Post. , there has been a lot of weird climate events over the last couple of months and beyond. You have asked, not only just recently, but for the last couple of years, for President Biden to declare a Climate Emergency. What do you mean by that . What would you like to see . Quick certainly the impact of the summer has been very clear. July 4, the hottest day in human history. The last nine years, the hottest nine years in human history. And we see all sorts of other impacts in terms of trauma and loss of snowpack and stronger storms. So when you look at that collective impact, this is a global emergency, its the biggest threat humanity has ever faced. Even before biden was inaugurated, i was arguing in that first speech to layout the challenge that the United States has to set the example and has to work in lead other countries there put less country in the outlets less carbon in the atmosphere. We have to have an example lead and help the world take this on. But instead, what we ha
Americans took out 5. 5 trillion of their excess savings, many people put in the bank after covid with all the government support, that is gone. We are going to leave this portion of washington journal. You can continue watching if you go to our website. In addition, there has been a lot of we are climate events over the last couple of months and beyond. So, you have asked not only recently, but for the last couple of years, for President Biden to declare a Climate Emergency. What do you mean by that . What would you like to see . Sen. Merkley well, certainly the impact of this summer has been very clear. July 4, the hottest day in human history. The last nine years, the hottest nine years in human history. And we see all sorts of other impacts in terms of drought, loss of snowpack, and stronger storms, and ocean acidification. When you look at their collective impact, this is a global emergency. It is the biggest threat humanity has ever faced. Even before biden was inaugurated i was
, there has been a lot of weird climate events over the last couple of months and beyond. You have asked, not only just recently, but for the last couple of years, for President Biden to declare a Climate Emergency. What do you mean by that . What would you like to see . Quick certainly the impact of the summer has been very clear. July 4, the hottest day in human history. The last nine years, the hottest nine years in human history. And we see all sorts of other impacts in terms of trauma and loss of snowpack and stronger storms. So when you look at that collective impact, this is a global emergency, its the biggest threat humanity has ever faced. Even before biden was inaugurated, i was arguing in that first speech to layout the challenge that the United States has to set the example and has to work in lead other countries there put less country in the outlets less carbon in the atmosphere. We have to have an example lead and help the world take this on. But instead, what we have see
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As you and most of our viewers know, this summer has been extremely hot in many places around the country. They have what is called a heat dome hovering over the southern part of the country. In addition, there has been a lot of weird climate events over the last couple of months and beyond. You have asked not only recently but for the last couple of years for President Biden to declare a Climate Emergency. What do you mean by that. What would you like to see . Senator merkley july 4 was the hottest day in human history. These have been the hottest nine years in human history. Weve seen stronger storms and ocean acidification. When you look at the collective impact, this is a global emergent biden was inaugurated, i was using that speech to layout the challenge that the United States has to set the example, have the power of its example, has to work and lead other countries. Other countries that have put less carbon into the atmosphere over the last 150 years. Other countries that have