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

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. 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

climate and energy policy with myron ebell. more on the topic with bob deans, strategic engagement director for the natural resources defense council. later, american path -- public health association executive director, dr. georges benjamin, talks about the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. ♪ host: good morning on friday, april 23, 2020 one. the democratically controlled house voted along party lines thursday to advance legislation to make washington, d.c., the 51st state. the bill faces a steep hurdle in overcoming a filibuster. we are getting your reaction and asking if you would support stated for d.c. if you would, (202) 748-8000 is the number to call. if you would not, (202) 748-8001 . and a special line for d.c. residents, (202) 748-8002. and you can send us a text, (202) 748-8003. if you do, please include your name and where you are from. you can catch us on social media . on twitter, @cspanwj. and on facebook. you can start calling in now. it is called hr 51, the bill to make washington, d.c., the 51st sta

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

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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