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Community Solutions Podcast


Aug 26, 2022

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President Biden has been threatening to sign an emergency climate order. Every president since 1976 has signed at least 2 emergency orders and over 30 are still in effect. But is President Biden following the science? There are so many problems in America right now, and they ignore everything they can see with their own eyes, for something they can't prove. Who is benefitting from this? Nations are falling all over themselves to fall into line. He is looking at five actions that we know of: 1) Halting crude oil exports, 2) Suspend offshore oil and gas drilling, 3) Restrict international trade in fossil fuels, 4) Order the construction of renewable systems in climate vulnerable communities, and 5) Leveraging the Defense Production Act. Those are some sweeping powers that don't the Executive Branch just don't have. This is a top-down abuse of power.

Then to nail us from the bottom-up, there are special groups like C40 Cities that recruit cities around the world to join their little club and then cut their energy usage in half. A number of large American cities belong to this group, and they are accepting policies from international groups like C40, ICLEI, and the World Economic Forum. If we are getting it from both ends, where can we go to have our voice heard and our views represented? Is an emergency warranted? Is our freedom worth letting the government dictate how we deal with the climate? Short answer is "no", but how do we deal with it?

We also take a look at the recent MN Primaries. There are a lot of third party candidates that will be on the ballot, so Andrew gives them some pointers on how to win.

Have you checked out our Spotify playlist? At the beginning of each episode, Jason quotes some song lyrics that have to do with the subject matter of the podcast. Andrew never knows what they are, but now he can… and so can you! We’ve launched the Spotify playlist: “Community Solutions Music From the Podcast!” You can listen to Roundabout from Yes after listing to Episode 30 on Roundabouts… or kick back and enjoy a rocking playlist just for the thrill of it. We add a new song every week. Subscribe and enjoy!

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