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00:00:43RUNS ABOUT AN HOUR.
00:01:14>> SILENCE.
00:01:18>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'D
00:01:21LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK
00:01:27ALEX. RAMONA. ELECTED OFFICIALS
00:01:28TO PROTECT AMERICA. ALL
00:01:32>> TO PROTECT AMERICA OUR
00:01:33INCREDIBLE DELEGATES FROM THE
00:01:38UK. THE UKRAINE, BEYOND C-SPAN
00:01:40AND THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
00:01:43THOSE OF YOU NEW TO ME, I'M YOU
00:01:51GIRL IN NIGERIA, MY FAMILY
00:01:53EXPERIENCED FREQUENT BLACKOUTS
00:01:56SITTING BY THE FIRE UNDER THE
00:01:59LIGHT OF THE STARS. I WOULD
00:02:02LISTEN TO MY ELDERS TELL
00:02:08STORIES, AND I WAS INSTILLED WITH A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND
00:02:10PURPOSE. I UNDERSTOOD THAT
00:02:15STORIES CAN TELL US ABOUT OUR
00:02:18PAST, MIRROR TO US OUR PRESENT,
00:02:20AND HELP US. BIRTH POSSIBLE
00:02:24FUTURES. NOW, IN THE PRESENT,
00:02:27I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE A PART OF
00:02:30FANTASTIC PROJECTS LIKE STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS, THIS IS
00:02:34US, AMERICAN GODS, A PROJECT
00:02:36ABOUT QUEEN NJINGA OF ANGOLA,
00:02:39WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO PARTNER WITH WORLD FOOD PRIZE WINNER
00:02:42HEIDI KUHN. IN REMOVING
00:02:47LANDMINES FROM ANGOLA AND
00:02:50REPLACING WITH AGRICULTURE,
00:02:52REMOVING THE SCARS OF WAR AND
00:02:54PLANTING THE SEEDS OF PEACE. NOW
00:02:59STANDING HERE WITH THE ELECTED
00:03:02OFFICIALS TO PROTECT AMERICA.
00:03:05OUR DELEGATES FROM UKRAINE, UK
00:03:08AND THE US, I AM REMINDED THAT
00:03:11THE CHOICES WE MAKE WITH OUR
00:03:14ENERGY POLICIES ARE MATTERS OF
00:03:16LIFE, DEATH, AND DIGNITY. RIGHT
00:03:21NOW, FAMILIES ACROSS THE GLOBE FACE A PUNISHING AFFORDABILITY
00:03:24CRISIS. LET US BE CLEAR. OLD
00:03:28GUARD POLICIES THAT DOUBLE DOWN ON FOSSIL FUELS DO NOT SAVE
00:03:31MONEY. THEY HIKE COSTS, TRASH.
00:03:33OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND
00:03:36DESTABILIZE NATIONS WHEN THE
00:03:40ADMINISTRATION FAVORS FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION OVER INNOVATION,
00:03:43EVERYDAY PEOPLE PAY THE PRICE AT
00:03:45THE PUMP ON THEIR UTILITY BILLS
00:03:47AND IN THE VERY AIR THAT THEY
00:03:51BREATHE. NATIONS SPEND UPWARDS
00:03:55OF $81 BILLION EVERY YEAR JUST TO PROTECT OVERSEAS OIL
00:03:59INTERESTS, MONEY THAT SHOULD BE IN THE POCKETS OF WORKING
00:04:03FAMILIES. LOWERING LIVING COSTS AND FUNDING GREEN
00:04:06INFRASTRUCTURE. AS OUR VETERAN
00:04:09LAWMAKERS AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS CONSTANTLY REMIND US
00:04:12WITH THEIR STORIES. A NATION
00:04:16DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL FUELS IS
00:04:20NEVER TRULY SECURE. OUTDATED
00:04:22POLICIES JEOPARDIZE OUR JOBS, CHOKE OUR COMMUNITIES WITH
00:04:25POLLUTION, AND LEAVE THE DOOR
00:04:27OPEN TO CONFLICT. IT IS TIME TO
00:04:31LISTEN TO THE STORIES OF THE
00:04:32FRONT LINES. BY STRENGTHENING
00:04:38ENERGY SECURITY AND ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT PUT
00:04:40PEOPLE FIRST. WE CAN LIFT UP
00:04:44VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND BUILD
00:04:47EVERLASTING PEACE. AS YOUR HOST,
00:04:49IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO
00:04:54INTRODUCE OUR WONDERFUL GUESTS
00:04:57FIRST UP TO THE PODIUM, WE HAVE PAUL FOSTER, A UK MEMBER OF
00:05:01PARLIAMENT FOR SOUTH RIBBLE,
00:05:02CO-CHAIR OF THE UK ALL PARTY
00:05:05PARLIAMENTARY GROUP FOR ARMED FORCES, AND A VETERAN OF THE
00:05:08BRITISH ARMY CORPS OF ROYAL
00:05:10ENGINEERS
00:05:23>> THANK YOU FOR TODAY. AND BEFORE I START, CAN I JUST THANK
00:05:26ALEX AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROTECT AMERICA TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO? AS YOU KNOW,
00:05:30I'M A PROUD BRITISH VETERAN, A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH
00:05:33PARLIAMENT, AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO
00:05:37SUPPORT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE WEEKEND. AND
00:05:39I'M ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO CONTINUING SUPPORTING EVERYTHING
00:05:43THAT YOU AND THE TEAM DO. SO
00:05:46THANK YOU. OVER 30 YEARS AGO, I
00:05:47SERVED IN THE FIRST GULF WAR ON
00:05:51OPERATION HAVEN IN NORTHERN
00:05:53IRAQ, ALONGSIDE AMERICAN FORCES. OUR MILITARY COLLEAGUES IN
00:05:56SOUTHERN IRAQ AND KUWAIT FOUGHT IN THE DESERT AND WATCHED THE
00:05:59OIL FIELDS BURNING. LIKE MANY
00:06:02WHO SERVED, I HOPE DEEPLY THAT OUR SACRIFICES WOULD BUILD A
00:06:06FUTURE THAT WAS SAFER AND MORE
00:06:07SECURE FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. YET HERE
00:06:11WE ARE TODAY. I WOULD ARGUE IT
00:06:13IS NOW NOT JUST THE OIL FIELDS
00:06:16THAT ARE BURNING, BUT THE GLOBE
00:06:19IS BURNING WHEN WE LOOK AT GLOBAL CONFLICT TODAY, WE ARE
00:06:23LOOKING AT THE VOLATILITY OF ACCESS TO FOSSIL FUELS DUE TO
00:06:27CONTINUED DEPENDANCE. FOR
00:06:29DECADES. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HAVE PIVOTED ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF
00:06:33OIL AND GAS. WE HAVE SEEN HOW
00:06:37GEOPOLITICAL FLASHPOINTS DISRUPT
00:06:39PIPELINES, SPIKE INFLATION, AND LEAVE DOMESTIC NATIONS
00:06:43VULNERABLE TO THE WHIMS OF
00:06:44HOSTILE REGIMES, EXPOSING
00:06:47COUNTRIES TO INTERNATIONAL
00:06:49SHOCKS. FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDANCE
00:06:52IS NOT ONLY A BRITISH OR
00:06:54AMERICAN PROBLEM, IT'S A GLOBAL VULNERABILITY CREATED BY YEARS
00:06:58OF POOR DECISION MAKING, LEADING
00:07:02TO LIMITED ADAPTIVE CAPACITY.
