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i wouldn t have a job. been in my family for- as long as i can remember. dad has always gotten up and gone to work in the mines. probably would be like a stabbing in the back. at the quarry mining, they ve been manufacturing coal mines and equipment for nearly a0 years. we hear all the noise about going away from coal, and we try to be ready to pivot, but we don t have a road map for that. we just don t know what is next so we don t know how to do that, it s incredible difficult to turn your mind to that when you re in such a busy industry as we are now. former prime minister malcolm turnbull lost hisjob because of clashes over climate policy within his own party, and its coalition partner, which is powerful in mining regions. right wing politics has framed - climate and the responses to climate as an identity or ideological issue. it s a combination of that plus the fossil fuel lobby| and right wing media. it hasjust been a toxic. political battle for years, for well over a decade.
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in order to make sure we prevent future calamities from happening as well. you re obviously from a more progressive wing of the democratic party than president biden who got elected in part by pledging to work across party lines. as you clearly know, the bipartisan infrastructure bill seems stalled because democratic moderates in the senate are balking at the price tag of a separated but related budget resolution that s key to the house even taking up the infrastructure bill. is this split among democrats, what do you make of it? is it healthy in your view? there certainly seems to be mistrust. well, i certainly don t think it s healthy that exxonmobil lobbyists are bragging about how many senators, democrat and republicans, that they get to have on speed dial and enjoy exclusive access to shaping the contours of this quote unquote bipartisan infrastructure bill. i don t think that s healthy at all. i think the role of dark money and the fossil fuel lobby is
we re going to continue building fossil fuel, continue to build things like peeker plants, pipelines for that gas. it is unconscionable. we know the science is in and the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure will endanger people. it will make the storms worse. we have the capacity to transition to clean and reniebl energy. in order to transition to our infrastructure and energy system as well as our power grid. i do believe with all of that evidence that we have, with all of the opportunity that we have, economic opportunity that we have, if we continue to listen to the fossil fuel lobby, if we continue to allow them to have this infrastructure have this influence in washington, we are