Hillary Clintons secret anti-fracking ad climatebrad 2016-04-19 | The Hillary Clinton campaign's television ad promoting Clinton's climate record running in upstate New York before the April 19, 2016 primary. The ad credits Clinton's work at the failed Copenhagen climate talks for the Paris climate agreement, and claims allegiance with the anti-fracking movement. The Clinton campaign did not publicize this ad to the press.The ad ran over 200 times cumulatively on Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Watertown, Elmira, Binghamton, and Utica stations from April 13th to the 19th.NARRATOR: China. India. Some of the world's worst polluters. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton forced them to the table, making real change by laying the groundwork for the historic global agreement to combat climate change. As president, she'll invest in a clean energy future, and the jobs that go with it. And stand firm with New Yorkers opposing fracking, giving communities the right to say no. Because our future depends on getting this right. CLINTON: I'm Hillary Clinton, and I approve this message.
When It Comes to Climate Change, If Its Not Woke Capitalism, Its Broke Capitalism. climatebrad 2023-05-11 | 5/10/2023: At a House Oversight Committee hearing, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) helped his Republican colleagues with a definition of "woke capitalism," noting that the Indo-European root word for "woke" also gave us the word "vigilance." “Vigilance is probably the best definition of ‘woke’ as [Republicans] are using it… The opposite of a vigilant, woke investment strategy is a negligent and inattentive investment strategy.”He concluded, "When it comes to climate change, if it's not 'woke capitalism,' it's 'broke capitalism.'"
Biden Climate Advisor: Bill McKibben Wants Us To Back Joe Manchins Dirty Deal climatebrad 2023-05-10 | 5/10/2023: In a speech at the fossil-fuel industry-backed Bipartisan Policy Center, White House climate advisor John Podesta argues for the passage of Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) "permitting reform" legislation to expedite fossil-fuel and other projects and limit community and environmental review, citing "leading environmentalist" Bill McKibben's recent call to action in favor of building clean energy infrastructure. Manchin's "dirty deal" is strongly opposed by the environmental movement for environmental racism and questionable climate benefits. The scientific community has clearly indicated that continuing to build fossil-fuel infrastructure would violate national commitments to limit global warming.Transcript:Here's the bottom line: if we can't build some new things in a few backyards, the climate crisis will destroy everyone's backyards, along with the livelihoods, communities, wildlife, and biodiversity we want to protect. I may not be popular among my friends in my environmental movement for saying that, but that is the reality. "The general tactic used by opponents of projects, delay it until it goes away, is in effect a form of climate denial." Those aren't my words. That's what Bill McKibben, one of our nation's leading environmentalists, wrote in Mother Jones last month. He then said, "When you're in an emergency, acting at least gives you a chance. Not acting guarantees an outcome, and not a good one."It's time that we act, it's time we confront crisis with pragmatism, to go from stopping things to building things again. And with pragmatic, bipartisan action from Congress, we can build a secure, resilient, affordable clean-energy future together.
Biden in 2020: No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period. climatebrad 2023-03-14 | 02/09/2020: At a town hall meeting on the campaign trail in Hudson, New Hampshire, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was asked about drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and promised: "No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period. The Arctic Circle, it’s a disaster to do that. A big disaster.”"On March 13, 2023, President Biden approved the Willow Project, a major new ConocoPhillips oil drilling project in Alaska above the Arctic Circle.
Rep. David Scott Plugs For Keystone XL, Gets Told Off climatebrad 2022-03-08 | 3/8/22: Rep. David Scott (D-GA), as the House Agriculture Chair one of the most powerful members of Congress, went on a semi-incoherent rant at a Financial Services hearing on inflation to claim that Russia's invasion of Ukraine means we need to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have transported Canadian tar sands oil to the Gulf Coast for export. Scott seemed unaware of that fact as he equated construction of the climate-destroying tar-sands pipeline with increasing domestic oil production. He was gently corrected by witness Mark Zandi, who pointed out that U.S. oil production already matches or exceeds current consumption.
Saule Omarova Hectored By Steve Daines climatebrad 2021-11-29 | 11/18/21: Saule Omarova, in her nomination hearing before the Senate Banking Committee to be Comptroller of the Currency, is attacked by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) over past comments about a just transition for fossil-fuel industry workers.
Bernie Sanders Blasts GOP Hypocrisy About Integrity and Honesty climatebrad 2021-07-22 | 7/22/21 At the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee nomination hearing for Tracy Stone-Manning as Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Sen. Bernie Sanders blasts Republican senators like Steve Daines who still question the legitimacy of President Joe Biden's election for questioning Stone-Manning's integrity because of her association with tree-spiking environmental activists in 1989.
