Here is the gallup hold that breaks down americans level of worrying about environmental problems. The top of the list is the pollution of Drinking Water. Americans were worried about this a great deal in 2014, versus those in 2015. 47 of americans were worried about pollution of lakes, rivers, and reservoirs in 2014,5, lower than in 2014. And only 32 say they are worried about Global Warming or Climate Change. Even as Global Warming has received greater attention from politicians and the media americans worry about it is no higher now than when gallup first asked about it in 1989. Part of the excavation for this may be because the results are quite different when you break down the survey responses by political party. The gallup poll shows that democrats are much more worried about Environmental Issues and republicans are. 13 of republicans in 2014 2015 said they were worried about Climate Change, which is significantly lower than 2014. For democrats, more than half of them said they were greatly worried about Global Warming and Climate Change, of from the level that was seen in 2000. It is the only issue in which democrats say they are more worried now than they were in 2000 and. Americans still do not rank this as one of the issues facing the economy. Economic issues are the top problem raising the country. Only 2 of americans say that the environment or pollution is one of the top issues facing the country. President obama addressed some of these concerns this week. He announced a new effort to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by 28 by 2025. Obama visited utah in order to make this announcement. He also discussed the economy and jobs as well during that visit. Here is a story in the Washington Post. Obama sought to gain support in his economic agenda and if heavily republican state as he sought to expand his workforce the first his argument to increase federal funding levels and next years budget in the face of opposition on capitol hill. They will see 375,000 feet to enter the solar will or speculatively they will seek 75,000 workers to enter the solar workforce respectively. We go to our calls now. Good morning. Caller i am very concerned about the environment, mainly because a lot of people do not seem to be concerned about it. To me, one of the worst things that we have is not only illusion of Drinking Water from pesticides, but pesticides are Real Health Hazards for people and the environment, and wildlife. I feel like one thing that plays into all of this is when you watch the news on tv. They make a big deal out of economic issues. Hardly ever hear anyone talk about Environmental Issues in the media. Host that was amy, and richmond, virginia. We will now be joined by ben geman, and environmental reporter. Good morning to you. Guest good morning. Thank you for having me on the program. Host can you break down the administrations plan . Guest absolutely. This is both an old and new announcement. What is going on is that last year the u. S. And china reached a historic agreement on Carbon Emissions. They have been economic rivals and rivals on this issue as well, as to who we take more action first. The u. S. Pledged it would reduce its Greenhouse Gas emissions by 28 , below 2005 levels i 2025. The u. S. Is the second largest reduce her of producer of Greenhouse Gas emissions. China is the largest. What that david is a preview something that the vote did is really something the Obama Administration to recently. This is our emissions pledge. What that does is set the ball rolling for a number of other countries ahead of the make or break series of talks in december in order to come to a new Global Climate change record. They are very hopeful that this pledge and the pledge that china has made, that this will create this International Level of political momentum to finally come after years of really rocky u. N. Talks, to come to a new international Climate Change agreement. Host you said the white houses goal is to jumpstart other countries to make Ambitious Goals themselves. Guest what the white house is doing is offering a target for the u. S. That it says can be achieved without new action from congress. That is very important. The chances for any big new steps on Climate Change, i do not think it is going overboard to say they are zero. What the white house is a is that here are the targets were going to achieve with executive actions that are already in the works. Some of the most important ones are these pending epa regulations to set limits on Carbon Dioxide emissions. Another part of the plan is ongoing fuel efficiency standards. A whole other series of actions as well. Methane from some of the oil and gas operations. As long as congress does not a nonblock with the administration is doing, this Analysis Shows that these cuts are very achievable. Of course, president obama will not be in office in 2025. One thing that a lot of are watching is what would happen if we have a president ted cruz or did jeb bush, who like rollback the level of cuts that the u. S. Could achieve. While these things are very achievable using only executive action and not congress, future president s and congress could take action that would undermine these goals. Host how much of it is you do think this will be in the 2016 president ial campaign . Ted cruzs opposition to some of these president ial orders . Guest in years past, Climate Change has made a cameo appearance on the campaign trail. It has very really been a top issue rarely been a