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Some of the major problems that were dealing with and then a lot of people see live stock as part of the solution to Climate Change. That is a really healthy discussion. Wed like to invite you all to have it with us over lunch. Were not going to get into the debate too much during this panel. Were not going to have a panel. So can we transform our food system . Can we solve for this food water, and Climate Nexus with these intersecting issues . I believe we can but we have to talk about something that makes us all very uncomfortable. That is meat. So were in a consumption crisis right . I dont...

Koch, who lived upstream. Why the citizens of aspen would submit to because he spent literally millions of dollars to defeat this when its in the best interests of aspen and the environment. But there are many facilities and i understand koch generation is legal and the grid has to accept it. Is that correct . Does the grid have to accept ogeneration . I believe they do. If i can address your point, first of all, there are many opportunities to use existing diversions to generate hydro electricity which is of course part of the solution to Climate Change. And so my organization, american river...

Understand it. Is that right in the Columbia River are they taking dams out . Funny you should bring that up because i cut my teeth as larbgworging on whoops litigation and it actually involved the construction of five Nuclear Plants in the Columbia River basin. The dams were built during the depression in the 1930s. While they certainly have done an amazing job in bringing cheap and abundant electricity to the northwest and been a real engine for Economic Development there, theyve also done tremendous damage to the salmon runs which are pretty important in that part of the world, too. So nobo...

The river party only lasted a few weeks, though. We did what any river loves would do. We floated it. By canoe, paddle boards. And eventually by foot crossing the shallows. I believe this is the colorado. Generally the real colorado has no water in it. But as you can see, its a pretty nice river right now. It looks amazing. Usually this part of the river is completely dry. Its sand. It has been many years like that. On may 7, after nine, 13hourlong paddling days we crossed 90 miles of the delta and reached the sea. It was the first and only paddle board crossing of the new delta. And the first...

Priority for me is the issue of Environmental Justice and making sure the states are providing adequate direction in order to achieve the interest of local income and minority communities. In cases where safe may not be sure how to conduct Environmental Justice analysis or how to define an Environmental Justice community then i believe that it would be very helpful if the epa provided states with guidance Technical Assistance and resources to help protect the most vulnerable communities that have the least amount of influence to help themselves. Can you speak to this issue and assure me that t...