John Kerry at Davos: We have a huge methane problem, folks climatebrad 2021-01-29 | 1/27/21: US Climate Envoy John Kerry at the Davos World Economic Forum offers a strong critique of natural gas: “Gas is primarily methane, and we have a huge methane problem, folks.” He was responding to Shell CEO Ben van Breundel's argument that the US government should reduce demand for fossil fuels and not take action to reduce production (by companies like Shell). UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed offers an even more blunt criticism of van Breundel's argument that we can drill our way out of global warming: : "You can't be talking about new [fossil-fuel exploration and production], when the science tells you have to reduce that production 6 percent per annum and you're increasing by 2 percent."
Cathy McMorris Rodgers: Im A Young-Earth Creationist climatebrad 2018-09-28 | 9/19/18: When asked whether she believes the earth is 4.5 billion years old or 6000 years old at a town-hall debate with Democratic challenger Lisa Brown, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says she believes the Biblical account of creation.
Hillary Clinton Cares About Climate Ad climatebrad 2016-04-18 | A television ad from the Hillary Clinton campaign running in upstate New York promotes Clinton's climate record and aligns herself with fracking opponents, despite her support for the natural gas industry and opposition to a national ban on fracking.High-quality version of full ad here: youtube.com/watch?v=D09veYIAyTY
Bill OReilly on Bostons Extreme Snow and Global Warming climatebrad 2015-02-24 | 2/23/15: Bill O'Reilly's creepy broheim Jesse Watters heads to Boston to crack wise about Boston's winter of extreme snowfall and the impact of global warming pollution.
Al Sharpton on Harvard-Smithsonian Climate Denier Willie Soon climatebrad 2015-02-24 | 2/23/15: On MSNBC, host Al Sharpton comments on news that Harvard-Smithsonian scientist Willie Soon failed to disclose $1.2 million in carbon-polluter funding for work rejecting the influence of carbon pollution on climate change. His funding came from Koch Industries, Southern Company, Exxon Mobil, and the American Petroleum Institute.
Chris Hayes on Harvard-Smithsonian Climate Denier Willie Soon climatebrad 2015-02-24 | 2/23/15: On MSNBC's All In, host Chris Hayes comments on news that Harvard-Smithsonian scientist Willie Soon failed to disclose $1.2 million in carbon-polluter funding for work rejecting the influence of carbon pollution on climate change. His funding came from Koch Industries, Southern Company, Exxon Mobil, and the American Petroleum Institute.
Cory Gardner: Behind the Smile, Radical Views climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/23/13: Rep Cory Gardner expresses radical views at the Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference.ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING:"Bailouts, handouts, and cop-outs have littered the economic path of a country that once valued the virtues of liberty and the free market. And yet our government grows, and dependency grows!"ON CUTTING THE FEDERAL BUDGET:"We must cut spending and we must grow the economy!"ON THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET:"Will we be that nation that is content with the long, lonely journey to the United States of Entitlement?"ON PRESIDENT OBAMA:"We must force this president to abide by the law!"ON SUING THE PRESIDENT:"I believe that may be one of the few choices that we have left."ON FRACKING:"We must stand up to the radical environmentalists and the social engineers!"ON CLIMATE CHANGE:"It's a war on the kind of energy we use every day -- fossil fuels!"
Cory Gardner Rants About The United States of Entitlement! climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/23/13: Speaking at the conservative Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) derides "bailouts, hand-outs, and cop-outs" that is turning the nation into the "United States of Entitlement."
Cory Gardner Denies Keynesian Economics climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/11/11: At a town hall meeting in Glacier View, CO, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) says he is a Keynes denier.Q: "Basically, do you believe in Keynesian economics, is the point I'm getting at."GARDNER: "No."Q: "You don't believe in Keynesian economics?"GARDNER: "No."
Cory Gardner: Climate Scientists Want To Control Our Lives With War On Coal climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/23/13: Speaking at the Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) goes on a global warming conspiracy rant. "This is more than a war on coal, this is a war on workers... It's more than a war on coal, though, it's a war on the kind of energy we use every day, fossil fuels, whether it's gas, coal, oil, because they want to tell us how we live our lives, how we heat our homes, we drive our cars."
Cory Gardner Flirts With Impeachment: We Must Force This President To Abide By The Law! climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/23/13: Speaking at the Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) says that Obama "threatens the very stability of our country... the very law, the very Constitution." He calls Obama's executive orders "one of the most dangerous of President Obama's actions." "Mr President, the Constitution was not written in disappearing ink." "We must force this president to abide by the law, through act of Congress, through act of court, through act of individuals, we cannot allow this president to continue this intentional misappropriation of power." "We must stop him!" "Stop his threat to the rule of law."