00:07:04TRUE SOVEREIGNTY IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY NATION. IF OUR
00:07:08COLLECTIVE SURVIVAL RELIES ON
00:07:09FOSSIL FUEL IMPORTS AND A GLOBAL
00:07:13COMMODITY MARKET CONTROLLED BY AUTOCRATS, OR PERHAPS EVEN THE
00:07:15HUGE GLOBAL CONGLOMERATES. THAT
00:07:18IS WHY THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY CANNOT BE A
00:07:22SOLO EFFORT. WE ALL NEED TO
00:07:27TRANSITION TOGETHER. LOOK NOW TO
00:07:29THE UKRAINE, THE HORRIFIC CONFLICT THERE HAS SHOWN US THE
00:07:33RAW REALITY OF MODERN WARFARE, WHERE TRADITIONAL ENERGY GRIDS
00:07:37AND FOSSIL FUEL ROUTES ARE
00:07:39TARGETED TO FREEZE OUT CIVILIANS
00:07:41AND ENFORCE DEPENDENCY FOR
00:07:44UKRAINE, REBUILDING WITH DECENTRALIZED RENEWABLE POWER IS
00:07:47NOT JUST ABOUT A GREEN FUTURE,
00:07:50IT'S ABOUT SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND CUTTING OFF THE
00:07:54FINANCIAL LIFEBLOOD OF THEIR
00:07:56AGGRESSORS. THE AMBITIOUS UKRAINE MARSHALL PLAN WILL ALLOW
00:08:00UKRAINE TO LEAPFROG INTO A NET
00:08:02ZERO FUTURE, SETTING AN
00:08:05INSPIRATIONAL EXAMPLE TO US ALL
00:08:09AS THE UK CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE, ITS WIND, SOLAR AND
00:08:12NUCLEAR PROJECTS, WE ARE EFFECTIVELY BUILDING A SHIELD.
00:08:16BUT FOR THAT SHIELD TO PROTECT THE FREE WORLD, WE MUST ALL
00:08:20STAND TOGETHER. I URGE ALL OUR
00:08:23INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING OUR HOSTS, HERE TODAY
00:08:26IN THE UNITED STATES, TO VIEW
00:08:28THE GREEN TRANSITION THROUGH
00:08:31THIS EXACT LENS. EVERY WIND TURBINE ERECTED, EVERY SOLAR
00:08:35PANEL ARRAY DEPLOYED, AND EVERY CLEAN GRID SECURED ACROSS THE
00:08:38GLOBE IS A DIRECT STRIKE AGAINST
00:08:40THE GEOPOLITICAL LEVERAGE OF
00:08:43HOSTILE REGIMES. UNLIKE GAS,
00:08:45NOBODY CAN RATION THE WIND.
00:08:47NOBODY CAN TURN OFF THE SUN.
00:08:50THIS IS NO LONGER JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE. FOR ME,
00:08:54IT'S A COLLECTIVE, STRATEGIC
00:08:57NECESSITY. BY INVESTING HEAVILY IN RENEWABLES WORLDWIDE, WE
00:09:01PROTECT OUR PLANET, SECURE OUR
00:09:03ECONOMIES, AND PERMANENTLY DENY
00:09:06HOSTILE ACTORS THE POWER TO
00:09:10DICTATE OUR FUTURE. IN 1979,
00:09:12PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER SAID
00:09:18THIS. THIS INTOLERABLE DEPENDANCE ON FOREIGN OIL THREATENS OUR ECONOMIC
00:09:20INDEPENDENCE AND THE VERY SECURITY OF OUR NATION. HE WENT
00:09:23ON TO SAY, THE ENERGY CRISIS IS
00:09:26REAL. IT IS WORLDWIDE. IT IS
00:09:30CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO OUR
00:09:33NATION. THESE ARE FACTS, AND WE
00:09:35SIMPLY MUST FACE THEM. I REMIND
00:09:37YOU, WHO SAID THAT IN 1979, TO
00:09:43CONCLUDE, 30 YEARS AGO, I WAS IN IRAQ FIGHTING FOR A BETTER WORLD
00:09:47FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. TODAY, I
00:09:49AM STILL DETERMINED WE ACHIEVE
00:09:51THIS. I MAY NO LONGER BE IN
00:09:54UNIFORM, BUT I AM NOT GIVING UP
00:09:59THE FIGHT. LET US BUILD A NEW GLOBAL SHIELD TOGETHER. THANK
00:10:00YOU VERY MUCH.
00:10:06>> DEEPLY INSIGHTFUL. THANK YOU.
00:10:09PAUL. AND NEXT, WE HAVE ALEX
00:10:13CORNELL, DU, THE PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
00:10:16TO PROTECT AMERICA, WHO IS ALSO
00:10:18A FORMER MAINE STATE
00:10:22REPRESENTATIVE AND A USMC COMBAT VETERAN.
00:10:24>> OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE BEING
00:10:28HERE. AND TO OUR DISTINGUISHED
00:10:30GUESTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
00:10:33UM, AS I MENTIONED, I'M ALEX. I'M PRESIDENT OF ELECTED
00:10:37OFFICIALS TO PROTECT AMERICA. ON THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE, ELECTED
00:10:39OFFICIALS TO PROTECT THE EARTH.
