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Two others competing forces. one is the fact that, due to the nature of american polarization, divided government, the structural advantage that republicans now, holding national elections, democrats can expect to control the white houses and both houses -- and both houses of congress maybe every ten years. like once a decade. they really get a chance to pass their agenda. so that is one pressure point. the other is that, we are already at one degree celsius of permanent global warming. we need to very rapidly cartel admissions, to avoid increasing to another half degree or two. and this is th...

And then you come out to a police like thplace like this and it feels like the only thing you understand. the planet is warming. reports out this year paint a dire picture of extremes. >> we're gaining momentum, but we're not yet gaining on the problem. it's still getting worse faster than we're getting better. >> prolonged heat waves, crops no longer able to survive. >> the clock is ticking, and we are running out of time. >> we need to move as quickly as possible. >> the intergovernmental panel on climate change says already parts of the world have seen a 1.5 degree celsius increase. just an...

About his rationale for leaving green peace in the '80s is that it had become too radical. i remember the founding of green peace. it started far more radical than it is today. they shotguns, maybe i don't know what he means by that. secondly, i do tend to agree, and i have come around. i think there is a lot more science that needs to be collected to make a judgment, but i wouldn't take a judgment about green peace from a guy who left it under some questions. >> go ahead. >> the reason why he's pushing back on this, because he points out, there's a 30-year period. globally, that we raise the ...

You find this paragraph that says, well, there's this issue of the past 15 years, a pause in global warming. we don't know whether it will ever resume or not. >> had been warming by about a degree celsius over the previous part of the century? >> right. and then it seems to have essentially stopped. there's variability. there may be something happening in the oceans, but they're not entirely sure. >> heat sink. >> exactly. they acknowledge that there may be problems with their models which is very important. because everything people think they know about client change -- >> based on the model...

Out here tonight. we will cover the area these are 150 millimeter scopes. they have a wide field of view. we'll make numerous full revolutions, different elevations and see if there is any activity. and then when we are sure there is nothing out there that we can report, we do white light research on 'em. we shine the light around and disrupt their life as much as possible. we shine it up on the ridge lines on both sides of the valley. 150 million power light very well focused half degree or less dispersion. also has infrared capabilities so we can do active infrared surveillance without being...