WEBVTT 00:01.578 --> 00:03.093 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:03.128 --> 00:04.537 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 00:04.571 --> 00:05.844 IT’S GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:05.879 --> 00:06.780 >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:06.781 --> 00:08.586 SO STARTING ON RACIAL JUSTICE, 00:08.587 --> 00:09.729 WHEN YOU SEE EVERYTHING 00:09.730 --> 00:11.518 HAPPENING, WHAT WE JUST SAW 00:11.519 --> 00:14.060 THERE IN WISCONSIN, WHAT IS 00:14.095 --> 00:15.940 IMPORTANT FROM YOUR WORK ABOUT 00:15.974 --> 00:17.071 COUNTERING THAT? 00:17.072 --> 00:19.700 >> WELL, EXACTLY WHAT THE BOOK 00:19.702 --> 00:20.152 SAYS. 00:20.153 --> 00:22.727 SUPERMAN IS NOT COMING. 00:22.762 --> 00:25.327 WE DO SEE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM 00:25.361 --> 00:27.218 AND THEY OFTENTIMES BEAR THE 00:27.219 --> 00:28.537 BRUNT OF THE ISSUE. 00:28.539 --> 00:29.887 AND IT DEFINITELY TAKES LONGER 00:29.921 --> 00:30.988 TO FIX. 00:30.990 --> 00:33.059 BUT WE’RE SEEING IT EVERYWHERE. 00:33.093 --> 00:35.029 AND I THINK THAT’S ONE THING 00:35.030 --> 00:37.113 THAT’S HAPPENING AS WE’RE WAKING 00:37.114 --> 00:38.753 UP AND YOU’RE WATCHING THIS WAT 00:38.787 --> 00:39.357 UNFOLD. 00:39.359 --> 00:41.750 IT HAS BEEN YEARS OF NO ACTION. 00:41.751 --> 00:43.282 THEY HAVE FELT THEY CAN’T SPEAK 00:43.317 --> 00:43.781 UP. 00:43.782 --> 00:46.704 THEY’VE BEEN SUPPRESSED BACK NOT 00:46.705 --> 00:47.745 TO SPEAK UP. 00:47.779 --> 00:48.891 THERE’S BEEN SOCIOECONOMIC 00:48.892 --> 00:49.555 FACTORS. 00:49.589 --> 00:50.717 THERE’S BEEN DECEPTIONS. 00:50.751 --> 00:52.594 THERE’S THE IDEA THAT THEY’RE 00:52.629 --> 00:54.735 GOING TO GO AWAY, AND THEY’VE 00:54.736 --> 00:56.506 BEEN OVERLOOKED AND WE ARE NOT 00:56.507 --> 00:58.561 LISTENING, AND I THINK WE’RE AT 00:58.562 --> 01:00.602 A MOMENT WHERE WE ARE SEEING IT, 01:00.636 --> 01:01.663 ACKNOWLEDGING IT, SPEAKING OUT 01:01.698 --> 01:02.679 AGAINST IT. 01:02.680 --> 01:05.854 AND UP FOR IT, AND GETTING RIGHT 01:05.889 --> 01:07.746 DOWN TO WE, THE PEOPLE. 01:07.780 --> 01:09.557 WHERE IF THIS ISN’T GOING TO GET 01:09.591 --> 01:10.655 DONE, WE HAVE TO ACT. 01:10.656 --> 01:11.466 WE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. 01:11.501 --> 01:13.269 WE HAVE TO JOIN TOGETHER. 01:13.271 --> 01:16.247 AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE. 01:16.248 --> 01:18.680 >> HOW MUCH OF ENVIRONMENTAL 01:18.715 --> 01:20.938 JUSTICE IN TODAY’S GLOBAL WORLD 01:20.939 --> 01:22.746 REQUIRES PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING 01:22.781 --> 01:24.673 AND REGULATING WHAT 01:24.674 --> 01:25.930 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS DO? 01:25.965 --> 01:28.066 BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE AS 01:28.100 --> 01:29.697 POWERFUL AS COUNTRIES, IF NOT 01:29.732 --> 01:30.436 MORE SO. 01:30.470 --> 01:31.611 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FOREIGN 01:31.612 --> 01:32.033 POLICY. 01:32.068 --> 01:34.560 AND PART OF THE ARGUMENT YOU AND 01:34.595 --> 01:36.207 OTHERS HAVE ALLUDED TO, YES, 01:36.241 --> 01:37.868 THEY MAKE MONEY AND EMPLOY 01:37.903 --> 01:40.298 PEOPLE AND PEOPLE NEED JOBS. 01:40.299 --> 01:42.292 BUT SOMETIMES WHAT THEY DO IS 01:42.327 --> 01:43.767 EXTERNALIZE THEIR COSTS, SO WE 01:43.802 --> 01:45.313 READ ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT OR 01:45.347 --> 01:47.760 WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE PEOPLE 01:47.794 --> 01:49.065 WHOLE AND SOMETIMES TAXPAYERS 01:49.099 --> 01:50.852 FOOT THE BILL FOR THAT LATER, 01:50.853 --> 01:52.024 WHILE IN THE SHORT RUN THE 01:52.059 --> 01:54.256 CORPORATION SAYS LOOK HOW MUCH 01:54.257 --> 01:55.201 MONEY WE MADE. 01:55.202 --> 01:56.141 >> CORRECT. 