00:10:43AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT
00:10:44OUR LANDS, WATERS, AND DEMOCRACY
00:10:47NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY AND WHEN
00:10:52I DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE EAST, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR TO ME HOW
00:10:56ENERGY IS TIED TO OUR NATIONAL
00:11:00SECURITY. FOR INSTANCE, IT WAS
00:11:03DUSK, AND WE'RE ON A PATROL, AND IT'S VERY HAZY OUT, SO YOU
00:11:07COULDN'T SEE VERY FAR. AND WE
00:11:08CAME ACROSS A LINE OF CARS,
00:11:12TRACTORS, TRAILERS, AND EVERYTHING. AND WE WERE
00:11:15WONDERING, WHY WERE THEY LINED
00:11:16UP FOR? AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD
00:11:19SEE. AND EVENTUALLY WE GOT TO THE FRONT AND FOUND OUT THAT
00:11:23THEY WERE WAITING FOR OIL TO
00:11:25FUEL THEMSELVES. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A CURFEW, SO WE HAD TO
00:11:29BREAK THIS UP. BUT THEY WERE
00:11:31WILLING TO RISK THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF THIS DEPENDANCE ON A
00:11:35SINGLE SOURCE OF ENERGY. NOW,
00:11:37FAST FORWARD. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH
00:11:41DOING THE SAME THING, BUT THROUGH CHOKE POINTS ALL ACROSS
00:11:44THE WORLD, BETWEEN THE STRAIT OF
00:11:46HORMUZ, THE BAB EL MANDEB, THE
00:11:49STRAIT OF MALACCA, AND THROUGH
00:11:53THE MILITARY AND STATE DEPARTMENT, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
00:11:56VISIT ALL THESE STRAITS AND
00:11:59THEY'RE NOT VERY EASY TO GET THROUGH. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ,
00:12:02AS WE ALL KNOW, IS 20% OF THE WORLD'S ENERGY GOING THROUGH
00:12:06THERE. THE STRAIT OF MALACCA IS
00:12:1050% OF THE WORLD'S ENERGY AND
00:12:13AS A RESULT, SORRY, 30% AND A
00:12:14TOTAL OF 50%. THAT'S HALF THE
00:12:18WORLD'S ENERGY GOING THROUGH TRUE CHOKE POINTS ACROSS THE
00:12:21GLOBE. AND 40% OF THE GLOBAL
00:12:27TRADE IS ENERGY. IMAGINE THE FREEDOM WE WOULD HAVE IF WE
00:12:30DIDN'T DEPEND ON TRANSPORTING
00:12:3240% OF OUR TRADE AND HAVING TO
00:12:36GO THROUGH TWO CHOKEPOINTS THAT
00:12:37TAKE UP HALF OF THE GLOBAL
00:12:40ENERGY. THIS IS WHY CLEAN, DISTRIBUTED ENERGY IS A SOLUTION
00:12:43THAT DEMOCRATIZES ENERGY AND
00:12:46EMPOWERS OUR COUNTRIES. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE U.S. CAN
00:12:50NEVER BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT WITH
00:12:52FOSSIL FUELS UNLESS WE HAVE AN
00:12:55INSANE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IN RETOOLING THE GAS REFINERIES AND
00:12:59OIL REFINERIES. BECAUSE WHAT WE
00:13:02PRODUCE IS LIGHT, SWEET OIL, AND
00:13:05WE EXPORT THAT. AND THEN WE
00:13:08IMPORT THE OIL THAT IS, THE
00:13:10HEAVY SOUR CRUDE, BECAUSE WE'RE
00:13:14VERY GOOD AT REFINING IT. AND AS
00:13:16A RESULT, IT'S NOT WORTH THE
00:13:18INVESTMENT TO CHANGE OUR REFINERIES, NOR CAN WE EVEN
00:13:22CONNECT ALL OUR OIL FACILITIES
00:13:24TO THE REFINERIES. SO THE SOLUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES
00:13:28IS VERY CLEARLY DISTRIBUTED.
00:13:29CLEAN ENERGY, BECAUSE WE HAVE IT
00:13:33ABUNDANTLY ACROSS THE U.S. ON
00:13:36THE NORTHEAST, MAINE HAS OVER 40 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WORTH OF
00:13:40OFFSHORE WIND, AND EVEN MORE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. AND AS WE
00:13:44GO, SOUTH IS ABUNDANT, ABUNDANT
00:13:47SOLAR ENERGY. AND THE MIDWEST IS
00:13:51ALREADY MANY STATES THAT ARE HEAVILY AGRICULTURAL DEPENDENT
00:13:54ARE A THIRD, POWERED BY WIND ENERGY. AND, OF COURSE, ON THE
00:13:57WEST COAST, WE HAVE AMAZING
00:13:59POTENTIAL WITH OFFSHORE WIND. WITH OVER 120 NUCLEAR POWER
00:14:03PLANTS WORTH. AND FOR REFERENCE, A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IS ABOUT A
00:14:07GIGAWATT GIGAWATT WORTH OF
00:14:11ENERGY. AND AS WE MOVE TOWARDS
00:14:14THE EAST, UKRAINE, SADLY, IS THE
00:14:17WORLD'S EXAMPLE OF WHY WE
00:14:19CANNOT BE DEPENDENT ON A FOSSIL
00:14:21FUEL DICTATOR. BUT IT'S BEEN
00:14:27AMAZINGLY HEARTWARMING AND INNOVATIVE AND EXCITING TO SEE
00:14:29WHAT UKRAINE HAS DONE TO COMBAT
00:14:31THIS DEPENDANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS
00:14:33AND FUND THAT IS, FUNDING A
00:14:36DICTATOR WHO IS SADLY KILLING
00:14:38WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY
00:14:41MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
00:14:45INDISCRIMINATELY. ONLY 0.46 OF
00:14:47THE SOLAR CAPACITY, AND 0.4% OF
00:14:49THE WIND POTENTIAL WITHIN ABOUT
00:14:52TEN KILOMETERS OF THE UKRAINE'S
00:14:54GRID COULD POWER THEIR ENTIRE
00:14:57COUNTRY. AND UKRAINE IS DEFINITELY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
00:15:01THAT. WITH INSTALLING OVER 1.5GW
00:15:04OF DISTRIBUTED SOLAR SINCE THE FULL SCALE INVASION. THAT'S
00:15:08ABOUT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND
00:15:09A HALF WORTH OF ENERGY WHEN IT
00:15:14COMES TO WIND. 19 TURBINES ARE
00:15:17LOCATED 100KM FROM THE FRONT LINES, AND ALL OF THEM ARE STILL
00:15:20STANDING BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY HARD TO HIT A WIND
00:15:23TURBINE. IT'S LIKE A TOOTHPICK
00:15:27IN A FIELD. AND THE MISSILE THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY DO THAT COSTS MORE THAN THE TURBINE. SO YOU
00:15:30HAVE TO OCCUPY THE AREA,
00:15:35BASICALLY. AND THAT EXPANSION IS HAPPENING. SO THAT'LL 19 WILL
00:15:37TURN INTO 64 TURBINES RELATIVELY SOON TO POWER HALF A GIGAWATT
00:15:41WORTH OF ENERGY. THIS IS
00:15:46INSPIRING TO SEE BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO DO IT OUT OF SURVIVAL.