Cory Gardner Takes Credit For Suing President Obama climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/23/13: Speaking at the Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) takes credit for the idea of the House of Representatives filing a lawsuit against President Barack Obama."I believe that may be one of the few choices that we have left."
Cory Gardner Rant: We Have To Stand Up to the Radical Environmentalists! climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/23/13: Speaking at the Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) denounces the "radical environmentalists" and "social engineers" who oppose the "individual job creators" who run fossil-fuel companies. "We will rise up, and we will win!"TRANSCRIPT: We have to stand up to the radical environmentalists, the social engineers who believe that we must stop. And in Colorado we know that threat is real. We know they're going to try to stop something that is creating jobs on the eastern plains and the western slope of this great state. We know they're going to try to say no to the Marcellus, no to the Bakken. They've already tried to say no to the Keystone pipeline. But you know what? We know we're going to win because of the power of our individual job creators. They are right, they are with us. And when the individuals realize what is at stake in this country, we will rise up, and we will win. The shale revolution is real."
Cory Gardner: Cut Spending! Grow the Economy! climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/23/13: Speaking at the conservative Steamboat Institute in Steamboat Springs, CO, Rep. Cory Gardner calls for a balanced budget amendment based on the disproven concept that cutting spending grows the economy. "We must cut spending and we must grow the economy!"
Cory Gardner Obeys Grover Norquist climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 8/8/11: Denying that he obeys Grover Norquist, Cory Gardner promises he would never raise taxes under any circumstances.
Our Country: Cory Gardner Whips Up Crowd At Anti-Immigrant Tea Party Rally climatebrad 2014-11-03 | 4/15/2009: Cory Gardner whips up a Tea Party crowd with chants of "our country" before Ken Buck follows with more anti-immigrant speech: "We know the difference between an illegal and an American citizen."
Win Ugly: Richard Berman Endless War presentation at Western Energy Alliance climatebrad 2014-11-01 | 6/25/14: Lobbyist Richard Berman explains how he attacks labor unions, environmental organizations, and animal-welfare groups on behalf of corporate clients at a secret oil & gas industry meeting in Colorado. Images and video added to illustrate the audio recording (via SourceWatch).
Joni Ernst Denies Coordinating With Kochs After Attending Koch Summit climatebrad 2014-10-27 | 20/23/14: Speaking in Des Moines, IA, U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst denies coordinating with outside groups who are involved in the race, despite her participation in a secret summit organized by the Koch brothers in June. At that summit Ernst thanked the network, which is now spending millions of dollars in attack ads and get-out-the-vote efforts on her behalf, for discovering her and powering her candidacy.As of October 27, the Koch super PAC Freedom Partners Fund has spent over $3,158,815 for Ernst, and the Koch 501c4 Americans for Prosperity has spent $250,954, according to FEC records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.Ernst's remarks in Des Moines were recorded by the Undercurrent's Lauren Windsor.Transcript:ERNST: When I'm talking through ads, I'm going to stay positive. I can't control the outside groups with the independent expenditures. You know, I don't have contact with them.
Joni Ernsts Agenda 21 Conspiracy Rant climatebrad 2014-10-25 | 1/15/2014: At a Montgomery County GOP event, Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst fervently warns of the United Nations Agenda 21 conspiracy to take away Americans' rights.Note: the United Nations has not actually imposed anything on Americans.Transcript:Q: 20 years ago, the general assembly of the United Nations met in South America and 178 world leaders signed this document that has come to be known as Agenda 21. How do you view Agenda 21, and do you believe it would not be beneficial to the United States? If the latter, as U.S. Senator, how would you extricate the US from this agenda?ERNST: I don't support Agenda 21, and no, I don't believe it is good for America. I don't believe it is good for Iowans. The United Nations has imposed this upon us, and as a U.S. senator, I would say, ‘No more. No more Agenda 21.’ Community planning — to the effect that it is implementing eminent domain and taking away property rights away from individuals — I don’t agree with that. And especially in a place such as Iowa, where we rely heavily upon our agricultural community, our rural communities. We don’t want to see things like eminent domain come into play.We don’t want to see a further push with Agenda 21, where the Agenda 21 and the government telling us that these are the urban centers that you will live in; these are the ways that you will travel to other urban centers. Agenda 21 encompasses so many different aspects of our lives that it’s taking away our individual liberties, our freedoms as United States citizens. So I would adamantly oppose Agenda 21. I don’t believe it is responsible, not for United States citizens. Thank you very much.
