ve coal. to lo climate skeptics still exist.ow have these challenges changed you and your approach? mr. gore: since president trump took office, the cancellation and retirement of coal plants has actually accelerated. i was worried when he made his announcement that we were going to pull out of the paris agreement, but no other country in the world followed his lead. law,ysics, there is this for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. that is true in politics as well. you saw the march here last saturday. what did the california state , andlature did last week the governor signed it on monday. joel: which is 100% renewable electricity by 2045. mr. gore: here in california, and he accompanied that with an executive order that commits the state of california to zero carbon energy in all of the activity that takes place in california by 2045. this is an extremely controversial measure. it has happened since trump took office. stillthe law, and we are a nation under law as of right now, and will remain so. [laughter] m