is thes calling, what world resources institute? nonprofit nonpartisan institute just down the street here in washington, d.c. and we work on all environmental issues, climate change, energy, water resources. we are really data-driven. our approach is to really look at a problem and understand it, the inputs and outputs in terms of climate impact and in terms of contributions to other environmental problems, coming up with innovative solutions and scaling them up with about eight other offices around the world. we are really working with other them tos to help achieve environmental sustainability of some sort. taking your questions, kathleen is up first. caller: thanks to c-span for always bringing such important topics to the american public in bringing experts like mr. light on. i wanted to just mention that carter, he put solar panels on the white house for a while. you guys were talking about carter earlier. mr. light, thank you for your work. i wanted to ask you about wind turbines and the creation of energy in the u.s.. i belie

the world resources institute says -- "water stress is the biggest crisis no one is talking about. its consequences are in plain sight in the form of food insecurity, conflict and migration, and financial instability." in new york city, tiffany caban conceded tuesday to melinda katz in the race to become the democratic nominee for the queens district attorney. caban appeared to narrowly win the race election night but a paper count saw her lose her lead by a razor-thin margin. in the final tally, she lost to queens borough president melinda katz by just 55 votes after a judge refused to reinstate the discarded ballots caban's campaign was fighting for. caban, a public defender and democratic socialist ran on a progressive platform of ending cash bail, decriminalizing sex work, and going after bad landlords, cops, and immigration authorities. she vowed to keep fighting to reform the criminal justice system, tweeting -- "we showed that you can run on a boldly decarceral platform. you don't have to compromise your values or give in to fear mongering. you don't have to play by the old

senior fellow at the world resources institute discuss it is effects of climate change on the u.s. then the heritage foundation, talks about economics of environmental policies. and politico on campaign 2020 and where candidates stand on energy and environmental issues. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> retired harvard law professor was the key note speaker friday at a dinner hosted by the steam both institute in colorado. he talked about impeachment, free speech, the mueller investigation, and his former client jeffery epstein and o.j. simpson. this is 45 minutes. he talked about the mueller investigation, jeffrey epstein, and o.j. simpson. >> there is a little bit of dinner service going on over here, but everyone is trying to be as quiet as they can. i believe all of the service staff is out of the room now and we can have your undivided attention to enjoy what is sure to be a compelling discussion. lifedershowitz spent his defending civil liberties, defending free speech on college campuses, and defending israel. he j

she's the vice president for science and research at the world resources institute. we can upto the "newshour".is eport seems to lay out the essential paradox of modern life, which is the way we have grown food and managed the lands l over the planet, have built this incredible society that we live in, but now we realize those exact methods imperil that society, is that right? n't that what this is saying? >> yes, exactly. one of the key messages of this report is thatys the foodtem and the land use changes associated with that food system are a significant factor in contributing to climate changan, these other factors such as deforestation. in fact, you know, it is impossible to achieve the paris climate agreement without significant changes the food system, and that includes both production andonmption. so this report puts that issue squarely on the table. james: what are the specific things we do globally to the land that are problematic as detailed in this report? >> well, the first thing is, we thed to use land to produce food. t's a good thing. we haven't devel

i'm glad to see it the world resources institute report came out recely creatingore sustainable food feature, and also putiets on the issue. the reason is not all foods are equal in terms of the greenhouse impact. so beef, for example, produces 22 -- produces 20 times as much greenhouse gas emissions per ounce of protein as, say, a plant-based protein like beans orentils. >> james: huge, that kind of thing. >> yeah, people think about where does my food come from, how is it pruced? that affects greenhouse gas emissions. but more significant is what dot i choo eat? that will have the most profound imhackett on the diet-related emissions that you have. >> changing again the global diet, iu think ofia and china and all tho populations moving into the middle and upper class, they adopt american habits a eat more peete meat. seems like we're moving in the opposite direction. >> there are things we can do about that in. the united states, since the '70s, the per capita consumption of beef has formed by about a third, so it's already started t happen. there are health and maybe cost reasons