00:15:49THE UNITED STATES CAN DO THIS FOR OUR ECONOMIC SECURITY AND
00:15:52AFFORDABILITY, AND WE SHOULD NOT
00:15:55HAVE WARS HAVE TO LEAD US INTO
00:15:58THE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE IT COMES
00:16:02TO AFFORDABILITY, THOUGH, THIS IS WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY
00:16:06EXCITING TO SEE THE TRAJECTORY.
00:16:08IT IS EXPONENTIAL. BATTERIES
00:16:13WENT DOWN 45% IN COST LAST YEAR.
00:16:16THAT'S 93% SINCE 2010. SOLAR
00:16:21HAS DECREASED IN COST FROM OVER $100 A WATT TO LESS THAN $0.10 A
00:16:25WATT. NOW. AND IF YOU LOOK AT
00:16:31THIS GLOBALLY, THE WORLD CROSSED
00:16:33THE ONE TERABYTE INSTALLATION OF
00:16:37SOLAR IN 2022. NOW, IN. THAT'S
00:16:40ENOUGH, BY THE WAY, TO POWER THE
00:16:41UNITED STATES AT PEAK ENERGY
00:16:44DEMAND. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TERABYTE TOOK LESS THAN THREE
00:16:48YEARS TO BUILD, AND NOW, IN
00:16:502026, WE'RE AT THE THREE
00:16:53TERABYTE THRESHOLD. SO YOU CAN
00:16:55SEE THIS CHANGE ISN'T SMALL.
00:17:00IT'S EXPONENTIALLY HAPPENING. THE COST OF BATTERY AND SOLAR ARE DECREASING AT THE
00:17:03EXPONENTIAL RATE. AND SO FOSSIL FUELS ARE NOW MORE EXPENSIVE,
00:17:07LESS SECURE. AND WE'RE DEPENDENT ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHOKE
00:17:11POINTS TO GET THEM THROUGH. AND A MAJORITY OF THE FOSSIL FUELS
00:17:15ARE PRODUCED BY STATES THAT ARE
00:17:18DICTATORSHIPS. AND IN A WORLD WHERE THREE QUARTERS OF THE
00:17:22ENERGY RIGHT NOW IS RELIANT ON
00:17:25FOSSIL FUELS, THIS IS VERY
00:17:27DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE. THE
00:17:30POTENTIAL, THOUGH, IS THAT 92%
00:17:33OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
00:17:35HAVE TEN TIMES THE POWER IN
00:17:38RENEWABLE POTENTIAL THAN THE
00:17:40CURRENT DEMAND. AND WHAT THIS
00:17:43MEANS IS PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO LINE UP FOR THEIR FUEL, LIKE I
00:17:47EXPERIENCED IN IRAQ. IT MEANS
00:17:49THAT COUNTRIES AND NATIONS AND
00:17:52REGIONS HAVE CLEAN ENERGY, SOVEREIGNTY, AND SECURITY AT AN
00:17:56AFFORDABLE RATE THAT ALLOWS
00:17:59FOLKS TO HAVE THE HEAT AND THE
00:18:01COOLING THEY NEED TO SURVIVE. AN
00:18:04ENERGY SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT
00:18:05AROUND A FEW LARGE POWER PLANTS
00:18:12AND A FEW CHOKE POINTS WORLDWIDE IS AN ENERGY SYSTEM THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE TARGETED IN A FEW
00:18:15PLACES WE CAN BRING ENERGY
00:18:19SECURITY AND AFFORDABLE TO OUR
00:18:22NATIONS WITH CLEAN, DISTRIBUTED
00:18:27FREEDOM, WITH ENERGY. LET'S BUILD A MORE PROSPEROUS ENERGY
00:18:29SECURITY AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY
00:18:32FOR EVERYONE TOGETHER. THANK
00:18:37YOU. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:18:40>> THANK YOU ALEX. VERY
00:18:42INFORMATIVE. NEXT UP, WE HAVE
00:18:45JEFFREY ELDER AND NIAGARA COUNTY
00:18:47LEGISLATOR AND MINORITY LEADER IN NEW YORK, WHO IS A US AIR
00:18:51FORCE VETERAN OF 27 YEARS AND
00:18:53FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE PENTAGON,
00:18:56FEMA, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THE
00:18:58U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT.
