>> so i have supported a carbon charge to put a charge on carbon pollution in the past. i embraced a cap and trade system which put a price on carbon when i was in congress. it passed the u.s. house of representatives. did not get a vote in the senate. recently we had an initiative that would have had a carbon fee. did not pass the ballot box. the oil and gas industry spent $32 million against it. i would not rule those things out for possible consideration. but i believe in the context at the moment we don't have time to have the debate you might have to have for a carbon tax at the moment. we need to move. i have proposed five -- a suite of five bills that use different tools in the toolbox that are equally effective in reducing carbon pollution. the suite of tools that i have proposed this year in the legislature, will get us roughly the same carbon pollution reduction as the carbon tax would have that was on our ballot this year and that's important. so i think the thing about climate change we need to realize is, there are multiple tools in the toolbox, we have to c

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the killing took place anything postin is illegal to trade what it comes down to is this this radio carbon dating method can tell us if trade of ivory is legal or not kevin you know is a geochemist who uses a method known as radiocarbon dating to determine the age of ivory this is the part of the tusk that was actually growing when the animal was shot because we need to know when did this elephant die and so this part of the tusk tells us that and so we drove the powder on to this wave paper here. and we collect it into these vials next to ivory powder is combusted and turned into pure c o two so what is this we can bust it in this tube it there's other impurities in there other gases we need to get rid of those so that when we measure the radio carbon content we just are measuring the c o two gas radiocarbon dating literally relies on the fallout from the events that took place from one thousand nine hundred fifty two to one thousand nine hundred sixty three. one fire. above ground atomic testing between the united states in the soviet union we basically doubled the radio carbon concentra

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that's why the researchers have high hopes for a new activated carbon process that harnesses nature. as this underground is a kind of what's special about this granulated activated carbon is that when this carbon is exhausted completely fall of biofilm farms on its surface and the microorganisms in this biofilm degrade the residues biologically in other words this activated carbon has an advantage it can clean itself that of course also brings an economic advantage because we can leave the carbon in the filter for longer and that in turn lowers operating costs significantly. in twenty seventeen global sales of medications it around seven hundred ninety billion dollars that's one hundred fifty billion more than a decade before the race is on to find economical ways to sterilize water and remove drug residues but these researches have to be patient it can take about a year for a biofilm to form an activated carbon only then. they know whether the process could also work in large treatment plans. massive storms on the sun also have an impact here on earth in particular on the planet's m

joining forces with the carbon tax. marginal social cost is greater than the private cost to a lot of these companies. like liz mentions, bring the industry down to his knees, i completely disagree with that. i do agree that with gary. when you get taxed in the government just ends up keeping a lot of the money rather than distributing it. that is an issue but the carbon tax could be effective because it could force companies to think of better solutions. wait, better solutions to provide cleaner energy which is what we need to do around the globe and we are doing that through a lot of science and here is -- >> hold on! >> wait a second. should we shift the onus on to the company? like what uber is doing in london. they are imposing a clean energy tax on uber drivers. it is $0.19 per mile. in london in order to -- [multiple speakers] >> the market is already doing the job. in this country, a big portion of what we use for energy is no longer petroleum because companies are going toward the green. do you know why? becaus

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almost immediate switch to renewable technologies and that would be really anything that produces carbon and transportation, power generation, and we would have to really alter our entire system of society. >> let's go millie who's calling from asheville, north carolina. millie, good morning. >> caller: good morning, i do not if your guest is aware, but there was a mini ice age in europe during medieval times. i would like to know what brought the end to that mini-ice age. obviously, they did not have the technology that we have now, so what was it? >> is that something you can address? >> yeah, it's a little bit -- i don't want to go too deep into it. but what's useful to say the earth's history, as reconstructed by scientists for research, glaciology, geology, all the clues they have got into the history of the earth. it's obvious that earth has gone through numerous warnings and coolings through the last several million years. there were much more significant increases and drops in temperatures that have occurred, for instance, 11,000 years ago, there was a great warming trend in the

