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After Trump: The Silver Linings Playbook
· 52 min · Episode 5
Episode After Trump: The Silver Linings Playbook
It's official. Joe Biden will be the next president. And he ran on a platform that put climate at the top of the agenda.
There's still a lot of tension. What will happen to the balance of power in Congress? Can we make progress on climate, even with Democrats losing down-ballot races?
Even with so much uncertainty, there's actually a lot of good news. In this episode, Leah and Katharine dig into what this moment means for the future of the planet.
We were joined by two heavy-hitters this week: Heather McTeer Toney and Sam Ricketts.
Heather is the Senior Director at Moms Clean Air Force. She's a former EPA regional administrator. And she was the first African-American, first woman, and youngest person ever elected mayor of Greenville, Mississippi. She knows the ins and outs of what a Biden Administration could do to pursue a "just" climate agenda.
Sam Ricketts is a senior fellow for Energy & Environment at the Center for American Progress. And he was climate director for Washington Governor Jay Inslee's presidential campaign. He co-founded Evergreen, an organization at the forefront of developing detailed, progressive climate policies.
Resources mentioned on the show about the Georgia runoff:
• Fair Fight • The New Georgia Project
Follow our co-hosts and production team:
• Leah Stokes • Katharine Wilkinson • Stephen Lacey • Jaime Kaiser
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