00:19:09>> THANK YOU, JUDY. THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
00:19:13HERE TODAY. AND THANK YOU TO ALL
00:19:16OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
00:19:20THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND WONDERFUL WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:19:23AS ATTENDEE SAID, I'M JEFFREY ELDER, I'M THE MINORITY LEADER
00:19:26OF THE NIAGARA COUNTY
00:19:28LEGISLATURE. AND, UM, LONG
00:19:32BEFORE I ENTERED ELECTED OFFICE, PUBLIC SERVICE BECAME THE
00:19:36FOUNDATION OF MY LIFE. I SPENT
00:19:38OVER 26 YEARS IN THE UNITED
00:19:40STATES AIR FORCE, AND SAW AND
00:19:43INCLUDING 16 YEARS SERVING ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE. DURING
00:19:47THAT TIME, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
00:19:49OF SERVING PRESIDENTS FROM BOTH
00:19:51POLITICAL PARTIES I WITNESSED
00:19:53HISTORY I WITNESSED HISTORY
00:19:58UNFOLD FROM A UNIQUE VANTAGE
00:20:00POINT, INCLUDING THE EVENTS ON
00:20:03SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, I WANT TO
00:20:06JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK
00:20:09ABOUT ENERGY RIGHT NOW. OUR
00:20:14COUNTRY IS FACING AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. FAMILIES
00:20:15ARE PAYING MORE AND MORE FOR THE
00:20:21BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE AND ENERGY COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY A
00:20:23PART OF THAT BURDEN. AT THE SAME
00:20:26TIME, WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN
00:20:28INCREASINGLY SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS THAT CHALLENGE OUR
00:20:32INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR EMERGENCY
00:20:35RESPONSE SYSTEMS, AND ALL OF OUR
00:20:37COMMUNITIES. THAT IS WHY I AM SO DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:20:41FEDERAL POLICIES THAT MOVE OUR
00:20:42NATION AWAY FROM CLEAN ENERGY
00:20:46INVESTMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
00:20:48PROTECTION. THIS IS NOT SIMPLY
00:20:51AN ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE. IT'S AN
00:20:53ECONOMIC SECURITY ISSUE. IT'S AN
00:20:59ENERGY SECURITY ISSUE. IT'S A
00:21:00PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, AND IT'S A
00:21:03NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE. THE THE
00:21:06UNITED STATES SHOULD BE PURSUING
00:21:09EVERY RELIABLE SOURCE OF ENERGY
00:21:11THAT CAN MAKE US MORE SECURE AND
00:21:14REDUCE COSTS FOR ALL OF OUR
00:21:16AMERICAN FAMILIES WIND, SOLAR,
00:21:19AND, OF COURSE, BEING FROM NIAGARA FALLS, I WANT TO THROW
00:21:22HYDRO IN THERE. THEY HAVE
00:21:27DEMONSTRATED THEY ALL CAN PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE
00:21:31IN OUR NATION'S ENERGY FUTURE.
00:21:35BUSINESSES ARE INVESTING IN THESE TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE THEY
00:21:38SEE THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE WHEN
00:21:41GOVERNMENT POLICIES DISCOURAGE
00:21:43THESE INVESTMENTS, WE RISK
00:21:47LOSING JOBS, SLOWING INNOVATION
00:21:50AND INCREASING CERTAINTY FOR
00:21:52BUSINESSES, AND MAKING OURSELVES
00:21:54MORE DEPENDENT ON OLDER AND
00:21:57POTENTIALLY MORE VOLATILE ENERGY
00:21:59SYSTEMS. AND WHEN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ARE
00:22:02WEAKENED, THE CONSEQUENCES ARE
00:22:05NOT DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY. WORKING
00:22:10FAMILIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES OFTEN BEAR THAT BURDEN. THERE ARE MORE
00:22:14LIKELY TO LIVE NEAR THOSE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. THE
00:22:18HIGHWAYS, THE POWER PLANTS AND
00:22:20OTHER SOURCES OF POLLUTION. FOR
00:22:23ME, I KNOW THIS PERSONALLY. I
00:22:25GREW UP IN NIAGARA FALLS, IN THE LOVE CANAL. MANY OF YOU MIGHT
00:22:29HAVE HEARD THE LOVE CANAL, BUT WHEN I MOVED FROM THE LOVE
00:22:33CANAL, I WENT RIGHT NEXT TO THE
00:22:36A GOODYEAR PLANT IN NIAGARA FALLS, WHERE RESIDENTS CONTINUE
00:22:38TO ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER
00:22:41PROTECTIONS FOR CLEANER AIR. SO
00:22:43WHEN I TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
00:22:45POLICY, I DON'T SEE IT AS AN
00:22:50ABSTRACT POLITICAL ARGUMENT. I SEE PEOPLE, I SEE FAMILIES, AND
00:22:54I SEE NEIGHBORHOODS AS AS LOCAL
00:22:58ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE MIGHT NOT CONTROL WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE
00:23:01FEDERAL POLICY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
00:23:05LEAD WHERE WE CAN. WE CAN INVEST
00:23:08IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. WE CAN SUPPORT ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, AND
00:23:12WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE CAN PROTECT
00:23:15OUR AIR AND WATER WE NEED. AND
00:23:17THAT IS OUR DUTY. WE CAN WORK
00:23:21WITH BUSINESSES TO CREATE GOOD
00:23:22PAYING JOBS. AND IN EMERGING
00:23:26INDUSTRIES, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
00:23:30COMMUNITIES HAVE A VOICE IN THE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR
00:23:33HEALTH. I BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE A
00:23:36STRONG ECONOMY AND A CLEAN
00:23:38ENVIRONMENT. WE CAN CREATE JOBS
00:23:40IN PUBLIC HEALTH. WE CAN STRENGTHEN ENERGY SECURITY AND
00:23:44REDUCE OUR DEPENDANCE ON FOSSIL
00:23:46FUELS. THESE GOALS ARE NOT
00:23:49CONTRADICTORY, CONTRADICTORY.
00:23:52THEY'RE CONNECTED. MY MESSAGE
00:23:54TODAY IS SIMPLE. AMERICA SHOULD
00:23:57NOT RETREAT FROM THE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW. WE
00:24:01SHOULD BE THE LEADER. WE OWE
00:24:04THIS TO OUR WORKING FAMILIES. WE
00:24:07OWE THIS TO OUR VETERANS. WE OWE
00:24:09THIS TO OUR CHILDREN, AND WE DEFINITELY OWE IT TO THE
00:24:13GENERATION THAT WILL HURT THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY.
00:24:17LEADERSHIP MEANS PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT
00:24:21THE FUTURE IS CLEANER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE AFFORDABLE
00:24:25FOR AND MORE SECURE. SO I THANK
00:24:27YOU ALL, YOU.
00:24:31>> [APPLAUSE]
00:24:35>> DEEPLY EVOCATIVE. THANK YOU.
00:24:38NEXT UP, WE HAVE TANYA ANDERSON, A GEORGIA STATE SENATOR AND AIR
00:24:42FORCE RESERVE VETERAN. ALL
00:24:46RIGHT.
00:24:47>> [APPLAUSE]
00:24:53>> THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL
00:24:56INTRODUCTION. AND TO ALEX, MY
00:24:59HERO. I'M AN AIR FORCE VETERAN. BUT I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT EACH
00:25:03AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SERVED US.