. >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we started in 2011. our main goal

with the help of electro dialysis pressure and heat the carbon dioxide escapes leaving the lithium carbonate behind once that's filtered and dried it can be sold commercially. as extremely unfortunate it's very simple that's important otherwise it might not be economically viable the amount of lithium in sin well diet isn't very high and the extraction process has to be easy and inexpensive otherwise it wouldn't be worth it on the talks that he creates. what's more the same process can be used to extract lithium from old battery. until now became ion batteries collected for me cycling have been fed into a high temperature furnace that yields an alley from which cobalt nickel and copper can be recovered. to recycle the lithium it would need to be extracted from the slack before it's melted. the lithium is contained in what's called the black mass the substance layered on the cathode by adding carbon dioxide and water and heating the mass to at least fifty degrees celsius the other components of the black mass are melted out leaving behind a white deposit that in carbonate. the opposite also w

that even if we didn't emit any carbons or anything, that it may be too late, you know, in cities like new york, sacramento, new orleans? th they'll have to abandon them. >> that's a great question. it's something i discussed in the story, too. what we're looking at for the future in a lot of cases are these computer models. how will glaciers or these ice sheets in greenland and antarctica react to a warming climate or warming ocean. and what modelers often find out is that if we sort of change the trajectory of our co2 emissions, which would be keeping the climate to, say, 1.5 degrees warming, this century, and this for people who are more familiar with this idea, this is part of the treaty that was -- or the agreement that was hammered out in paris in 2015. if we could do that, it might, in fact, make a very, very significant difference in how fast these glaciers break down. so there's a lot we could do. the question is, how can we do this politically and socially. and at the moment, the news is not very encouraging, i think. i mean, the united states has sort of showed its intention

monoxide carbon dioxide or ammonia. the accumulation of gas and dust prevents radiation from neighboring stars from penetrating the cloud but there is one thing in space that has no problem breaking through to the deepest and coldest regions. the energy of the cosmic rays is so high that it can penetrate the dense interior of dark cold clouds. and something completely unexpected is taking place in this hostile environment. in this extreme environment where the temperature is near absolute zero we've discovered molecular precursors of life. these include molecules that are responsible for the formation of amino acids and sugars you know if you look more likely you know. we're looking for something called. the energy of cosmic rays discharges via these molecules the first building blocks of life are formed in this chemical concoction. so cosmic rays produce complex molecules in dense clouds of gas and dust. but how do these molecules end up on a planet. stars and planets are born in dense cloud. but during this process th

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we need to make it easier for people to get around in a less carbon intensive way. guest: i think it's important to keep in mind that there are hundreds of thousands of scientists around the world who stand up for climate realism. more than 30,000 signed a petition stating they do not believe we are facing a climate crisis. when i mention the national climate assessment, what i'm saying is that government needs to make sure we are getting a representative body of scientists that are participating in these reports. not because you want to have the obama administration and people who have come out and said we are facing a climate crisis and then you have them write a report saying the same thing. there are so many scientists, 30,000 plus who signed their name, meaning they took an effort to sign the petition and they did not care they were going to be called a denier so that we are not facing climate crisis. and another important point is that we need to understand the context of current temperatures. we are seeing some warming. when you look at the concept of tempera

the met office warns this year will see one of the biggest rises in the level of climate—warming carbon atmosphere. and archaeologists excavating a site for the new high speed rail project say they've found the remains of a royal navy explorer who led the first circumnavigation of australia. good morning. it is the 25th of january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. ajudge in georgia has ruled the man who killed a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames in 2015, and then fled the uk, will be held in prison for three months as british authorities try to extradite him. jack shepherd handed himself into police in georgia earlier this week, after months on the run. he was convicted of manslaughter in his absence, after 24—year—old charlotte brown died in a speedboat crash. injuly, shepherd was sentenced to six years in prison. speaking ahead of the court appearance, shepherd's laywer in georgia said that under the country's law, he can be detained for up to nine months before extradition. these are the latest pictures from the court wrote in their intimately see. obviously a long—awaited

