we are taking questions and comments with ben geman. our call, just from north carolina -- jeff from north carolina, republican line. caller: here in fayetteville, it was 69 degrees, and i am looking at the weather archives. to 89rs ago, it got in fayetteville. i would not call it global warming like you people are advocating. professors in college is our receiving a lot of -- professors and colleges are receiving a lot of grants. they would lose that money, so there is a lot of money involved. incentive for people to carry obama's water. they have got to say there is global warming to continue to receive their grants. so i do not buy this bs. but, hey, thanks a lot, guys. host: thoughts? guest: temperature changes in one city or county or another tremendously over time. that said, the data is very difficult to argue with. the data is very clear that there is a warming trend. the statistics going back to -- temperature records going back to the late 1800's show that 2016 is on pace to be the warmest year ever by some margin, and i think

ben geman, any thoughts? guest: definitely. that is one of the pillars of energy and climate policy, which is finding ways to help not only have our energy created from lower carbon sources of energy but also to use less energy. for example, there are a lot of thegrams around, on federal side in the private industry side, to make homes better energy use. of the smart meter, control your home energy use, it can be much more efficient, certainly. you have got a fairly robust program of appliance energy efficiency standards, and we have got some fairly increasingly stringent vehicle mileage standards. the reduction of energy, not just generating it from c leaner sources, is both on federal and state why machines. there is also somewhat of an economic policy, the idea that helps save people money if they can use less energy now. one of the problems now of course is that it requires up level -- some level of upfront investment on more efficient houses in general. host: let's see if we can get in tom in texas. can you make a quick? c

they will each deliver remashes and participate in a moderated discussion with ben geman, environment correspondent. i would like to invite jack gerard, president and chief executive officer of the american petroleum institute to the podium to deliver some welcoming remarks. mr. gerard? >> thank you, poppy. and tang you to national journal, happy to be the underwriter today, a very important topic. good morning to all of you. look like we have an overcapacity crowd today, which is always good. let me share a couple of brief remarks. as poppy pointed out america's energy future, impact of the ban on krut oil exports, obvious le a topic near and dear to our heart now. i'd ask you to think of three simple topics, as we have this debate or discussion today, and its potential impact on american economy, american consumers and national security. first point i'd ask you to think about is job creation. poppy talked about a variety of studies out there, the overwhelming evidence shows that lifting the ban on crude oil exports is positive for the american economy and one of those is in job crea

host: ben geman is an energy and environment for correspondent at t. with speaker boehner leaving how do that change some of the major energy bills moving through congress, and how does it change the reaction from republicans in congress trying to push back about -- against the president's climate initiative? guest: it is interesting to while we have a speaker who is leaving under fairly intense pressure from the most conservative wing of his caucus climate change issues, it is hard to imagine that speaker boehner could have given conservatives anything more than he already did. this is a house that in recent years has voted repeatedly to support -- to thwart president obama's climate and energy initiatives. none of these things made it to the legislative finish line after passing the house. they either stalled in the senate or would get vetoed, but that said, there was vote after vote in the house to require the expansion of areas made available for drilling to block climate change is coming from the white house. even more fundamental than that going