ellison get one works for the sierra club. it's the largest environmental organization in the u.s. . ellison accuses the authorities of automatically renewing the canyon mine operators old license without requiring a new environmental impact assessment. the mine operator energy fuels insists that there is no danger and that uranium mining is now conducted far more responsibly than during the cold war. i think that's ridiculous if you're in your mining today it's so significantly different than it was in the past and why won't they revise their plan of operations their plan of operations as from one thousand nine hundred four there's nothing new happening at canyon mine it is a hard rock mine there extract or to the surface and trucking it to a mill exactly the way they did and i nine hundred eighty s. there's nothing in here. the u.s. government is eager to reduce the country's dependency on your rainy and imports currently its nuclear power plants run on supplies sourced from abroad. in two thousand and seventeen global urani

. >> i am speaking today for the sierra club. i want to thank supervisor peskin and the other three supervisors that i haven't -- that have introduced this resolution. we strongly support the resolution. i want to say very briefly that i have heard amongst my friends and colleagues, but also in the press that s.f. p.u.c. and san francisco, they are siding with trump. they are doing trump hostess bidding here. is that hyperbole equally yes. of course, it is hyperbole. but when we make decisions instead of stepping up with what has to be done to preserve this river that we are so dependent on and say, know, that would be inconvenient, that would cause some money, then we are thinking in the same way as donald trump. >> hello. i'm here with the tuolumne river trust. thank you supervisor peskin for taking the time to understand the issue and be up for being a leader. on that. >> supervisor tang: river, we had well over 100,000 salmon spawning every year. in the last few years it has been in the low thousands or hundreds. it is not ju

the sierra club wants to close nuclear facilities. it wants to stop burning coal. that would be a devastating job killer in the 13th district. that is not the answer. let's invest in renewables, but pair them with base generators like nuclear and coal facilities. >> the question is, what policies should the u.s. adopt to combat global warming? ms. londrigan: i think it was a mistake to leave the paris climate accord because we have been innovative leaders in combating climate change. it is an economic issue. it's also an issue of do you believe in clean air, clean water? the economics are that, in 2017, the devastation caused by climate change cost our nation $300 billion. that is money that could have been interested in modernizing infrastructure and helping us to combat climate change moving forward. some of the policies i think we need to look at, we have to look under the hood. some of the rollbacks need to be rolled back in. i want to make sure we have a buffer zone between streams and areas where there have been chemicals and mining so we do not have any more

she was one of the most partisan members of the assembly, voting only 12% of the time with the sierra club0% with planned parenthood, but 93% with the national rifle association. and i don't think the that is the type of bipartisan leadership we need. moderator: miss harkey has said you would vote to impeach president trump. mr. levin: not true. aderator: would you support democratically-led effort to impeach the president? mr. levin: no. i'm not running on an impeachment platform, but i believe in the rule of law. we have got to allow the investigation of mr. mueller to move forward, unimpeded by politics. devin nunes, the head of the house intelligence committee, has withheld relevant testimony and information from mr. mueller's committee and i don't , think there should be two sets of rules, a set of rules for the and his family who are getting away with things, and another set of rules for the rest of us. under article one of the constitution, it's the responsibility of congress to exercise appropriate oversight. that is all we are talking about, appropriate oversight. i will be please

demonstrates she is one of the most partisan members of the assembly, voting only 12% of the time with the sierra club, 0% with planned parenthood, but 93% with the national rifle association. i don't think the that is the type of bipartisanship we need. miss harkey has said you would vote to impeach president trump. no.levin: im not running on an impeachment platform, but i believe in the rule of law. we have got to allow the investigation of mr. mueller to move forward, unimpeded by politics. nunes, the head of the house intelligence committee, has withheld information for mr. mueller, and i don't think there should be two sets of rules, a set of rules for the president of his family -- the president and his family in one set of rules for the rest of us. under article one of the constitution, it's the responsibility of congress to exercise appropriate oversight. that's all we are talking about. appropriate oversight. i will be pleased when devin n head ofno longer the the house intelligence committee, and adam schiff is. i resist inequality and i resisted dishonesty. we have record dishonesty from t

the sierra club, and others. we have had really great success during phone banking opportunities with those folks. so we shared information and attended events and did some phone banking. we sponsored some events and panels as well to get the word out. than we did a lot of meeting customers face-to-face. merchant association meetings, film screenings, panel presentations, we attended nearly 30 events in 2018 total and interacted with about 4300 people. we also wanted to engage business organizations. we partnered with the mayor's office of workforce development and got a list of all the folks they engage with on a regular basis. we narrow that down to about 100 small and medium and large businesses that would be focused , that was business focused and energy focused organizations. a lot of the folks just wanted to get the details and they would present it to their constituents as they wanted to. others wanted us to come in so we did in person presentations and scent them digital press kits that they asked for as

