Climate Change Push, Robert Redford and EPA Regulations
Robert Redford appears in a promotional video advocating for aggressive climate change action and the reduction of carbon pollution. The discussion highlights President Barack Obama's pledge to use the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to bypass Congress and close coal-fired power plants. Claims are made that the current push for environmental regulation is timed to precede a potential reversal in global temperature trends.
robert redford· barack obama· epa· climate change· coal-fired power plants· hurricane sandy
00:00 And every time they catch him doing something like that, he gets another star. Adam Curry John C Devorah It's Thursday June 13th 2013 time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 521 This is no agenda Reading your emails so the NSA doesn't have to from the Travis Heights hideout in Austin Texas The capital of the drone star state In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley where i can't even find my emails I am John C Devorah You know, I've really gotten into a squirrel mail.
00:39 the email Program of choice yeah, and have you do you have the most recent version running on your server? I don't know it's because you can do a lot of cool things like what we in there's a lot of customization And I know that it can done that no this all these plugins. What version is this which what's number let me see I have version I think it is the most Hmm, where do I find the version? I can't find it either on here. Uh... Introduction...? I know I could find that- I know I had the most recent one because it's on my own server so upgraded Why'd that's weird It should just say it here hold a second well doesn't say here so I can't under help no hmm
01:27 I can't find it. All right, I'll look on the server after the show But I'm like...I'm pretty amazed this thing is so lightweight and even though I really like keyboard commands personally It's pretty impressive what it does. It's not under help What's the number? I don't know what the number is No that's why I am saying it, asking it Oh, Miss Mickey just said yes she's right. She just texted me and said you haven't tweeted yet! Which means she's pissed because... oh what is going on here? Why would she be annoyed at all? I see what happened so all my Twitter has changed their whole... screw that So i think today is Armageddon day where everyone's twitter client that isn't approved just stops working
02:30 Oh, yeah. I just use Twitter on the web. Yeah no but i have a command line twitter which uh... which i always like just you know it's kind of running continuously and i can see stuff as it scrolls by its really nice version the TTY twitter or whatever its called. Hold on let me do that. No I don't use that. I did open Twitter though and DrKikiStanford. Oh my goodness! Did you see her with Al Gore? No. Yeah, she did a Google hangout with Al Gore and someone I tweeted about it and like because you know shut up already at science and if she wasn't for global warming oh yeah oh I tried to watch it John I couldn't even sit through it
03:18 It's like oh wow, there we go. In my entire career you know I have been following the climate for 20 years man Is that what Gore says? No! That is what Dr Kiki said What about Gore did he get to talk? Oh yeah no yes it was his thing and he's like it was him and Jeff Skoll the guy who did The Inconvenient Truth movie with him And then, you know some lucky people who were allowed to talk to the former vice president. This whole thing was just like there's a push right now There's a big push I know it I'm telling you we talked about this before and you know what my thesis is which is that they gotta get this done Before the numbers reverse yeah Exactly so here's uh... It's funny because I had just clipped Robert Redford and he's really pushing Hello? I am Robert Redford
04:08 Record-setting heat and drought, rising sea levels and severe weather events like Hurricane Sandy. You gotta look at this video it's in the show notes of course 521.nashownotes.com So first of all it was not hurricane sandy was not classified It was a super storm which is another cool new name But his video is just filled with big ocean spray crashing over roadways and it's just the whole thing is like you're going to do ocean is eating you alive Climate change is happening fast. No, in fact, it's not happening fast This is the problem We've got a stop making the problem worse and that means reducing carbon pollution from its biggest source coal-fired power plants Ah there It is it's harming our environment
04:52 And our communities and this is interesting where he actually says what is going to happen what we've discussed on the show Even so Congress has refused to take steps that would protect us from climate change The good news. Is that President Obama has pledged to act And he has the power to do it. We will respond to the threat of climate change! That's very interesting when you... What is he, a dictator? Well no it's the EPA The EPA can close down all coal-fired power plants that is what is going to happen Knowing that failure would betray our children and future generations Through the Environmental Protection Agency The President can require dirty coal plants To cut carbon pollution Dirty
05:39 Replacing dirty fuels with clean power and energy efficiency is going to create jobs, boost the economy and save us money. I don't think that's gonna happen! It's not gonna save us money... But it will protect us as he said from climate change now there's only one thing that will protect you from climate change That's right go to sleep Stay asleep. As long as you're napping, you are helping the environment That is that is the no agenda way just nap for humanity everybody
