Tom Steyer: ‘I Would Declare a State of Emergency on Day One on Climate’

RUSH EXCERPT:

STEYER: “What you’re talking about is what’s called managed retreat. It’s basically saying we’ll have to move things because this crisis is out of control. And it’s unbelievably expensive and of course we’ll come to the rescue of Americans in trouble. This is why climate is my number one priority. I’m still shocked that I’m the only person on the stage who will say this. I would declare a state of emergency on day one on climate. I would do for the standpoint of environmental justice and duoto the black and brown communities where Yo U can’t breathe the air or drink the water out of the tap. We’ll create millions of good paying union Jobs across the country. It’s going to be the biggest job program in American history. We have to do it and we can do it. I know that we can do it in way that makes us healthier and better paid and more just. The truth of the matter is we’ll have to do it and make the whole world come along with us. And priority one.”