The EPA Talks Climate Change | StarTalk

so climate changes that real presumably
the EPA is ready to do something about
it
I went straight to Gina McCarthy the
administrator the EPA to find out what
are they doing about climate change
let’s check it out I’m moving forward to
develop a standard that will lower
carbon pollution that’s fueling climate
change from our power sector that
companies that generate electricity it’s
extremely important for us to tackle it
because they are the largest source of
carbon pollution power country leaders
we’re doing it by developing a rule we
put out a proposal is called clean power
plan and basically it’s an effort for
the federal government to look at the
signs for EPA you look at the science
and to say what kind of standards we can
achieve over the long term to send a
signal to the energy world that we need
to be shifting towards a low-carbon
future but every state’s gonna translate
that into their very own plan based on
where they are today and that plan is
going to be done in a way that meets
their energy needs doesn’t threaten
reliability doesn’t change the
affordability of energy for all of us
no lights are gonna be shut out but
we’re gonna actually head towards a
low-carbon future in jobs of the future
as well
Andrew is that plausible who’s that is
that yeah how dare I know it’s totally
plausible and it’s happening a lot of
the challenge with climate is that the
costs come in the future and we have
this bad habit of discounting future
costs they they call it a discount rate
that you applied at the future and again
this for this you know as a scientist
you go but wait wait is that like people
who smoke they’re like that’s going to
take five years off your life they don’t
care I love it that’s right the the real
time benefit whatever that might be
always the future ways their sense of
that future doom that someone is doing
this about