01:56.142 --> 01:58.327 AND YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN TALK 01:58.328 --> 02:00.535 ABOUT WE NEED -- WE’RE DOING 02:00.536 --> 02:01.940 THINGS KIND OF ASS BACKWARDS 02:01.941 --> 02:04.197 THAT WAY IF YOU WILL, AND WE 02:04.199 --> 02:06.035 NEED TO LOOK AT THE NEW BUSINESS 02:06.037 --> 02:07.082 MODELS, IF YOU WILL. 02:07.116 --> 02:09.025 THE IDEA YOU HAVE TO DO IT THE 02:09.060 --> 02:10.984 WAY YOU DO IT IN ORDER TO MAKE 02:10.985 --> 02:12.428 BUSINESS IS RIDICULOUS, BECAUSE 02:12.463 --> 02:13.944 THE ENVIRONMENT IS BEING 02:13.979 --> 02:15.491 DEGRADED, PEOPLE ARE BEING 02:15.492 --> 02:17.256 HARMED, OUR HEALTH IS SUFFERING. 02:17.257 --> 02:19.347 WE HAVE TO START PUTTING 02:19.348 --> 02:20.334 INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY, AND 02:20.369 --> 02:21.283 PEOPLE FIRST. 02:21.318 --> 02:23.320 AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, I THINK 02:23.321 --> 02:25.138 THERE’S THIS IDEA THAT IF YOU 02:25.139 --> 02:27.121 DON’T DO THAT, YOU DON’T MAKE 02:27.122 --> 02:28.452 MONEY, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. 02:28.453 --> 02:30.239 I THINK THAT IS LIKE THE GIG IS 02:30.241 --> 02:30.518 UP. 02:30.519 --> 02:32.034 WE’RE ALL STARTING TO SEE WHAT 02:32.035 --> 02:33.096 IS HAPPENING. 02:33.097 --> 02:35.226 AND IT’S A BUSINESS MODEL THAT 02:35.227 --> 02:36.992 DOESN’T SERVE ANY OF US MOVING 02:37.027 --> 02:40.687 FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. 02:40.689 --> 02:43.529 AND WE’VE NEGLECTED PUTTING OUR 02:43.564 --> 02:44.998 MONEY FIRST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, 02:45.033 --> 02:48.122 SAFETY, AND PEOPLE AND DOWN THE 02:48.123 --> 02:50.352 LINE CREATING HORRIFIC 02:50.387 --> 02:52.163 SCENARIOS, HUGE LAWSUITS AND 02:52.165 --> 02:54.059 BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 02:54.094 --> 02:55.721 THAT YOU HAVE GONE IN ON THE 02:55.756 --> 02:57.710 UPFRONT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 02:57.711 --> 03:00.027 SAFETY AND PEOPLE FIRST. 03:00.062 --> 03:00.941 >> UNDERSTOOD. 03:00.976 --> 03:02.981 POLITICALLY, OF COURSE, WE ALL 03:02.983 --> 03:04.346 KNOW HOW POLARIZED SO MANY 03:04.347 --> 03:05.643 THINGS ARE. 03:05.644 --> 03:08.147 BUT IT’S USEFUL TO REMEMBER THAT 03:08.148 --> 03:09.703 THERE WERE PRESIDENTS WHO HAPPEN 03:09.704 --> 03:12.289 TO BE REPUBLICANS THAT DID A LOT 03:12.290 --> 03:13.982 FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND 03:14.016 --> 03:15.659 CONSERVATION, ROOSEVELT, NIXON. 03:15.693 --> 03:18.284 >> YES, YES. 03:18.319 --> 03:20.189 >> AND THERE’S NOTHING 03:20.222 --> 03:23.213 AUTOMATICALLY CONSERVATIVE OR 03:23.215 --> 03:25.781 RIGHT WING ABOUT BEING AGAINST 03:25.782 --> 03:27.628 CONSERVATION OR THE GLOBE. 03:27.629 --> 03:29.416 TAKE A LOOK AT NIXON COMPARED TO 03:29.418 --> 03:30.201 TODAY. 03:30.203 --> 03:35.593 >> WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO 03:35.594 --> 03:37.644 CONSIDER AIR AND WATER COMMON 03:37.679 --> 03:38.422 PROPERTY. 