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
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Social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning to you. You can start calling now. We will begin by taking you back to mondays final press briefing with President Trump at the g7 summit of World Leaders. The final question the president took was on the issue of Climate Change. [video clip] there was a significant talk at the summit about Climate Change. I know in the past you offered skepticism. What do you think the world should be doing and do you harbor that skepticism . Has feel the United States tremendous wealth. Feet. Alth is under its i have made that wealth come alive. Exporting we are the Number One Energy producer in the world and soon it will be by far with a couple of pipelines that have not been able to get approved for many years. Could be the largest site in the world for oil and gas. Ronald reagan was not able to do it. They have been trying to do it since before ronald reagan. We are the Number One Energy pr