00:25:06AND THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS WHO ARE HERE. UM, BUT TO ALEX,
00:25:10WHO IS LEADING THIS EFFORT, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY AND HONORED TO
00:25:14BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL
00:25:18GROUP. THE CLIMATE CRISIS HAS
00:25:22MADE SUMMERTIME TOO HOT IN THE SOUTH, BUT PARTICULARLY IN
00:25:26GEORGIA. WHEN IT RAINS, IT CAN
00:25:28POUR SOMETIMES FLOODING CERTAIN
00:25:31AREAS. WE'VE BEEN UNDER EXTREME
00:25:34HEAT WARNINGS TOO MANY TIMES THIS SUMMER, PARTICULARLY JULY,
00:25:38THE FOURTH WEEKEND, THE ENTIRE
00:25:40SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHEASTERN AND
00:25:43NORTHEASTERN AREAS WERE WERE
00:25:46IMPACTED GREATLY, WITH OVER 250
00:25:50MILLION AMERICANS BEING IMPACTED
00:25:52DURING THAT WEEKEND. AND AT
00:25:54LEAST 44 HEAT RELATED HEAT
00:25:57RELATED DEATHS AND HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS. AS A GIRL OF
00:26:00THE SOUTH, BORN AND RAISED AND
00:26:02STILL LIVING THERE, THIS WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST SUMMERS I'VE
00:26:05EVER EXPERIENCED. RESIDENTS
00:26:08CANNOT CONTINUE TO AFFORD
00:26:10TURNING ON AND OFF THE AC, BUT
00:26:13WITHOUT IT, THEY ARE AT RISK OF
00:26:15HEAT STROKE OR WORSE. WE NEED
00:26:21CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS AND MORE DEPLOYED IN CLEAN ENERGY,
00:26:23NOT FEDERALLY BACKED INCENTIVES
00:26:26FOR FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS.
00:26:30ADMINISTRATION POLICIES HAVE
00:26:32INCREASED EVERYONE'S COSTS, MAKING HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
00:26:35SKYROCKET. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
00:26:38COMMUNITIES THAT I SERVE ARE HIT HARDEST, FROM GAS AND FOOD
00:26:42COSTS, INCENTIVE INCREASES, AS
00:26:45WELL AS FROM MORE AIR POLLUTION.
00:26:49SINCE THE IRAN WAR BEGAN, WAR
00:26:52BEGAN, OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONS
00:26:54HAVE PROFITED AND SKYROCKETED
00:26:57FROM QUARTERS AND TIMES. BEFORE.
00:26:59WE PAID MORE TO FILL UP OUR GAS
00:27:02TANKS. WHILE CHEVRON REPORTED A
00:27:04NET INCOME OF 12.2 BILLION FOR
00:27:06THE SECOND QUARTER, A MORE THAN
00:27:09FIVE FOLD INCREASE ON THE SAME
00:27:10PERIOD LAST YEAR. EXXON REPORTED
00:27:15A PROFIT OF 14.5 BILLION, DOUBLE WHAT IT MADE IN THE SAME PERIOD
00:27:19A YEAR AGO, AND ITS HIGHEST
00:27:22QUARTERLY PROFIT SINCE RUSSIA'S
00:27:252022 INVASION OF UKRAINE.
00:27:27ACHIEVING ENERGY SECURITY DEPENDS ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF
00:27:31MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY, CONTINUED
00:27:34ENERGY EFFICIENCIES, CLIMATE RESILIENCE MEASURES, AND
00:27:37CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, NOT DEEPENING
00:27:41DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS. OVER
00:27:43THE LAST TWO YEARS, WIND AND
00:27:45SOLAR MADE UP 95 AND 90%,
00:27:48RESPECTIVELY. OF THE NEW ENERGY ADDED TO THE NATIONAL GRID DUE
00:27:51TO THE TAX CREDITS ISSUED BY THE
00:27:54PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. THOSE
00:27:58TAX CREDITS WILL BENEFITS WILL
00:28:00END SOON. IN GEORGIA, THE SOLAR
00:28:03FOR ALL PROGRAM, FUNDED BY THE
00:28:05BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S SIGNATURE CLIMATE BILL, THE
00:28:07INFLATION REDUCTION ACT,
00:28:11PROVIDED $7 BILLION IN ACCESS TO THE SOLAR ENERGY AND ENERGY
00:28:14BILL, ASSISTANCE TO 1 MILLION
00:28:17LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE
00:28:20UNITED STATES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED IT OTHERWISE.
00:28:23GEORGIA'S PIECE OF THE PIE WAS
00:28:26156 MILLION. GEORGIA'S BRIGHT
00:28:29HOPED TO HELP 16 MILLION LOW
00:28:31INCOME FAMILIES, AND IT REDUCED
00:28:34THEIR ELECTRICITY BILLS IN ITS
00:28:36FIRST 24 HOURS. NEARLY 500
00:28:41ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE SOLAR FOR ALL WAS
00:28:45JUST GETTING GOING WHEN IT'S
00:28:49FUNDED, WAS YANKED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THE PROGRAM WAS
00:28:51INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS ON HOMES
00:28:53IN ENVIRONMENTALLY ENVIRONMENTAL
00:28:56JUSTICE AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, SO RESIDENTS COULD
00:28:59GET RELIEF. YEAH, THEY NEEDED
00:29:02RELIEF DURING THE SUMMERTIME WITHOUT WORRY ABOUT HIGH
00:29:06ELECTRICITY COSTS. WHEN THEY
00:29:07TURN ON THEIR AC. FOR
00:29:10COMMUNITIES, IT WAS DEPLOYED IN,
00:29:14IT WORKED. OUR STATE AND OTHERS ARE SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:29:17OVER THE FUNDING. THE FACT IS,
00:29:20COMMUNITIES I SERVE ARE TIRED OF
00:29:24BEING GIVEN PROMISES THAT ARE
00:29:27ONLY BEING BROKEN WHEN THE BIOLAB CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLODED
00:29:30IN MY DISTRICT, IT SPREAD A
00:29:33TOXIC PLUME OF CHEMICALS INTO THE AIR THAT BLANKETED
00:29:37COMMUNITIES ALL THE WAY IN
00:29:39ATLANTA, 20 MILES AWAY I WORKED WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL
00:29:43DELEGATION TO ENSURE THE COMPANY
00:29:46STOPPED PRODUCING THOSE CHEMICAL
00:29:48TOXIC TOXINS FOR POOLS IN OUR
00:29:50BACKYARDS. AND GUESS WHAT? WE
00:29:55WERE SUCCESSFUL. WE MADE SURE
00:29:58THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS SAFE. LAWMAKERS IN GEORGIA ARE
00:30:02CONTINUALLY FIGHTING FOR OUR
00:30:03COMMUNITIES, AND WE WILL DO SO.
