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Ones and putting rules on them, this could actually be a quite seismic shift in what our emissions are. >> it would be. you're already seeing a shift within the energy industry away from coal. coal used to be 50%. it's now down to about 48%. what you'll do is see other clean coals, i mean, not clean coal, but clean energy and renewable energy, both nuclear, wind, solar, start to have a bigger play. >> tim, you're someone who i think has a clear-eyed view of our future. it's not a particularly rosy one from our last conversation. it's like cormac mccarthy's the road, no matter what we do. when ...

When things really continue to turn bad, that's going to prove to have been an awful choice for their party. it goes right up with immigration and with gay rights, as places where they're on the wrong demographic side and they've got to catch up if they're going to be a realistic party in the years ahead. >> senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat from rhode island. thank you so much. >> thank you. we'll be back with former epa administrator christine todd whitman and climate activist tim dechristopher.

In history as the party that allied itself with the polluters and ignored the scientists? when things really continue to turn bad, that's going to prove to have been an awful choice for their party. it goes right up with immigration and with gay rights, as places where they're on the wrong demographic side and they've got to catch up if they're going to be a realistic party in the years ahead. >> senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat from rhode island. thank you so much. >> thank you. we'll be back with former epa administrator christine todd whitman and climate activist tim dechristopher. k ...

Divest movement which organizers started a month ago. >> convince those in power to reduce our carbon pollution. push your own communities to adopt smarter practices. invest. divest. remind folks there's no contradiction between a sound environment and strong economic growth, and remind everyone who represents you at every level of government that sheltering future generations against the ravages of climate change is a prerequisite for your vote. >> a pretty remarkable shout-out to all the activists across the country right now working on divestment. the president just said divest. >> that was...

Wind, solar, start to have a bigger play. >> tim, you're someone who i think has a clear-eyed view of our future. it's not a particularly rosy one from our last conversation. it's like cormac mccarthy's "the road" no matter what we do. when we hear encouraging signs of progress, i think, christine, you feel the same way about this speech. what is your reaction to it? >> i think if you look at this speech and take out the substantive policy that he was talking about, everything outside of that was a good speech on climate change and a step forward in terms of his rhetoric. the substantive polic...