myron evils --myron ebell is our guest. plenty of calls for you. we start in ohio, line for democrats. in morning. caller: good morning -- good morning. caller: good morning. i wonder what his plan would be and how he wants to move into the future, how he would like to make things different and better, have a better economy. guest: yes, i believe societies are very able to handle challenges when they have good institutions, political institutions, premarket technological capability well. and a lot of energy. when i look at the future, i see a prosperous, resilient america that uses all kinds of energy and has an abundance of it that is not put on an energy poverty diet. the idea is that global warming is an existential crisis or threat, or emergency is blind by the fact. the fact is, and i should say this, the global warming debate is run by the modelers. if you look at the data, we have a modest rate of warming far below the model projections, and we have impacts that are mild and mostly, on average, beneficial. so yes, there may be challenges in

host: myron ebell is with the competitive enterprise institute . may i add to the folks on twitter who say your dog was a good dog during the segment>> "" continues. host: continuing our climate discussion after earth day and on day two of president biden's virtual climate summit, we are joined by bob dean's from the national defense national -- from the natural resources defense council. president biden's announcement to cut u.s. emissions in half by 2030. guest: it's great to be with you. that is terrific news. this is what the science tells us we need to do after all. the science is clear that we have got to cut the dangerous carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels in half by 2030, and set the stage for stopping in the atmosphere altogether by 2050 if we are going to have any chance of averting the worst impacts of climate change. so that is all clear. this is what the science says we need. number two, we can do it. we are well on our way, about a quarter of the way, toward getting all of our electricity in this country from nonfossil fuel pu

myron ebell also rejects that the oil money his think tank receives has any influence we develop our policies based on what we think are based on our principles and what we think the evidence and the facts are once we've done that we try to find funding for it so so if someone wants to fund as i would like to fight a lot more funding for what we do. then there's freight singer the man behind the leipsic declaration the danish broadcasting corporation investigated that list in 1997. minute u.p.s. clones clueless u.t.s. it is leading us cause all the european scientists their 50. of them that say that they are not climate scientists. i have not seen any evidence for that but they have told us we've talked to everyone they said they are not climate scientists. but your question. i mean you present them as climate scientists i am told i was told they were to have it scientists. write sing as organization as c.p.p. which is behind the list well they also received money from exxon mobil they the oil industry was a main bankroller and cheerleader for opposition to climate action and their f

commercial is from the think tank competitive enterprise institute and so is myron. it's clear that the earth is green and so i don't you know do you think that's a bad thing. competitive enterprise institute is a conservative american think tank and myron ebell has its department on energy climate and environment irony believes the climate debate started like this global warming as a political project was initiated in sweden in the early 1980 s. they needed a reason essentially to increase tax revenue i mean remember i think you're aware of this in denmark that the welfare state needs a lot of money and it needs more and more money as it goes on. climate skeptical pundits you've just met with interest organizations and think tanks. think tanks are like the arsenals for the war of ideas they're the places where ideas are then weaponized in public policy terms and then they are vigorously argued and promoted on capitol hill on t.v. and radio and so it was extremely influential because it was one of the largest right of center think tanks in the united states still is

one of the participants is myron ebell they solicited by street yes we had certain kinds of expertise that they didn't and. it was an industry effort with some help from people like me. in documents from this meeting you can see a clear purpose victory will be achieved when average citizens understand the uncertainties in climate science and when these uncertainties become part of conventional wisdom. according to the documents big oil wants the public to doubt the science behind climate change. and it wasn't scientists who were invited to the meeting i'm not an energy analyst expert and i'm not a climate expert i have a certain amount of experience in translating policy into into action and i suppose that was what they are interested in. at the meeting a strategy is worked out. that paper was later leaked and it shows how the oil industry plans to spread doubts about science. strategy paper describes a national media relations program which in different ways will influence the media by recruiting and training scientists it also explains that they will try to influence journalists thi

myron evils --myron ebell is our guest. plenty of calls for you.e start in ohio, line for democrats. in morning. caller: good morning -- good morning. caller: good morning. i wonder what his plan would be and how he wants to move into the future, how he would like to make things different and better, have a better economy. guest: yes, i believe societies are very able to handle challenges when they have good institutions, political institutions, premarket technological capability well. and a lot of energy. when i look at the future, i see a prosperous, resilient america that uses all kinds of energy and has an abundance of it that is not put on an energy poverty diet. the idea is that global warming is an existential crisis or threat, or emergency is blind by the fact. the fact is, and i should say this, the global warming debate is run by the modelers. if you look at the data, we have a modest rate of warming far below the model projections, and we have impacts that are mild and mostly, on average, beneficial. so yes, there may be challenges in th

host: myron ebell joins us via zoom and he led the environmental protection agency, served as the director for competitive institute for energy and environment. remind viewers first what you do and what your mission is, especially on this issue of a changing climate. guest: cei, competitive enterprise institute, is a fairly small public policy

to talk to people who followed her along the way at myron's and critics alike how is the wells nice house for women shaking how they fit in telling us the metal clock stops. are you ready to get a little extra. places in europe or smashing the records stick into the trench or. just don't use or. it's treasure for the globe trotters discomfort or some of humorous record breaking sites. also in book form. the u.s. today pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade a movement to brand the u.s. as a leader in fighting climate change but even if america keeps its word europe will still be ahead america's real leadership was hosting today's climate summit bringing more than 40 world leaders together including rivals such as russia and china.