03:38.423 --> 03:40.597 FREE TO BE ABUSED BY ANYONE 03:40.632 --> 03:42.966 WITHOUT REGARD TO THE 03:42.967 --> 03:43.412 CONSEQUENCES. 03:43.413 --> 03:46.090 INSTEAD, WE SHOULD BEGIN TO 03:46.091 --> 03:48.467 TREAT THEM AS SCARCE RESOURCES, 03:48.469 --> 03:50.557 WHICH WE ARE NO MORE FREE TO 03:50.591 --> 03:53.040 CONTAMINATE THAN WE ARE FREE TO 03:53.042 --> 03:54.878 THROW GARBAGE INTO OUR 03:54.912 --> 03:55.942 NEIGHBOR’S YARD. 03:55.976 --> 03:58.084 >> PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, WHICH 03:58.118 --> 03:59.917 WAS UNBELIEVABLY EXPENSIVE TO 03:59.919 --> 04:02.023 OUR COUNTRY, WOULD HAVE CRUSHED 04:02.024 --> 04:03.566 AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS. 04:03.567 --> 04:06.889 WE STOPPED TO EGREGIOUS ABUSE OF 04:06.890 --> 04:08.902 THE CLEAN WATER ACT, WHICH HAS 04:08.937 --> 04:11.559 SHUT DOWN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 04:11.593 --> 04:12.619 ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. 04:12.620 --> 04:18.996 >> WHAT DO YOU SEE THERE IN THAT 04:18.997 --> 04:19.663 EVOLUTION? 04:19.664 --> 04:23.366 >> WE TALK ABOUT THAT SPEECH IN 04:23.400 --> 04:25.011 MY BOOK, SUPERMAN’S NOT COMING, 04:25.046 --> 04:26.006 AND I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE 04:26.040 --> 04:28.312 POLITICS OF IT REALLY DRIVES ME 04:28.313 --> 04:29.019 CRAZY. 04:29.053 --> 04:31.562 I WAS ACTUALLY RAISED BY A 04:31.563 --> 04:33.654 REPUBLICAN MAN WHO WORKED FOR 04:33.656 --> 04:36.580 INDUSTRY AND TAUGHT ME THE VERY 04:36.614 --> 04:38.319 VALUE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND 04:38.320 --> 04:39.765 WATER AND CLEAN AIR. 04:39.799 --> 04:42.848 IT’S LIKE THE PARTY HAS MOVED 04:42.882 --> 04:43.666 AWAY FROM THAT. 04:43.667 --> 04:45.945 THIS SHOULD BE BOTH SIDE OF THE 04:45.947 --> 04:47.429 ISLE’S ISSUE FOR THE COMMON GOOD 04:47.430 --> 04:49.046 FOR ALL OF US. 04:49.080 --> 04:51.137 THE POLITIC MAKES A BIG, BIG 04:51.138 --> 04:52.219 PROBLEM IN GETTING THAT MESSAGE 04:52.221 --> 04:52.897 OUT. 04:52.898 --> 04:55.898 AND WE HAVE MADE SOME TERRIBLE 04:55.900 --> 04:57.778 ENVIRONMENTAL MOVES, LEAVING THE 04:57.813 --> 05:00.194 PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, ROLLING 05:00.228 --> 05:01.867 BACK REGULATIONS, AND THE SPLIT. 05:01.902 --> 05:04.299 WE HAVE SOMEHOW GOT TO COME BACK 05:04.300 --> 05:06.482 TO THAT MIDDLE AGAIN WHERE WE 05:06.516 --> 05:08.558 RESPECT, ESPECIALLY ON THE 05:08.559 --> 05:10.834 ISSUES OF WATER AND AIR FOR NOT 05:10.835 --> 05:12.500 ONLY EVERYBODY HERE IN OUR 05:12.534 --> 05:14.928 COUNTRY, BUT ON THIS ENTIRE 05:14.963 --> 05:17.348 PLANET THAT WE ALL CALL HOME. 05:17.382 --> 05:18.781 AND’9" IS IN PERIL. 05:18.782 --> 05:21.113 EVERY ONE OF US IS EXPERIENCING 05:21.148 --> 05:22.877 AND SEEING WHAT’S HAPPENING. 05:22.878 --> 05:24.307 WITH BACK-TO-BACK HURRICANES, 05:24.308 --> 05:25.818 MORE FLOODING, RISING SEA 05:25.820 --> 05:28.450 LEVELS, DROUGHT ON THE WEST 05:28.451 --> 05:29.838 COAST, MORE FIRES BURNING HOT. 05:29.840 --> 05:32.844 I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY BOTH 05:32.878 --> 05:35.419 SIDES OF THE AISLE PUT DOWN THE 05:35.453 --> 05:37.600 FIGHT, GET BACK TO YOUR JOB, GET 05:37.601 --> 05:40.875 TO THE BUSINESS AT HAND, OF THE 05:40.876 --> 05:42.711 ENVIRONMENT, WHICH ALL OF IT 05:42.713 --> 05:43.780 CANNOT BE SUSTAINED WITHOUT. 05:43.781 --> 05:44.180 >> RIGHT.