00:30:06THERE IS NO LOGIC FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE TRUMP
00:30:09ADMINISTRATION TARGETING
00:30:11ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANTS AND COMMUNITIES. THE PRESIDENT'S
00:30:14ANTI CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES, ALONG WITH THE WEAKENING OF
00:30:18ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, HAVE JEOPARDIZED OUR ENERGY SECURITY,
00:30:22PUBLIC HEALTH, AND MANY HAVE
00:30:24LOST JOBS OVER THE LAST TWO
00:30:26YEARS. WIND AND SOLAR MADE UP 95
00:30:30AND 90%, RESPECTIVELY. OF THE NEW ENERGY ADDED TO THE NATIONAL
00:30:33GRID DUE TO TAX CREDITS ISSUED
00:30:35BY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION'
00:30:38S ADMINISTRATION. BUSINESSES KNOW THEY ARE RELIABLE AND
00:30:42EASIER AND CHEAPER TO INSTALL.
00:30:44WE HAVE THE POWER IN LOCAL AND
00:30:47STATE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. WE PREFER WORKING WITH A
00:30:51FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT
00:30:52UNDERSTANDS CLEAN AIR, WATER AND
00:30:56LAND ARE THE RIGHTS WE ALL SHARE. WE PREFER A FEDERAL
00:30:59GOVERNMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS THE
00:31:02AFFORDABILITY AND STRESS, THE AFFORDABILITY STRESS THE
00:31:06AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING
00:31:09FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE A
00:31:13PRIORITY, NOT AN OPTION. THANK
00:31:16YOU
00:31:18>> [APPLAUSE]
00:31:22>> THAT WAS GALVANIZING. THANK
00:31:23YOU AND NOW WE HAVE RON PEARCE,
00:31:29WHO FORMERLY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SMALL
00:31:31DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT
00:31:34OF ENERGY AND A U.S. ARMY MAJOR
00:31:38VETERAN FROM LOUISIANA
00:31:43>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU
00:31:46ALEX. AND LPA TEAM, FOR ALLOWING
00:31:49ME TO PARTICIPATE WITH SUCH A
00:31:51DISTINGUISHED PANEL. AND WE. OF
00:31:56ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITY AROUND
00:31:58CLEAN ENERGY AND RENEWABLE, UH
00:32:02RENEWABLES. LET ME JUST SAY,
00:32:03FIRST OF ALL, UM WHAT ALL OF YOU
00:32:10ARE DOING HERE, THAT ALEX AND
00:32:14THE LP TEAM HAVE BROUGHT
00:32:16TOGETHER FROM OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN UKRAINE, FROM OUR
00:32:20BRITISH MPS, FROM OUR BRAZILIAN
00:32:23LAWMAKERS, AND OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE STATE SENATOR
00:32:27ANDERSON, THAT YOU JUST HEARD
00:32:32FROM. WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS
00:32:34CRITICAL, AND YOU ARE MAKING
00:32:36SUCH HEADWAY BY BEING THE TIP OF
00:32:39THE SPEAR. YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF
00:32:43THE FACTS AROUND THE.
00:32:46INITIATIVES AND THE REDUCTION
00:32:51IN, UH, CLEAN AND GREEN ENERGY
00:32:55PRICES THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS,
00:32:56LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ALL
00:32:59AROUND THE WORLD ARE LEADING. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH THAT
00:33:03HOW PROUD I AM TO BE. IN A SMALL
00:33:06WAY, PART OF THIS. I'M NOT AN
00:33:09ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT I GREATLY SUPPORT WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE
00:33:12DOING IN EACH OF YOUR COMMUNITIES. AND AS OUR FRIEND
00:33:15FROM THE UK SAID, AND HE
00:33:17HIGHLIGHTED WHAT, UH, PRESIDENT
00:33:21CARTER MENTIONED BACK IN 1979, I
00:33:23WAS PROUD TO SERVE AS A
00:33:27POLITICAL APPOINTEE IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AT THE
00:33:30DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, CREATED BY
00:33:35PRESIDENT CARTER IN 1976. IT WAS
00:33:38AN ADVANCE UH, VISIONARY LOOK,
00:33:41THAT HE KNEW THE PROBLEMS THAT
00:33:43WE WERE FACING BACK THEN
00:33:45INSTITUTED A DEPARTMENT TO MAKE
00:33:47SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING
00:33:50THESE ISSUES. IN MY TIME IN
00:33:53SERVING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:33:55ENERGY, TWO THINGS THAT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION DID THAT
00:33:58ARE CRITICAL, THAT WE DON'T
00:34:01SOUND, UP AND YELL FROM THE
00:34:04HIGHEST MOUNTAIN TOPS. ENOUGH OF
00:34:06YOU HEARD, SENATOR, UH, ANDERSON
00:34:10MENTIONED SOME OF IT, THE
00:34:12INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, 370
00:34:15BILLION. WOULD IT BE CLEAN
00:34:19ENERGY, GREEN ENERGY, RENEWABLE
00:34:21ENERGY INITIATIVES THAT WENT OUT
00:34:24ACROSS THIS COUNTRY? THE
00:34:27BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW,
00:34:30AN ADDITIONAL 75 BILLION CLEAN,
00:34:34GREEN, RENEWABLE ENERGY
00:34:35INITIATIVES, INITIATIVES WENT
00:34:39OUT ACROSS THESE UNITED STATES.
00:34:41AND DESPITE DESPITE WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO DO,
00:34:45THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND
00:34:47TURNING BACK THE CLOCK, FOCUSING
00:34:50ON FOSSIL FUELS IS DETRIMENTAL.