vu: recently, we talked with reza asthe former headso mh of the sierra club, carl pope, about his newook tied, "climate of hope." he coauthored it with former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. he cin the book, pope lays out a vision for how individuals, busine es and local governmentscan bate even when state and national governments won't. nice thave you here. pope: great to be here again. vu: well, in your book, you say that it's timer a newn about climate change. what do you thin is wrong with the wa it's being discussed now, and how would you like to reframe the conversation? pope: well, we have talked out climate change as this enormous problem which requires phenomenal sacrifice, and the convertotion is, "who is goinay the bill?" that used to be true. it's not true anymore. right now, climate change is an enormous economic opportunity, and the question is, "who is going to take the lead?" that's a different kind of conversation. vu: and you also point out that lot of it has talked about very long-term consequences, not something that people can relate to now. pope: that's ex

vu: recently, we talked with the former head of the sierra club, carl popeo about his ne titled, "climatef hope." he coauthored it with former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. businesses and local governments can battle climate changeals, even when state and national governments won't. ce to have you here. pope: great to be here again. vu: well, inour book, ce to you say that it's time for a new type of conversation about climate change.yo what dthink is wrong with the way it's being discussed now, pope: well, we have like to rabout climate changeion?lk as this enormous problem which requires phenomenal sacrifice and nversation is, "who is going to pay the bill?" that used to be true it's not true anymor right now, climate change is a, and the question is, "who is going to take the lead?" that's a different kind of conversation. vu: and you also point t has talked about very long-te consequences, not something that people can relate to now. pope: that's exactly right, and if you look, erfor example, the cotion we're having, people don't realize that many of the states which have don

and other reasons, i'm grateful to michael bloomberg's beyond coal initiative working with the sierra clubeptionally proud of our governor, jerry brown -- [applause] thank you. for his decades of leadership as an early visionary, a brilliant strategist and a persistent champion to preserve the planet for future generations. decades ago, he recognized early that we must act swiftly, boldly, and collectively in the face of a grim future, one of rising oceans. oceans, he was early on the oceans issue, savage wildfires, and extreme and unpredictable weather patterns that devastate communities and destabilize our world. this conference -- and thank you all for being here -- and the manifestation of governors brown -- is the manifestation of governor brown's determination to face one of the most serious crises the world has ever faced. thank you, governor brown. [applause] to confront the climate challenge, we must think globally, organize locally, and act personally. and that means understanding how to engage everyone in the solution, at every level of society, across all ethnic and community l

howard stressan for the sierra club. i'm happy to be here to urge you to correct the mistake that is over 50 years old. in the '50s we passed minimum parking requirement and they say we need more parking and then there's too much congestion and now we're finally waking up. none of my neighbors are not here to say it's too early. no one is here to say they need their parking spaces and that's great you go forward and correct and we can remind them throughout the country, every place with mum -- minimum parking and it was endless. you don't have to be a don shoop to know this stuff. >> i'm with the san francisco bicycle coalition. i'm here to express our strong support for the planning code amendments to eliminate minimum park requirements citywide. there were concerns brought up by supervisors tang and safai including the need for additional outreach and want to thank the staff for leading the way to host additional meetings to do just that and the legislation is not eliminating cars or making it more difficult to drive i

our , many ngos and nonprofits are here, including some of the great ones we all know like the sierra clubeace, using salesforced to run their operation. and that is so meaningful to us, because for over 20 years we and given to nonprofits ngos as part of our charter. and because every salesforce daysyee gets seven paid off a year to volunteer, our employees have also given more than 3 million hours to worthy causes, including predominantly by earthforce. thousands of our employees give their time and energy and technology capabilities to fight climate change every day. i share this because every pledge 1%n join our movement and unleash the power within them to help create this climate change solution. we are going to get all of our employees unfocused healing our employeesour planet.on healing our every company can have employees that give their time tout the environment. this is how businesses can really step up. that is how we can rise to the moment. this is how we can spark the , the transformation. take actionnly ourselves, we can inspire all nations to act as well. so on behalf of ev

to give one example of many, david brower, long-time executive director of the sierra club was a regular visitor to stewart udall's secretarial office. the two generally had a very good relationship except for when udall came out in favor, at the beginning, anyway, of a couple of dams within the grand sticky point in the relationship. he refers to udalls as the most environmentally conscious interior secretary in history. bipartisanship, in the 1960's, both houses of congress were controlled by the democrats and democrat presidents as well. with that said, much of the legislation that came out of the 1960's and 1970's would not have passed had it been for many republicans supporting it. just to name three of many, thomas kuchel a california senator, was the minority whip in the 1960's and he was instrumental in getting the vast majority of republicans to get behind the wilderness act of 1964. john sailor who had a congressional district around southwestern pennsylvania outside of pittsburgh was a big-time supporter of conservation and then with my background in the park service and with

in addition to being on this commission, i work at the national sierra club and from that perspective i know how deeply valuable to leadership at the city level is on the is really pernicious issues that we have like plastic pollution. a lot of us have heard that stat that there will be more plastic in the ocean then finished by the year 2050 if we don't make radical changes. changes the changes that you had helped inspire whole new generations to think differently about single-use plastics. it is really inspirational to our kids and communities. i want to thank you for that. >> commissioner shorter? >> you know that i can't go without saying something. you know what i really love about you? you have said -- set such a high standard in terms of public service. and i think that we now have a new -- it is not an acronym, but it is ww kd. what would katy do? [laughter] and as we look at, not only -- no issue is singular. i have really appreciated your genius to recognize that. clearly from the status of women , clearly from our colleagues here that are representing the environmental just