betsy otto directs the world resources institute's global water program. >> we're seeing really significant shifts-- much more erratic rainfall. snowpack and glaciers that have been very important sources of slow release water to much of the world are disappearing. so we're seeing really significant changes from global climate change. >> yang: while collecting water from fog may sound revolutionary, it's actually an ancient technique, andound in nature. an afric captures fog droplets with small bumps on its back. and archeologists have found evidence it was used centuries ago in the middle east and uth america. how do we get as much water as possible from fog today? with high consumption climate change making water scarcity a growing problemhe aroundorld, researchers are tackling that question. chnique is being tested here at this farm at virginia tech. industrial dign professor brook kennedy is part of the team that developed the fog harp. to uses tightly placed vertical wires, as opposed riss- crossing mesh. >> either they tend to be too open. so a lot of fog passes through them or in oth

apart from haryana, the global report prepared by the world resources institute has listed eight otherb, where groundwater is dangerously depleting. it's the same story across the border in pakistan. there too, water tables are rapidly falling because of pumps like this. now, farmers on both sides know this is worsening the situation but they say they have no choice. translation: about 20 years ago, we had to dig 150 feet underground. 10 years later, we had to dig 300 feet. and now this machine has had to dig 500 feet to get the groundwater. soon they won't even be drinking water, forget water for agriculture. i am so worried. surface waters are disappearing as well. elderly citizens show how the ponds they use to swim in have been eaten up by rampant urbanisation. indian authorities brought out a report two months ago warning that water availability in the world's second most populous country would be a serious challenge. they said there are now more than 20 million wells pumping out water across the country. rising population, falling water levels and worryingly changing climate — al

apart from haryana, the global report prepared by the world resources institute is listed eight otherry across the border in pakistan. there are, water tables are rapidly falling because of pumps like this. farmers on both sides no this is worsening the situation but they say they have no choice. about 20 years ago, we had to dig 150 feet underground. ten years later, we had to dig 300 feet. and now this machine has had to dig 500 feet to get the groundwater. soon they will not even be drinking water. the get water for agriculture. not even be drinking water. the get waterfor agriculture. i not even be drinking water. the get water for agriculture. i am not even be drinking water. the get waterfor agriculture. i am so worried. surface waters are disappearing as well. they show how the ponds they use to swim and have been eaten up by rampant organisation. indian authorities brought out a report two months ago showing water availability in the world‘s second most populous country would be a serious challenge. they said there are now more than 20 million wells pumping out water across th

recognizing that the least climate change and do sing meat is chicken and according to the world resources institute it chicken causes or 8 times as much climate change per calorie of protein when compared to a lady who saw a and p. chippies and that sort of thing so the way we are producing meat right now growing massive amounts of crops to feed those crops to animals so that we can eat animals it takes 9 calories into a chicken which is the most efficient meat at turning out and basically turning crops intimate takes 9 calories into a chicken to get one calorie back out so that's 9 times as much land 9 times as much water and 9 times as many pesticides and herbicides then you are shipping those crops to it even earlier operating with you know you're shipping the feed to the farm you're operating the farm you're shipping the animals to a slaughterhouse you're operating a slaughter house you have all that inefficiency and it is a huge adverse kind of impact but the solution is probably not to just tell everybody to go vegan because people won't do it so year after year after he heard after year we s

is thes calling, what world resources institute? fit nonpartisan institute just down the street here in washington, d.c. and we work on all environmental issues, climate change, energy, water resources. we are really data-driven. our approach is to really look at a problem and understand it, the inputs and outputs in terms of climate impact and in terms of contributions to other environmental problems, coming up with innovative solutions and scaling them up with about eight other offices around the world. we are really working with other them tos to help achieve environmental sustainability of some sort. taking your questions, kathleen is up first. caller: thanks to c-span for always bringing such important topics to the american public in bringing experts like mr. light on. i wanted to just mention that carter, he put solar panels on the white house for a while. you guys were talking about carter earlier. mr. light, thank you for your work. i wanted to ask you about wind turbines and the creation of energy in the u.s.. i believe tha