receives the radio carbon content of a piece of ivory he can match it against the bomb curve a recordof atmospheric levels of c fourteen before and after the atomic testing era the radio carbon dating a five re could be used to verify the age of ivory being sold on the legal market as antiques but here's the bottom curve and i call this left side before nine hundred sixty three the rising limb so the tusk is imprinted with the radio carbon concentration from that year so we can then go and measure that radiocarbon concentration and say ok it's for example one point three and that allows us to draw a horizontal line across the bottom curve here and you can see it actually intersects it into place two answers it could be nineteen sixty or it could be one thousand and eighty so the way to do this is to sample part of the test that you know is older and in part it's us you know is younger and compare the relative radiocarbon concentrations and just fit them back onto this curve so if the older one has a higher concentration in the younger has a lower then you're on this falling limb of th

>> and we have somewhat rising carbon dioxide emissions and we see record low hurricanes, tornadoes, and record crop production. the measure is not whether the earth is warming or humans are causing it, the measure is what we are expecting to happen. when we look at historical data and the present and we project into the future based upon the past in the present, the scientific evidence shows we are nowhere near creating this crisis. guest: james it is 2019. this is embarrassing, horrifying, and the views are flat out wrong. it is breathtaking that you would continue to come onto the air and say these things. if this is the case, scientists are confident that humans are causing client change and they are a dutch as they are that smoking causes cancer, to suggest otherwise is down. the notion of denying climate change is so fringe and so marginalized the republicans across the country, republican governors who are not is not out of concern for climate change, out of recognition a doubling down on green energy is good for our economy and creating good paying jobs were taking the threat

of carbon source emissions and our planet now is mobile submissions. there is a deal ready to be made. i would urge you -- i am trying to impart us and the virgin. i would have her in my office. i would be in california trying to make this deal. the idea they are waiting for us -- your job is to be the leader for fighting this battle. 40%ns are heating up by faster on average. just urge you to feel some sense of urgency on this. >> let's talk about mercury. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you, mr. chairman. of media over the recent report showing that co2 emissions increased last your. a lot of adversaries are wanting a rollback of the green power actions.g other i would like to enter into the record this forbes article that says this is not surprising, given the unprecedented economic growth the united states has seen in the last year in states co2 emissions in the united states are down 11% since 2005. can you address this? >> yes, senator. you are correct. our co2 emissions peaked in 2005. it has been on the decline since then. i was briefed yesterd

whatever we have gone in the fourteen years old only way to low carbon is to fight this and whatever we have won whatever little compensation medical care rehabilitation people have done because of the long standing by other people. shouldn't think of this but we are hoping that last thirtieth anniversary would also work as you know leverage and you know waking up our politicians actually the carbonation into doing what is the right thing for the people of mumbai. in bhopal india tonight another horror story continues the out your now call by possibly stand silent like a toothless third cannot be made to feel like gas leaks from a union carbide something like one and sometimes the source of the world's worst industrial accident. the aftermath of that boy killed up to twenty five thousand people. were. discovered. yeah. i doubt. it. would be going to buy yeah i'm not a meat. milagros worthy of medical but what are you aware that i don't know how much they yell to me on the numbers without bond. you know by getting out of the was the biggest blessing away or maybe she's the one don't g

of atmospheric levels of c fourteen before and after the atomic testing era the radio carbon datinga five re could be used to verify the age of ivory being sold on the legal market as antiques but here's the curve and i call this left side before nine hundred sixty three the rising limb so that tusk is imprinted with the radio carbon concentration from that year so we can then go and measure that radiocarbon concentration and say ok it's for example one point three and that allows us to draw a horizontal line across the bottom curve here and you can see it actually intersects it into place two answers it could be nineteen sixty or it could be one thousand and eighty so the way to do this is to sample part of the test that you know is older and in part it's us you know is younger and compare the relative radiocarbon concentrations and just fit them back onto this curve so if the older one has a higher concentration in the younger has a lower then you're on this falling women of the bomb curve november two thousand and thirteen canadian authorities learned that a pair of tusks are bei