top issue. I think it is quite possible that Climate Change will be somewhat of a bigger deal in this residential election than earlier ones because we are coming off of what people hope for in this new agreement in paris. It also has a who the nominee s are. I think what you will see our are republicans as saying that the democratic lands would be harmful. Host you mentioned a couple of times the discussion in paris and is slated for later this year. What is the goal of that meeting . Guest the goal of the meeting is to come to some type of local Climate Change agreement that would be very different on the kyoto protocol which was struck way back in 1970 in two ways. It did not require anything for developing countries where emissions are really growing. The deal that they hope to strike in paris would not only of light to the big developed countries, but all countries as well. This is not going to be this is going to be very different from kyoto, because this agreement will be a series of voluntary pledges by countries that will sort of the bound up in some type of binding accord. To get technical, the pieces of Fee Agreement that they pledge will not be binding. There will be a lot of both good faith involved, as well as other types of agreements that provide scaffolding behind voluntary pledges. Host what do you think president obama hopes this legacy will be in his final years in office . Guest he has made this a big thing in his second term. There has been a lot of consternation and disappointment in the environment of movement that he did not prioritize this in his first term. I think he wants to leave an International Legacy on this as well. This is making some republicans in congress quite upset because they feel like these policies could be economically harmful. That said, this agreement that they hope to richard paris will not require ratification from congress. While i think you will see a lot of distaste for with the president is doing on capitol hill among republicans, they probably do not have the votes to outright for the president at this time. Host thank you for joining us this morning. We are taking your calls this morning. Our topic is the environment. The question is, are Environmental Issues a top concern for you . We go to gloucester, massachusetts. Suzanne, good morning to you. Caller good morning. Let me connect this to several issues on my plate. We live a low carbon lifestyle here. But we are in seaport production. We have been trying to become low carbon in our fishing boats. One Agency States in way of the fundamental need for the fleet to green itself. Maybe we would be doing less of really green dishing fleet. From a technical perspective, we have found again and again a strong obstructionism i regional administrators by the National Fisheries service. We need to have a chance to green arsenals, try low carbon to suit different ways of going about this. Essentially, only 50 discussion. The other p infrastructure. Host what exactly is low carbon commercial fishing . Caller vessels that are less fuel, built on sustainable materials. Technically, it is not difficult. It is straightforward to do. But there are distinct regulations that dictate, and obstruct any organic innovation in the commercial industry. Glass has been around for 100 years because every day, everyone, every year people find out a better way of going about the business. We all learn from lessons. But what we need to do, and what we have been offering pro bono has been a very painful, long slog and we try to offer pro bono for free, for the help of our community. That those folks may see from research and development that they are supported by the federal government, not obstructed. Host we will have to leave it there. Next is a caller from wisconsin. Caller i definitely believe in Global Warming. They should not call it Global Warming anymore, it is more like extreme weather. Getting back to politics, you want to know the first thing that mitt romney wanted to do when he got in office was to repeal the standards because he did not like what obama did. Republicans are really running cars that get 40 miles to the gallon, thank obama for that. The oil industry did not like it. Host is this a top concern for you . Caller it is a top concern. In california, they are running out of water. It is not Global Warming anymore, it is extreme weather. Host next up is harlan from california. Go ahead. Caller how are you doing . Host how worried are you about Environmental Issues . Caller how concerned in my am i . Much more than the last guy, because i live here. I am in san diego. Jerry brown can do whatever he wants, but we are a liberal state and theres not much we can do about that. And behold issue is that obama wants it to be a top concern because all of his other crisis , there is a reason they stopped calling it Global Warming and started calling it Climate Change. The commercials, that on everyones buying into, i feel for them. But if you are a conscious individuall, you do not have a brain if you just buy right into this. Host president obama visited a school on friday. Obama we are going to leave bicycle, invests in the future. Trainer workers for good new jobs in the energy economy. That is how were going to keep our economy growing, and that is how we going to create new jobs and create more opportunity for the american people. We are also, as a byproduct of that, going to make this country safer, and we are going to be completed more secure. Where would you