WEBVTT 00:05.906 --> 00:07.607 >>> LAST WEEK GENERAL MOTORS 00:07.641 --> 00:08.395 >>> LAST WEEK GENERAL MOTORS 00:08.429 --> 00:10.396 ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BE CARBON 00:10.398 --> 00:12.597 NEUTRAL IN GLOBAL OPERATIONS BY 00:12.631 --> 00:14.483 2040 AND HOPES TO OFFER 00:14.517 --> 00:15.557 ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES SOONER, 00:15.592 --> 00:16.370 BY 2035. 00:16.405 --> 00:18.063 THAT’S A HUGE INITIATIVE. 00:18.064 --> 00:19.458 THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WHILE 00:19.459 --> 00:20.932 ASPIRATIONAL RATHER THAN A HARD 00:20.933 --> 00:22.021 DEADLINE, IS ENCOURAGING ABOUT 00:22.055 --> 00:23.489 THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND 00:23.491 --> 00:24.491 THINKING OF THE NATION’S LARGEST 00:24.525 --> 00:24.884 AUTOMAKER. 00:24.886 --> 00:27.817 I OOCH HAD MY SHARE OF THINGS TO 00:27.851 --> 00:29.373 SAY ABOUT GM AND ITS POOR 00:29.408 --> 00:30.657 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND 00:30.658 --> 00:32.584 LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS, BUT 00:32.586 --> 00:34.412 NOW IT SEEMS EVEN GM SEES THE 00:34.413 --> 00:36.138 WRITING ON THE WALL. 00:36.172 --> 00:38.113 THE FUTURE IS ABOUT CUTTING 00:38.147 --> 00:39.750 EMISSIONS, TRANSITIONING TO 00:39.784 --> 00:41.583 ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR OTHER 00:41.585 --> 00:42.430 ZERO-EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES. 00:42.464 --> 00:45.300 AMERICA HAS LESS THAN 5% OF THE 00:45.301 --> 00:46.830 WORLD’S POPULATION BUT USES 20% 00:46.831 --> 00:48.016 OF THE WORLD PRODUCED OIL EVERY 00:48.017 --> 00:48.473 DAY. 00:48.474 --> 00:50.076 GAS LEAN FOR DRIVING ACCOUNTS 00:50.077 --> 00:50.910 FOR HALF OF THAT. 00:50.944 --> 00:52.250 GENERAL MOTORS SEEMS TO HAVE 00:52.251 --> 00:53.793 DONE THE MATH. 00:53.827 --> 00:55.086 GETTING TO ZERO EMISSIONS 00:55.121 --> 00:57.113 QUICKLY IS WHERE THEY CAN HAVE 00:57.114 --> 00:58.818 THE BIGGEST POSITIVE IMABOUT ON 00:58.819 --> 00:59.563 THE ENVIRONMENT. 00:59.597 --> 01:01.805 WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WE BEGIN 01:01.806 --> 01:04.083 THE JOURNEY TO AN AMERICA WHERE 01:04.084 --> 01:05.490 GAS STATIONS MAY BECOME CHARGING 01:05.524 --> 01:06.865 STATIONS IN OUR LIFETIMES. 01:06.866 --> 01:08.945 THE UPSIDE TO DOING ANY OF THIS 01:08.980 --> 01:10.597 IS CLEAN AIR, A HEALTHIER EARTH, 01:10.598 --> 01:13.145 STOPPING THE WARMING OF THE 01:13.147 --> 01:15.118 EARTH, MOD RATING THE EFFECTS OF 01:15.119 --> 01:16.291 HURRICANES AND FLOODS AND 01:16.292 --> 01:17.293 WILDFIRES BY TRANSITIONING AWAY 01:17.294 --> 01:20.008 FROM AN ENERGY SOURCE THAT KILLS 01:20.042 --> 01:21.500 THE PLANET TO PRODUCE IT AND 01:21.534 --> 01:22.260 DIVERT IT. 01:22.261 --> 01:23.921 WITH GOALS LIKE THIS FROM A 01:23.922 --> 01:25.676 MAJOR COMPANY LIKE GM, IT BEGS 01:25.677 --> 01:27.298 THE QUESTION AS TO WHY SOME 01:27.333 --> 01:29.318 LAWMAKERS WORK SO HARD FIGHTING 01:29.352 --> 01:30.622 AGAINST RENEWABLE ENERGY. 01:30.623 --> 01:36.166 THE FOSSIL FUEL LOBBY IS WHY. 01:36.167 --> 01:39.720 IN HIS FIRST 11 DAYS IN OFFICE, 01:39.754 --> 01:43.510 PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS MADE QUICK 01:43.512 --> 01:45.567 WORK OF MAKING THE PLANET 01:45.602 --> 01:46.153 BETTER. 01:46.187 --> 01:48.569 SOME CALL HIM A WRECKING BALL. 01:48.604 --> 01:50.876 BIDEN, LIKE GM, IS SIMPLY 01:50.877 --> 01:52.434 LOOKING AHEAD AT THE INEVITABLE 01:52.436 --> 01:54.173 ENERGY TRANSITION AND IN SOME 01:54.174 --> 01:55.503 CASES OPTING TO MAKE SOME HARD 01:55.537 --> 01:55.915 CHOICES. 01:55.949 --> 01:57.801 EVEN IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THE 01:57.803 --> 01:59.085 INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS OR THE 01:59.086 --> 02:00.783 CLIMATE SCIENCE, AND YOU SHOULD, 02:00.818 --> 02:02.198 THE TRENDS IN FOSSIL FUEL JOB 02:02.199 --> 02:04.086 LOSSES TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT WHAT 02:04.087 --> 02:05.786 YOU NEED TO KNOW. 02:05.820 --> 02:07.937 A 2020 ANALYSIS BY BW RESEARCH 02:07.938 --> 02:10.483 SHOWS THE U.S. OIL AND GAS 02:10.485 --> 02:12.379 INDUSTRY LOST 118,000 JOBS 02:12.380 --> 02:13.969 BETWEEN MARCH AND AUGUST OF LAST 02:13.970 --> 02:14.286 YEAR. 02:14.320 --> 02:15.965 MUCH OF THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY DUE 02:15.999 --> 02:18.949 TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT MANY OF 02:18.983 --> 02:20.615 THOSE JOBS HAVEN’T AND WILL NOT 02:20.649 --> 02:22.196 COME BACK BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY 02:22.230 --> 02:23.348 IS CHANGING AND HAS BEEN FOR 02:23.349 --> 02:23.963 YEARS. 02:23.997 --> 02:27.769 THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN AN 02:27.770 --> 02:29.447 UNMITT, GATED DISASTER AS IT 02:29.448 --> 02:30.968 RELATES TO CLIMATE, AND 02:30.969 --> 02:34.315 AMERICA’S ROLE IN IT, SOMETHING 02:34.316 --> 02:36.980 WE MAY NEVER UNDO THE DAMAGE OF 02:37.014 --> 02:38.087 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 02:38.121 --> 02:40.210 BUT WE CAN CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY 02:40.211 --> 02:43.031 IF WE RECOMMIT TO IT RIGHT NOW.