Episode 7: Jan 20

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IN THIS EPISODE:

1. What to expect from the Biden climate agenda in the first year

Can Joe Biden live up to his climate plan? We mark the inauguration of the 46th president of the United States with a panel of three US policy insiders, who forecast how the “most ambitious climate agenda ever” will make ground in the first year.

• Ana Unruh-Cohen, US House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
• Tim Profeta, Duke University
• Joe Kruger, Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown University
   

2. “5 (Other) Things Happening in the Green Economy This Week”

Alice Irene Whittaker stands in for Mike Moffatt to report on the other big news in the green economy.

• Alice-Irene Whittaker, Smart Prosperity Institute [min 20:50]

Additional materials:

• Watch the full interviews between Eric and Ana, Tim and Joe

• The Biden climate agenda is captured in these key documents:
  • “The Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice” ($1.7 trillion over 10 years)
  • “The Biden Plan to Build a Modern, Sustainable Infrastructure and an Equitable Clean Energy Future” ($2 trillion over 4 years)
  • “Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations”
  • “Clean Energy for Biden Final Recommendations”

• The Climate 21 Project provides recommendations for how the White House should coordinate 11 White House offices, federal departments, and federal agencies for a whole-of-government approach to climate
  • “Climate 21 Summary Report: Transition Recommendations For Climate Governance and Action”

• Examples of state-level climate leadership
  • US Climate Alliance
  • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
  • The Transportation and Climate Initiative

• Eric’s pick
  • “How Biden Can Start Protecting the Environment”, in Outside Magazine, for a spectacular summary of the way forward for Biden on climate change. Perfect for people interested, but not expert, in policy and legislative tools.
     

Have feedback on this episode? Ideas for future episodes? 

• Send an email to host & producer Eric Campbell
• Tweet @PaperBagEric and @SP_Inst

Episode 7 includes music and clips from Eric Campbell, Audio Jungle and JoeBiden.com


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