coming up wednesday morning, andrew light, senior fellow at the world resources institute discusses the effects of climate change on the u.s. the heritage foundation, the economics of environmental policies. that coleman on campaign 2020 -- zach coleman on campaign 2020 and where candidates stand on environmental issues. join the discussion. about impeachment,e talked free speech, the robert mueller investigation, and his former clients, jeffrey epstein and o.j. simpson. this is 45 minutes. >> i hope you have enjoyed your dinners on this beautiful evening. there is a little bit of dinner service still going on. of dinner service going on over here, but everyone is trying to be as quiet as they can. i believe all of the service staff is out of the room now and we can have your undivided attention to enjoy what is sure to be a compelling discussion. lifedershowitz spent his defending civil liberties, defending free speech on college campuses, and defending israel. he joined the harvard law school factory at the age of 25. blanklyof one of our fellows. -- blankley fellows. he became americ

coming up wednesday morning, andrew light, senior fellow at the world resources institute discusses the effects of climate change on the u.s. the heritage foundation, the economics of environmental policies. that coleman on campaign 2020 -- zach coleman on campaign 2020 and where candidates stand on environmental issues. join the discussion. about impeachment,e talked

senior fellow at the world resources institute discuss it is effects of climate change on the u.s. then the heritage foundation, talks about economics of environmental policies. and politico on campaign 2020 and where candidates stand on energy and environmental issues. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> retired harvard law professor was the key note speaker friday at a dinner hosted by the steam both institute in

unbelievable capacity for entrepreneurship, essentially all the world's leading technology companies, a set of natural resources, set of institutions of higher education, hard working people. we have a system that's second to none. so there is resilience. and there is many good things that are happening, not because of what the president is proposing, but frankly in spite of what the president is proposing. it's not that growth has been particularly more rapid than one might have expected three years ago or that there's been any substantial acceleration in the trend of growth, insofar as there's been anything positive relative to what happened before, it's a sugar high from the tax cuts. >> all right. thank you very much. secretary summers. and next the 2020 democratic candidates tearing into trump over remarks his tom immigration official told me about the poem on the statue of liberty. >> that poem was referring back to people coming from europe. >> plus, republican congressman steve king basing calls to are resign from his own party after his remarks about rape and incest. breaking news abdangerous standoff under way in philadel

institute of sustainable infrastructure known as isi. the analysis performance submitted to isi in five categories: quality of life, leadership, resource location, natural world, and climate and risk. earlier this year on may 15, isi informed to puc to headworks project has envisioned gold award and recognize sfpuc as leader in sustainable infrastructure. with that, i would like to ask if there are any questions for me before i turn over to my colleague for the biosolid project. thank you. >> thank you for that, and i do have a question. a couple of slides back you showed the budget at the various stages -- or the estimates i should say at the various stages, as well as the uncertainty band. what do we use for our capital budget, which of those numbers? >> so the capital budget is about $418 million. it's right around 65%. that's when we did the last rebate lining effort. >> so we will -- >> maybe i can answer. so it really depends, if you're asking what do we use to put in the ten-year capital plan, it depends on where the project is. if we are in the process of doing a ten-year capital plan, we will use the best information we know at that time, while each

resources. but, we have an enormous amount of money sloshing through us. some members at the institute said were affected, expect to draw ants. the biggest picnic in the worldis a federal budget and the answer the interest groups. >> so, back on the court part for a moment. one of the things i'm struggling with this you have what i call on my podcast me. the gala problem with having dancers which give you little time to formulate the next question. but i am totally with you on the dk that we see in our society about adherence to the vision of the founders, the natural rights importance of liberty in all of the rest but is it and wouldn't the vendors themselves say that at the end of the day, rather than having judges who just handed the judiciary over the federal society which would make me happy, but isn't really the only lasting solutions to problems that you are describing is actually getting the american people themselves to care more about these things. >> absolutely. at the end of the day the judges are appointed by and confirmed by elected politicians and at the end of the day, therefore if you really want lasting changes, you have to change the mood