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>> as i do. we're outdoors. people. i had any second worst fire season two years ago, 1.3 million acres burned. come to glacier park soon because the glaciers will be gone. i've doubled our wind generation just in my six years, quadrupled our solar, and i know we need to do things. scientist says ultimately we've got to get carbon neutral by 2050. i think we can do it before that. i think we can do it by 2040. and there are steps we can take. we have to be getting rid of a billion tons of co2 globally a year. we need to rejoin paris. with we are the -- we emit about five billion tons a year. c...

Represented over 20 different companies. i represented air quality management district in california. nuclear industry. a solar company. i resented the gamut of energy. my critics only focus on one client. for that coal company, my number 1 issue for them was shoring up the miner's healthcare around pension benefits the last four years i worked for them, trying to improve the retirees. i'm proud of what i did. one of 20 something companies. >> charles: before i let you go, environment probably a major issue for 2020. no doubt about it. how will you be able to re-assure the public that maybe ei...

Them, back a green new deal push. it's resonating in this country. what do people have wrong about this? >> well, you know, i took a hard look at it. i don't think it's ready for prime time. makes a lot of wild promises. i don't think they can be implemented or achieved. >> charles: would you say, okay, we need a better climate. we should do something to address climate? you see it as the threat that within 12 years, if we don't do anything, that's it. we kissed earth good-bye. >> no. as far as the largest environmental issue facing the planet today, i'd say is water. the fact that a million p...

This country? >> you have a really good point. co2 emissions peaked here in 25. the problems are in china which has not peaked on their co2 emissions. >> charles: i want to ask you about water. contaminated water is a bigger issue than people now. >> it is. but i don't want to scare people. we have the cleanest, safest drinking water in the world. we're working to improve it and protect it and make further progress. >> charles: the issue is pfcs? >> the pfas chemicals. >> charles: yeah. >> we're addressing that. we've taken eight enforcement actions the last couple years to clean up that chemi...

America. where would you rank these issues? as you take over this position, where is your initial main focus going to be? >> when president trump asked me to take over, he said continue to clean up the air, continue to clean up the water and continue to deregulate to create more jobs for the american public. >> charles: can they co-exist? can you deregulate and not pollute the air at the same time? >> absolutely. from the 1970s to today, six criteria air pollutants have been reduced by 73%. at the same time, the gdp has increased over 200%. we can do both. >> charles: speaking of which, since ...