the mayor announced that she had agreed to be a 100% renewable energy mayor's co-chair for the sierra club 100% renewable ca campaign. that was also a success. we started small and then we just kind of grew big with that press event as well. so how did we do overall? again, we did well, we did well. i'm going to kind of -- you can see -- maybe i won't quite run through this list fully. but we were able to kind of track the stories that we generated ourselves. what's missing here is the stories that were generated just by the fact that the conference was in the city. so there's too many of those to count. so that's another measure of success. and so i'll let you read the list but i want to point out a couple of the op-eds that the department, that peter, myself, debbie and a few other folks, had influence on. we were able to help facilitate an op-ed between the mayor of paris and our mayor. we had one from debbie, from "the san francisco examiner." as i was talking to the editorial page editor she decided if we're going to do this locally we need the state's perspective so that's how our go

there should be no problem with compelling people to contribute or the sierras club or nra or anything else. i think that is often a bad idea, but setting aside maybe can shooting took parties that is not should be seen as unconstitutional. i am unusual in that respect. i think the brought objection has no merit to it. >> yours works. , i agree with eugene descriptively but not normatively. there is this remarkable line where justice kennedy is pushing back against the lochner argument. famouses holmes' dissent. herbert spencer wrote a book called "social status" which we would now call libertarian. kennedy quotes it. "the constitution does not act herbert spencer's "social status," it does the first amendment." it's a good line. when i see a good line i mean it is a good turn of phrase. i don't think it is a good line for justice kennedy to draw on for two basic reasons. it relies on a sharp distinction between enumerated and unenumerated rights which justice kennedy generally rejected. he was not somebody who fought -- who thought subsidy to due process only incorporates the bill of

sierra club attorney doug hayes said in a statement -- "the trump administration tried to force this dirty pipeline project on the american people, but they can't ignonore the threats it would pose to our clean water, our climate, and our communities." it's unclclear whether the trump administration will appeal the decision. for our complete coverage on the keystone xl pipeline, head to our website at democracynow.org. house democrats called for an emergency hearing thursday, following president trump's ouster of attorney general jeff sessions. democrats urged the passing of a bill that would protect special counsel robert mueller as he continues his probe into potential russian collusion with the trump campaign in the 2016 election. democrats also formally requested the preservation of all documents related to jeff sessions' firing, writing -- "we remind you that concealing, removing or destroying such documents may constitute a crime." in the senate, republican jeff flake of arizona and democrat chris coons of delaware said they will push for a floor vote on a bipartisan bill to pr

they will have somebody from the industry or the sierra club. one one side -- once i thinks it is a horrible disaster, the other side of victory. -- one side thinks it is a horrible disaster, the other, a victory. if anybody has looked at it, they would see what the language said and a businessperson -- reasonable person would say that i see what the problem was. it doesn't have to be this or that. it has to be portrayed more in a more political way. somebody must think is more readily understandable. from the court perspective, i would like to see the sentence that causes people to split. this way, a reasonable person could see why there's two sides to that story. we talked about collegiality on the court. there is great collegiality, even as passions about the case cause deep divisions in our country. can you talk a little bit about the collegiality of the court as you see it right now? also, whether you would take any steps to foster that collegiality? justice roberts: i think the collegiality on the court is very good. we think we are in thi

environmental case, then they will have an in a field from somebody within the industry or the sierra club. one of the sides thinks it is a horrible disaster, the other side a victory. maybe before the end of the story, you will see what was involved was an interpretation of a particular statute, and you don't see the statute until the end, if at all. if anybody had looked at it, they would see what the language said, and a reasonable person would see what the problem was. it doesn't have to be this or that. it has to be portrayed more in a more political way. somebody must think is more readily understandable. from the court perspective, i would like to see the sentence that caused people to split. so reasonable people, like one of my sisters, could see why there's two sides to that story. prof. stein: we talked before in this series about collegiality on the court. and heard that there is great collegiality, even as passions about the case cause deep divisions in our country. can you talk a little bit about the collegiality on the court as you see it right now? also, whether you would ta

the sierra club, interestingly, just came out against the trade agreement and i think that is tellinga signal to democrats that they must insist on more environmental provisions. notrisk of nafta 2.0 getting ratified is high, and as a result, withdrawal possibilities are also high. over withe are election night and we head into the third year of president tenure, what happens in 2020? to think about getting past election night. the fading fiscal stimulus. talked something we have about before, but of course, we saw a big surge in fiscal policy and 2013 because of the tax bill that increased government spending levels, but by the end of 2019, we will see not only the benefits of the tax cut fading, but also the benefits of the spending increase saving, so you have a situation where fading fiscal stimulus, assuming you have trade tensions escalating, and potentially a mistake, so i think we are looking at more risks in the market and coming from washington certainly in 2019 and how thein 2018 president responds will be interesting. >> we will have you here to discuss all of that again m