Bill Weir: ‘Three of the Top Five Green Energy States Are Run by Republicans … Because the Economics of Green Energy Make More Sense’

BRZEZINSKI Rising ocean temperatures ░░░░░░░░ resulted in a global ░░░░░░░░ known as coral bleaching ░░░░░░░░ is the fourth such ░░░░░░░░ in recorded history and ░░░░░░░░ second in the past ░░░░░░░░ That s according to ░░░░░░░░ National Oceanic and Atmospheric ░░░░░░░░ Coral bleaching occurs when ░░░░░░░░ water temperatures cause a ░░░░░░░░ induced expulsion of algae ░░░░░░░░ can ultimately kill the ░░░░░░░░ This latest event is ░░░░░░░░ to be the most ░░░░░░░░ on record The rapid ░░░░░░░░ of climate change will ░░░░░░░░ to have a profound ░░░░░░░░ on our future and ░░░░░░░░ born in recent years ░░░░░░░░ almost certain to experience ░░░░░░░░ global climate far different ░░░░░░░░ those who came before ░░░░░░░░ Many young people now ░░░░░░░░ a sense of climate ░░░░░░░░ when they think about ░░░░░░░░ s to come Joining ░░░░░░░░ now journalist and author ░░░░░░░░ Weir He s out ░░░░░░░░ with a new book ░░░░░░░░ Life as We Know ░░░░░░░░ Can Be Stories of ░░░░░░░░ Climate and Hope in ░░░░░░░░ Changing World Bill I ░░░░░░░░ glad you re hopeful ░░░░░░░░ want to talk about ░░░░░░░░ climate anxiety that young ░░░░░░░░ are experiencing but first ░░░░░░░░ you could talk a ░░░░░░░░ bit about the inspiration ░░░░░░░░ this book because it ░░░░░░░░ letters to your son ░░░░░░░░ starts with Inspired by ░░░░░░░░ Exactly You know I ░░░░░░░░ to use my kids ░░░░░░░░ sort of human measuring ░░░░░░░░ When my little girl ░░░░░░░░ 11 I realized she ░░░░░░░░ going to be my ░░░░░░░░ in year 2050 so ░░░░░░░░ pitched the show called ░░░░░░░░ Wonder List we d ░░░░░░░░ to the wonders of ░░░░░░░░ world wonder what d ░░░░░░░░ left of them we ░░░░░░░░ in almost 30 countries ░░░░░░░░ so much about the ░░░░░░░░ healthiest societies And then ░░░░░░░░ the 2016 election The ░░░░░░░░ changed a little bit ░░░░░░░░ at CNN I was ░░░░░░░░ the chief climate correspondent ░░░░░░░░ time somebody has held ░░░░░░░░ beat there Then I ░░░░░░░░ a new old dad ░░░░░░░░ age 52 My little ░░░░░░░░ River was born at ░░░░░░░░ height of the pandemic ░░░░░░░░ m looking at the ░░░░░░░░ on lockdown holding this ░░░░░░░░ little bundle and realizing ░░░░░░░░ kid is going to ░░░░░░░░ to see the 22nd ░░░░░░░░ So much was happening ░░░░░░░░ the climate space The ░░░░░░░░ couple years the book ░░░░░░░░ very dark But then ░░░░░░░░ happened policy and movement ░░░░░░░░ the ground I met ░░░░░░░░ inspiring dreamers and doers ░░░░░░░░ entrepreneurs that I wake ░░░░░░░░ with more wonder than ░░░░░░░░ But some days are ░░░░░░░░ very dark As you ░░░░░░░░ we look at what ░░░░░░░░ happening in the oceans ░░░░░░░░ it s terrifying LEMIRE ░░░░░░░░ Bill give us some ░░░░░░░░ to be hopeful Because ░░░░░░░░ does seem like every ░░░░░░░░ is about climate is ░░░░░░░░ negative The Earth sets ░░░░░░░░ record each and every ░░░░░░░░ it s the hottest ░░░░░░░░ on record and so ░░░░░░░░ and so on So ░░░░░░░░ you look out there ░░░░░░░░ do you see that ░░░░░░░░ makes you feel like ░░░░░░░░ we can do this ░░░░░░░░ I look at what ░░░░░░░░ kind of the quiet ░░░░░░░░ revolution that s playing ░░░░░░░░ under the seems under ░░░░░░░░ surface right now that ░░░░░░░░ us the fact that ░░░░░░░░ leads the nation in ░░░░░░░░ energy Texas way more ░░░░░░░░ and solar than California ░░░░░░░░ Florida Three of the ░░░░░░░░ five green energy states ░░░░░░░░ run by Republicans right ░░░░░░░░ because the economics of ░░░░░░░░ energy make more sense ░░░░░░░░ the ideology and the ░░░░░░░░ around it For most ░░░░░░░░ human history we ve ░░░░░░░░ whatever was cheap and ░░░░░░░░ whether it was peat ░░░░░░░░ wood or coal or ░░░░░░░░ or kerosene Now the ░░░░░░░░ cheapest forms of energy ░░░░░░░░ solar plus storage and ░░░░░░░░ wind So all the ░░░░░░░░ power plants that are ░░░░░░░░ online are going to ░░░░░░░░ sustainable and renewable And ░░░░░░░░ we can accelerate that ░░░░░░░░ if we can urge ░░░░░░░░ social license with our ░░░░░░░░ as both voters and ░░░░░░░░ to do that to ░░░░░░░░ us closer to that ░░░░░░░░ have to It depends ░░░░░░░░ that.”