footprint and then also investing in low carbon businesses, creating low carbon businesses, whethert's from, you know, a bio energy jet fuel or, you know, a partnership we have with tesla where we're piloting a high storage battery at one of our wind farms. it's going to take all of that working together and i do think there is a collaborative spirit in really helping to solve these big juicy problems. >> if you look at the booklet that you got, one of the things that stands out is that this is a very high tech industry and virtually every company that is in this business is focused on technology and how to make it better every day and obviously what we are talking about, emissions, is something that everybody contends with and is addressing through r & d and, you know, revising our equipment, whatever it is that we use, constantly to make it better. i think that has happened and that's why this huge drop in emissions despite the doubling of, you know, production, because we are all focused on that. we don't want to waste it. we don't want it to go up into the atmosphere. and i thin

this comes after a global carbon prject report in december said globam carbon emissions were estimatedcent worldwide in 20-18. while the u-s power sector saw their emissions rise by 1-point-9 percent --- the transportation sector held on to the title as the largest producer of green house gases for the third straight year. ( james) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... there's another new name in the streaming video business. but this one won't be spending billions of dollars like netflix and amazon. (james ) and coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news ... we have more on what you can expect from president trump's immigration speech tonight. speech tonight. (clapping) every day, visionaries are creating the future. ( ♪ ) so, every day, we put our latest technology and vast expertise to work. ( ♪ ) the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, affordably and on-time. (ringing) ( ♪ ) the future only happens with people who really know how to deliver it. today will begin dry but showers will continue to approac

loved of the 50 state solution. >> greater source of carbon the nation's on a planet -- carbon emissions. if there is a deal that is ready to be made, ready to be made urge you, i'm trying to impart some sense of urgency. if i were you i would have her in my office. i would be in california. i would be trying to make this deal. this idea you were waiting for them are waiting for us, your job is to basically be the leader for fighting this battle. we have seen i think oceans are heating up 40% on average. this year we just finished his hottest year on record. i would urge you to feel some sense of urgency on the stuff, okay? let's talk about mercury. i will reserve the balance of my time. thank you. >> senator inhofe. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there's a lot of media spin and charted again just out over the recent report showing co2 emissions in the united states increased last year. a lot of the adversaries are wanting to blame the administrations so-called rollback of the clean power plan and withdraw from paris agreement among other actions. i'd like to enter into the record this forb

they would rise to fast to store the blue carbon.the difference between 1.5 and two degrees would mean about four inches of sea level, and that would expose -- it may not sound like much, but in terms of people around the world, that report estimates you would expose 10 million more people to sea level rise influence consequences. >> you want to jump in? comment: i would just on the point of nature, healing nature and that is the point of the dialogue that isn't often present. and when you say what can we do right now to work with nature and conserve nature that will prevent us from getting to that 1.5 degrees -- is that a part of the dialogue at all from your standpoint? brenda: nature-based solutions absolutely. not only helps to store carbon but often help protect people and make them safer. the fact that the wetlands in louisiana used to be far offshore, and when storms and hurricanes would come, they would protect them, but now the sea level rise has eroded so much when the hurricane hits it's so close and the storm surge is dev

for instance, we may change our behavior or change our carbon footprint. but the question is -- can the scientists who are racing to understand this glacier, can they get us more information so that we might make better decisions about what the future might be like? host: we would like to thank jon gertner, "wired" contributor and author of "the world's most terrifying glacier" for being with us. thank you so much, jon. guest: thank you. host: we will turn our attention to the government shutdown, which is now in day 15. if you are for the shutdown, (202) 748-8000. if you are opposed, (202) 748-8001. and if you are a federal worker, whether you are affected by the shutdown or not, we want to know what you think at (202) 748-8002 . now this week on "newsmakers," two new house committee chairs talk about what they plan to do in this congress. jim mcgovern, the rules committee chair, and mark takano of california, the veterans affairs committee chair. >> we decide how the bill will be considered when it goes to the floor, whether it will be amended or not. so