be the garment we are passing on were going to make sure that the environment we are passing on maintain the beauty of this place for generations to come. Here isost heres the front page of the Salt Lake Tribune from friday. The headline, the president s first time to the beehive state. This chart also shows the level of Carbon Emissions around the globe. The u. S. Accounts for about 17 of total Global Carbon emission compared to china which accounts for about 27 of global Carbon Emissions. The white house announced this week that it plans to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions i 28 by 2025 as part of efforts to combat Climate Change. We are taking your calls this morning on Environmental Issues. How concerned are you about them . Advanced top rarity in your mind are they a top priority in your life . We are on twitter, you can call us, we are on facebook, or you can send us an email. Up next is our caller from illinois. Caller good morning. Thank you for cspan. I would suggest that the Global Warming alarmists check into two things. One is the medieval warm. Period. The second thing to study would be the minimum which refutes the co2 argument of the environmentalists. That is all i have to say. Thank you. Host up next is a caller from maryland. Good morning. Caller good morning. I do think that the environment is a top concern, because it is such a crosscutting issue in terms of education. The environment is very important in terms of education. Im a teacher, and teach the environment. We get outside and do cleanups. I think teaching about the environment is absolutely essential, as well as economics. I know that siemens is one of the largest windmill producers in the United States. My question is why cannot we manufacture our own Wind Turbines as opposed to a Foreign Company . Host would an environmental issue influence the way that you vote . The candidate they support . Caller i think so, yes. Especially if they are able to sell it in the right way with it being such a crosscutting issue that affects every other issue. Civil rights, the economy education. I think that if the right candidate could package it in the right way, i would be more likely to vote for i dont care if they are republican or democrat. If they could package it in the right way, i would vote for them. Host a few comments from twitter. Climate not a big c issue for me. Californias water problem could be fixed with the salinization water plants. Another viewer, yes im concerned, i have seen snow slowly vanish from sierra and ocean temperature rise 10 degrees along the california coast. A caller from baltimore, maryland. Go ahead. Caller hello. I just wanted to make an observation. For 10 years i ran geophysical observatory satellite. At that time we could find no such thing as Global Warming. 25 years ago the naysayers predicted nuclear winter. I suggest that you get a man like dr. Fred singer on the program, who is a lower approach to what Climate Changes. There is always good to be Climate Change it is just a way of making something taxable so people can make money. Host if youre not worried about Climate Change, what is the top issue for you . Why you think it iss the most pressing issue facing country . Caller security, and commerce. Our horrid job situation. I do agree that we should be able to generate jobs here with Efficient Energy supporters. Including title generators tidal generators that have been invented and supported. Im 87 years old and 40 years ago we installed wind generators in the hawaiian islands. They were evidently good then, and we now have the wherewithal to generate all of the electrical needs of the west coast with tidal generators. The gentleman that spoke and said that he thought desalinization plants would work , if you couple those two, there is significant stability possibility that we could get rid of the water problems of cal oregon california or any other coastal areas. Host a few other headlines for you this morning. The Washington Post reports that sarah brady, long time advocate for uncontrolled issa 73 gun control, dies at 73. She died april 3 at eight retirement community. A lifelong republican, mrs. Brady reached out to small organizations to prevent gun violence. She was driving force behind gun control legislation. In addition, in political news the New York Times reports that Hillary Clinton is said to rent a Brooklyn Campaign headquarters. She has leased two floors of office space for hiser president ial candidate who are orders according to one person familiar with the deal. This officially starts the clock on when mrs. Clinton will have to file candidacy papers with the federal election commission. 15 days to engage in Campaign Activities to register a committee. She is expected to announce her candidacy in the coming days. Also in political news the white house is making a pitch to preserve its agreement with iran over the curtailing of its nuclear program. In the weeks ahead the white house will find out a way it supporters both of hamilton and democratic vote on the deal find a way to get supporters both republican and democrat, to vote on the deal. This would put us in an untenable situation with our international partners. A handful of democrats have signed a measure calling for review of the deal, sponsored by senator bob corker. On cspan, this year we will be heading out on tv. We will be going to tulsa, oklahoma. We will present all of her nonfiction offerings in one block. Phillips was an oilman, first a