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The comments hes made in the past and educate the rest of his cabinet into the dangers of climate change and help business do something about it. the reason that we have launched these branches is myself, bill gates, jack morgan, jeff bezos, numerous business leaders, we know the world has a problem. we know we have to do something about it. weve got to come up with breakthrough technologies to make sure that we do get the world to carbon neutral by 2050. and well get on and do it. whatever, whi...

Some of them are your friends. how hard was it? >> when i called up the 28 different people, i was amazed at their enthusiasm for the idea. some of them will do the investment directly, some will work through a fund that will create that will help vet the breakthrough technologies. im sure well get more signing up. we didnt go after institutions but well be approaching those in the months ahead. >> mr. gates, your fellow philanthropist, ted turner, the founder of cnn, he said if he had one word ...

Here in north america but also around the globe. and i am a firm believer that climate change is real. its impacted by human behavior and carbon emissions, and as a consequence i think we have an obligation to future generations to do something about it. in my first term we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars and trucks. that will have an impact. that will take a lot of carbon out of the atmosphere. we doubled the production of clean energy which promises to reduce the utilization of fossi...

Number of severe weather events here in north america but also around the globe. and i am a firm believer that climate change is real. that it is impacted by human behavior and carbon emissions. and as a consequence, i think we have an obligation to future generations to do something about it. now, in my first term, we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars and trucks. that will have an impact. that will take a lot of carbon out of the atmosphere. we doubled the use of natural fuel and we con...

Bullying over hisle is sulty. but his death is not in vein as a new scholarship is awarded in his name. you will meet the first recipient that is coming up in the next hour. u.s. classrooms are going high-tech. a white house initiative called digital promise is underway. there are three parts to the program, identifying breakthrough technologies, learning faster whats working and whats not, and third transforming the market for learning technologies. kentucky congressman john yarmouth introduc...

But americas economy is always going to rely on outstanding manufacturing. where we make stuff. where were not just buying stuff overseas, but were making stuff here, and were selling it to somebody else. thats what allisons all about. this is also where a clean energy economy is being built. this is the kind of company that will make sure that america remains the most prosperous nation in the world. see, other countries understand this. were in a competition all around the world. and other coun...

His new pitch for his 2015 budget to be released next month is spending $1 billion on a climate resilience fund to help communities plan and to help fund breakthrough technologies. the president was very definitive in his state of the union address. >> the debate is settled. climate change is a fact. >> not everyone thinks its that simple. california is dealing with severe drought conditions, which nasa satellite photos from last january to this january help illustrate, but kevin mccarthy from c...