Does U.S. Senate Candidate Joni Ernst Support Armed Insurrection? climatebrad 2014-10-22 | 8/25/2012: In the wake of the Aurora, CO, massacre, Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst talks about her beautiful little gun and her willingness to use it against the government.TRANSCRIPT: I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson 9 mm, and it goes with me virtually everywhere. But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family, whether it's from an intruder, or whether it's from a government should they decide that my rights are no longer important. [APPLAUSE]
Joni Ernsts Radical Views on Birth Control, Abortion and Gay Marriage climatebrad 2014-10-21 | July 2013: In a speech before local Republicans in Ames, IA, U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst states that she believes life begins at conception and that marriage can only be between "one man and one woman."
Peoples Climate March: Adelphi, South Shore, Stony Brook climatebrad 2014-10-15 | Brad Johnson (@climatebrad) interviews students from Adelphi University, members of Sustainable South Shore from Massachusetts, and Stony Brook University students. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Rep. Paul Ryan on Global Warming: We Dont Even Know If The Science Will Change! climatebrad 2014-10-15 | 10/13/14: In a Carthage College debate with challenger Rob Zerban, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) questions the science of man-made global warming.
In Debate, Mitch McConnell Reiterates Climate Denial climatebrad 2014-10-15 | http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2014/10/15/still-not-a-scientist-mitch-mcconnell-gets-climate-science-wrong-again 10/13/14: In a televised debate with challenger Allison Lundergan Grimes, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) cites columnist George Will to explain his rejection of the science of manmade global warming.
Peoples Climate March: Godzilla, Mississippi, Future of Ene climatebrad 2014-10-08 | Brad Gans interviews Godzilla and a Jackson, MS survivor of Katrina, Rita, and the BP spill. @climatebrad interviews Max DeArmon about The Future of Energy film (thefutureofenergy.org). - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Moment of Silence climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews students from the Hewitt School and University of Tennessee; the march pauses for a moment of silence and then call to alarm; interview with international models, with Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light, a marcher who explains "climate silence," Billy Wimsatt. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Sabine Aronowskwy, part 2 climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interview with Sabine Aronowsky of the 5th Avenue Committee about Gowanus, Brooklyn continues. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Teamsters climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews Teamsters who helped clean up Sandy-ravaged communities. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Indigenous Peoples climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews a member of Nebraska's Pawnee tribe who talks about Keystone XL, uranium mining, fracking, and other exploitation of native land; a dance by Mexico's indigenous people. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Robin Chase, VOCAL NY climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews ZipCar founder Robin Chase, Wildfire Alliance member Kadim from the Rockaways, Ilya from Occupy Sandy, and VOCAL NY at the People's Climate March. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Korean War veteran climatebrad 2014-10-08 | Act.TV's Brad Gans interviews marchers, including a veteran of the Korean War. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: IBEW, UAW, AFSCME climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad narrates as IBEW, UAW, AFSCME and other labor marchers go by. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Sabine Aronowsky, 5th Ave Committee climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews Sabine Aronowsky of the 5th Avenue Committee about Gowanus, Brooklyn, pollution, and climate change. "Every time it rains, it poos." - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Peace climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad and Brad Gans discuss People's Climate March; biodiesel truck goes by. Brad Johnson interviews a peace activist. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Julia Zaleski climatebrad 2014-10-08 | March continues; Brad Gans interviews Julia Zaleski from Raleigh, NC - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Climate Justice climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews farm workers from Florida, en espanol and in English; a local urban farmer with the Climate Justice Alliance; Luis Garden Acosta, executive director of Brooklyn's El Puente; and activists from Baton Rouge and West Virginia. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: NYCC climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews members of New York Communities for Change at the People's Climate March. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Grandmothers climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews two grandmothers at the People's Climate March. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Ecuador climatebrad 2014-10-08 | Brief clip from the People's Climate March that includes an Ecuador contingent. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: parents climatebrad 2014-10-08 | As contingents of indigenous communities march by, Act.TV's Brad Gans interviews parents who have joined the People's Climate March. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Elder Activists climatebrad 2014-10-08 | People's Climate March continues; Brad Gans interviews Elder Activists member. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
Peoples Climate March: Michael Kink, Bracken Hendricks, Nao climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews Strong Economy for All's Michael Kink, CAP's Bracken Hendricks, and Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything at the People's Climate March. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
People's Climate March: Teamsters part 2 climatebrad 2014-10-08 | @climatebrad interviews Teamsters who helped clean up Sandy-ravaged communities. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/climatebrad
