Change. And its u. S. Jobs day. Could a lower Unemployment Rate upstage the pace of hiring . Welcoming its daybreak europe. He spoke in the rose garden. Its official, the u. S. Is set to pull out of the paris climate agreement. Lets go to s the bottom of the screen. China, the worlds number one polluter. China outpacing the United States of america by 40 . Flip it over and you begin to understand the ramifications of the United States pulling out of Climate Change. That eachount of co2 u. S. Individual emits in a year. 17 million tons versus ones chinese counterpart at 6. 65 million tons. The decries have come hard, fast and wide. The head of Goldman Sachs managed to put out his first tweet. Well talk more about the global reaction, the economic and the and does it matter to market . Thats the question we discuss. Global equities are rocking it out. Heyre at 10 . Manufacturing gauge in the United States of america threeyear high. Topix ripsghest, the getp, need a little more to the dol
Called powering the midwest. We knew in the 90s that renewables were ready, that Energy Efficiency was ready and we needed to make a transition. So, a couple of years ago, we had been working on fracking at food and waiter watch at as the First National group to call for a ban on fracking, and i started looking at some of the statistics about how far we had come with Renewables Since the mid1990s when i worked on this project. And it was stunning. As of 2015, only five percent of our electricity is generated from solar and wind energy. We need to do so much better and, yet, here in a state like massachusetts, where youre not really suffering from fracking, but you are suffering from all of the infrastructure to really promote fracking and allow it to expand. So, i decided to write this book because you really need to know where youve been to know where youre going, and i wanted to see how wed ended up with this mon knoppizeed oil and gas industry that has so much power over our democra
And as the environmental policy director for citizen action. Her previous book, the battle over the future of food and farming in america, was originally published in 2012 and has now been released in paperback, unveiled the corporate control of food in the united states. Her latest book, frackopoly, reports on the history of hydraulic fracturing, arguing that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and human health. Environmentalist and author bill mckibbon praises frackopoly as a truly powerful manifesto about one of the greatest environmental fights on our planet today. And the Huffington Post calls it a comprehensive history of fracking in america. Its well written, timely and very important. Were very pleased to bring the conversation to Harvard Bookstore tonight. Please join me in welcoming wenonah hauter. [applause] and thank you to Harvard Bookstore and all of you for coming this evening. So in the mid 1990s, i worked on a Renewable Energy project called powering t
We have copies of frackopoly available for 20 off at the registers in the next room. This discount is how we saying thank you for buying books and your purchases support the author series and insure the future of an independent bookstore. We are pleased have booktv here and when asking questions during the q a please know you will be recorded and wait a moment for the micrmicrophone to come over. As a reminder and thank you for silencing your cellphone for tonights talk. Wenonah hauter is the founder and executive director of food and water watch which focuses on corporate and Government Accountability relating to food, water and fishing. She has worked and written extensively on food, water, energy and Environmental Issues including as director of public Citizens Energy and environment program, and as the environmental policy director for citizen action. Her previous book, foodopoly, the battle over the future of food and farming in america, was publiced in 2012 and been released in p
We have copies of frackopoly available for 20 off at the registers which are the next room. Count is how w we want to say thank you for buying books at the Harvard Book Store your purchase ensures thet end of tenant bookstore. Questioi we are pleased to have cspan here tape in the event. When asking questions during the q a please know youll be recorded a please wait for the microphone to come before asking a question. Please please silence your cell phone for tonights talk. Very pleased to introduce our speaker. And exec winona is the founder and executive director of food and water watch which focuses on corporate and governmentnt accountability relating to food, water and fishing. She has written on food, water and Environmental Issues including director of public citizens of energy and permit program and the environmental policy director for citizen action. Her previous book, food up up late the battle of food andd farming in america published in 2012 and been released in paper bac