164. The Supreme Court's EPA Ruling: Is the Crisis of Climate a Crisis of Democracy?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the US Supreme Court's ruling on the EPA still sending shockwaves through some quarters of the climate community, we ask in our second special episode this week:</span> <strong>is this a sign that the tide is turning against environmental regulation, or should we be careful not to mistake the tide for the current? </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, co-hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson take leave of UK politics (in the most part) and take a look across the ‘puddle’ at what many have described as the devastating ruling delivered by the US Supreme Court on the EPA’s power to regulate green house gas emissions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We hear from two very special guests,</span> <strong>Gina McCarthy</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">former EPA administrator and now</span> <strong>t</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">he first National Climate Advisor to the White House, and</span> <strong>John Podesta</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the founder and chair of the Board of Directors for the Center for American Progress, and former counselor to President Barack Obama.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>NOTES AND RESOURCES </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you enjoyed listening to this new format of Outrage + Optimism? We have had great fun making these last two episodes so as Tom suggests in the show, let us know what you think by dropping us an email at</span> <strong>contact@globaloptimism.com</strong><strong>.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Christiana + Tom’s book</strong> <a href= "https://globaloptimism.com/the-future-we-choose/?hsLang=en&__hstc=74073165.8bfa9339325debff991a7440095aa69c.1648669772066.1657836656509.1657839540414.83&__hssc=74073165.1.1657839540414&__hsfp=146667291"> <strong>‘The Future We Choose’</strong></a> <strong>is available now!</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Gina McCarthy</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://twitter.com/ginamccarthy