. So we have a whole another year of this. President trumps animosity towards Climate Policy is at least part of the reason Climate Change has become a top priority for Democratic Candidates in the president ial race. Its also the result of increased media coverage, climate induced flooding and wildfires, calls to action in the Green New Deal and the Global Climate strikes and voter demands for candidates to formalize demands for energy plans. The september townhall was unprecedented in the seriousness that candidates and at least part of the electorate had in addressing the issue. But the devil is in the details. And as the details emerge and various candidatess plan was be another questions have emerge. To frak or not. To nuke or not. To tax or not tax or capture carbon or not.
Director of the Global Energy center here at the Atlantic Council. Thank you for joining us today for this discussion, assessing democratic president ial candidates climate and energy policies. I dont think this could be anymore timely given today is the first day that President Trump can formally begin withdrawal from the paris agreement. And a year ago a year ago yesterday is the election. So we have a whole another year of this. President trumps animosity towards Climate Policy is at least part of the reason Climate Change has become a top priority for Democratic Candidates in the president ial race. Its also the result of increased media coverage, climate induced flooding and wildfires, calls to action in the Green New Deal and the Global Climate strikes and voter demands for candidates to formalize demands for energy plans. The september townhall was unprecedented in the seriousness that candidates and at least part of the electorate had in addressing the issue. But the devil is i
Millions along to you i said did you agree with that assessment of i mean this is serious stuff we could law for 23000000. 00 on pools of amphitheatres in a country where half the population lives on less than 5. 00 a day you accept. No its not a question of accepting or not accepting part of the challenge that we have is that part of that is actually Government Property which was actually for purposes of ensuring that there are Health Facilities nearby for the president to be able to be looked after or any of the stuff in 2016 there was a lot more Constitutional Court ruling that said jacob zuma should pay some money but it also ruled against the National Assembly that you speak saying you would quote fail to fulfill its constitutional obligations to hold the president accountable thats a thats an indictment of you years a sister of parliament is not an indictment of an individual because the individual actually does not determine the position that parliament or the National Assembly
We are going to leave the last few minutes of this so we can take you to washington during four look at Energy Policies during the democratic candidate campaigns. You can find of our coverage online at www. Cspan. Org. Animosityident trumps is one of the reasons why Climate Change has become a top priority in the president ial race. Its also the coverage of increased climate problems. Boehner demands for candidates to formalize plans. On climate town hall was precedented in the seriousness in addressing the issue. The devil is in the details. As details emerge in various plants, a number of questions have emerged. Two frack or not to frack . To nuke or not to nuke . The list goes on and on. We have to ask ourselves what the implications of Climate Energy policy is for, our health and International Relations and we gathered a group of speakers from across the political spectrum who have different views. Lauren is a legislative coordinator for the sunrise movement. She lost her voice and