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the ducks start chasing myron around. >> reporter: but the 57-year-old author and illustrator faced challenges childhood. i really didn't have any friends. other students labeled me as being different, and i started getting picked on and bullied. >> reporter: later as an adult, a diagnosis of asperger syndrome, followed by support services, changed everything. >> getting a diagnosis, it just made me happy to know there was a problem. they've improved my life like 100%. >> reporter: last year, under the guidance of his life coach and mentor, artist don jackson, robert started illustrating ando >> his style of drawing, it's very childlike in a way, and so it matches perfectly. i feel like that's probably going to inspire a lot of kids, especially people with disabilities. >> reporter: his books selling on amazon. proceeds going to organizations that support people with developmental disabilities. >> it's just a dream come true for me. follow their dreams. >> you can overcome your problem. if i make one person happy, to be able to get out on their own, that's my mission. >> you're well on your wa

coast guard says it's rescued $108.00 migrants off the coast west of tripoli but it concerns more myron's and refugees will attempt the dangerous crossing when mother and sea conditions improve the international organization for migration says at least $300.00 people have drowned all gone missing in the central mediterranean this year china has launched a rocket carrying the core module for the planned space station into orbit that provides electricity propulsion and it can accommodate 3 astronauts for up to 6 months. those are the headlines the news continues here after al-jazeera investigations of. i. in episode 2 with how to sell a massacre polina hanson's one nation party is in america. they will share if. they're in search of millions of dollars from the us company it's the sort of number you guys seem to get 10 obs what. they want the cash to buy control of democracy in a strange yet you. can't believe what i think. we can develop. with the rest of the gulf you know handed every different side the only way for us to stay free is by having whatever cuts down. one should use coached b

have drowned or gone missing in the mediterranean this year and in spain the bodies of at least 17 myron'shave been taken to a port in terrorist after they were found in the atlantic ocean a military aircraft spotted the bodies and 3 survivors of the dingey off the canary islands these survivors were taken to a hospital for treatment. well still ahead here on out as a phoenix rise from the ashes to reach that 1st n.b.a. player accident and yes a sports story coming up with joe straight after the break. we'll . talk about china has always been a rocket carrying the coal module of its plan space station into orbit. blotted out about. the long march 5 b. rocket took off from the chinese space center of the island off the module will provide electricity and propulsion to the space station and can accommodate 3 astronauts for up to 6 months. well it's for now with chad thank you very much pep guardiola has won his manchester city side they can't afford to be shy in the 2nd leg of their champions league semifinal against paris such a man city or in the box a tough to fighting back from a goal do

well david matheson is a young gone based independent analyst so me and myron joins us on skype from chiang mai in neighboring thailand is good so have you with us on this nice or they just are they explaining to her viewers why the military is killing its own people in myanmar will to killing large numbers of people throughout the country because people are resisting the coup d'etat that occurred over 2 months ago now. and that resistance is under managed and what we're saying is actually a security forces upping the violence i mean using heavier weapons against demonstrators in in some parts of the country and even in recent weeks using as strikes against civilians in korean state and so what we're saying is actually the security forces in a far more desperate. manner actually increasing the firepower to put down these demonstrations which which you know just unremitting well if this is born out of desperation i mean where is the military standpoint it's just difficult to see the logic of this launching airstrikes on your own people because there the holding process i mean what wil

here's that hot spot was telling you about myron highways shut down because of a collision. and here's a photo from that. we'll have more on that coming up next. for now, dorian james, back to you. thanks a lot. rate is 7 22 and in national news, president joe biden unveiled his massive 2 trillion-dollar infrastructure plan lot of projects inside. it is getting some pushback from certain lawmakers in washington. >> we have our dc correspondent kelli meyer to explain. >> president biden says this 2 trillion in spending would come over the next 8 years. he calls it a once in a generation investment in america in a nearly 30 minute speech. president joe biden shared his vision is a vision not seen through the eyes of wall street or washington. >> but through the eyes of hardworking people. the plan would invest 621 billion into roads, bridges and public transit more than 300 billion into improving drinking water, infrastructure and expanding broadband and 580 billion into american manufacturing and jobs the bills of fare economy to give everybody a chance to succeed to pay for