00:34:54BUT AS YOU HEARD, WE IN THE
00:34:57PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION MADE AN
00:35:01INVESTMENT THAT HAS TAKEN HOLD
00:35:04AND CAN'T BE CLAWED BACK. AND
00:35:07WHEN IT IS CLAWED BACK, I AM SO
00:35:11INSPIRED TO HEAR REPRESENTATIVES
00:35:15LIKE STATE SENATOR ANDERSON,
00:35:19MISTER PAUL FOSTER, OTHERS IN
00:35:23THE AUDIENCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE SAYING, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING
00:35:27TO STOP. THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
00:35:28NECESSARY. IT GETS US AWAY FROM
00:35:34FOSSIL DIRTY. UM AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM. SO THE
00:35:38PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION MADE THE INVESTMENT. IT WENT OUT, IT TOOK
00:35:41HOLD. AND I'M SO INSPIRED THAT
00:35:44YOU, LOCAL OFFICIALS, ARE
00:35:46FIGHTING TO KEEP THOSE INITIATIVES IN PLACE. THE OTHER
00:35:50THING THAT THOSE INVESTMENTS DID
00:35:53WAS WORK WITH OUR AMAZING
00:35:56NATIONAL LABS ACROSS THE UNITED
00:35:58STATES OF AMERICA. THOSE
00:36:00PROGRAMS AND THE ADVANCEMENT AND
00:36:03SUSTAINMENT OF CLEAN, GREEN ENERGY INITIATIVES ARE STILL
00:36:07GOING ON. YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT ENOUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME
00:36:11SHOULDN'T SHOULD SHOUT AND SPEAK ABOUT IT. MORE ARE TAKING
00:36:14PLACE AT OUR NATIONAL LABS. NEW
00:36:18INITIATIVES THAT WILL ADVANCE
00:36:22AND SUSTAIN CLEAN ENERGY. AND WHAT I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT TO
00:36:26SHARE IS THAT THOSE INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE AT OUR NATIONAL
00:36:29LABS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUT TO USE IN THE BRIGHT FUTURE THAT
00:36:33OUR UKRAINIAN, UKRAINIAN
00:36:35BROTHERS AND SISTERS WILL
00:36:38SUSTAIN IN THE COMING YEARS AS
00:36:40THEY FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IN THEIR
00:36:42HOMELAND. UKRAINE WILL BECOME A
00:36:44MODEL, A MODEL FOR THE REST OF
00:36:47THE WORLD, OF HOW WE CAN SUSTAIN
00:36:49CLEAN, GREEN, RENEWABLE
00:36:52ENERGIES. AND AS MY FRIEND ALEX
00:36:55SAID, NOT WORRY ABOUT A FOREIGN
00:36:57DICTATOR, A FOREIGN DIRTY FUEL DICTATOR, TRYING TO TAKE IT
00:37:00OVER. SO THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT.
00:37:05DESPITE THE THE FOCUS TO TURN
00:37:07BACK THE CLOCK, FOCUS ON FOSSIL
00:37:10ENERGIES. JUST KNOW, AND I'M
00:37:12PROUD TO SAY, AS BEING PART OF
00:37:15THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THOSE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE. THEY'RE
00:37:19STILL GOING ON. I APPRECIATE ALL
00:37:22THAT YOU'RE DOING AT YOUR LOCAL LEVELS TO SUSTAIN THEM. AND WE
00:37:25WILL SHOW THE WORLD, THROUGH
00:37:28EXAMPLE, WHAT OUR UKRAINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HOW CLEAN,
00:37:31GREEN, RENEWABLE FUTURES CAN
00:37:34BRING BACK A WHOLE FREE NATION
00:37:36IN THE FUTURE. SO DO NOT BE, UH,
00:37:43WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. DO
00:37:47NOT BE DISCOURAGED. THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
00:37:50WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT YOUR LOCAL LEVEL AND CONTINUE TO DO IT. YOU
00:37:54HAVE THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND
00:37:58AROUND THE WORLD, AROUND THE WORLD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO
00:38:01ALEX AND LPA FOR LEADING THIS,
00:38:04AND LET'S GO FORWARD. THANK
00:38:07YOU.
00:38:13>> DEEPLY INSPIRING. I BELIEVE
00:38:15WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ALEXANDER
00:38:18ROMANYSHYN FROM THE FIRM, DEPUTY
00:38:21MINISTER OF ECONOMY IN UKRAINE
00:38:24AND MEMBER OF ICE GROUP.
00:38:28>> UM, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE
00:38:29HERE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD
00:38:33LIKE TO THANK UKRAINE DURING ALL
00:38:40THESE DAYS, DURING THE WAR,
00:38:41DURING TERRIBLE TIMES, WHICH WE
00:38:44ARE ALL EXPERIENCED. AND I'M
00:38:47MUCH TEAMS. AND ALEX PERSONALLY
00:38:52FOR BRINGING THE LIKE MINDED
00:38:57PEOPLE TO THIS ROOM FROM AROUND THE WORLD, FROM THE UK, FROM THE
00:38:59US FROM THE UKRAINE, AND IT'S
00:39:08REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THE DIALOG ABOUT SUPPORTING UKRAINE
00:39:11AND ABOUT BUILDING RESILIENCE
00:39:18EXAMPLE, AND TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE. IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT
00:39:21ENERGY, IT'S ABOUT MANY, MANY
00:39:26ISSUES IN OUR LIFE. AND ONE OF MY PERSONAL STORY FROM THE WAR
00:39:30WAS LIKE, I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE
00:39:33COUNTRY IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE
00:39:35INVASION BUT MY KIDS STILL IN
00:39:39THE TOWN, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
00:39:40TO DO BECAUSE THEY WERE WATCHING
00:39:43THE TANKS ON THE STREET. MY
00:39:47GRANDMOTHER HELPED TO EVACUATE
00:39:48THEM BUT WE UNDERSTAND AT THAT
00:39:55TIME WHAT IS INSECURITY MEANS AT
00:39:58THE SAME TIME EUROPE FUEL
00:40:06DICTATOR FOR OIL AND GAS. AND IT
00:40:10WAS THE SAME DICTATOR WHICH SENT
00:40:13TANKS TO UKRAINE. THESE TWO
00:40:16STORIES IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. THE LINK BETWEEN
00:40:20THEM. AFTER THAT POINT,
00:40:22EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
00:40:29MEANS INDEPENDENCE IN ENERGY AND
00:40:32WHAT WE ARE BUILDING NOW AS
00:40:34UKRAINE, WE ARE BUILDING UNDER
00:40:37THE ATTACK, RENEWABLES. AND WHY
00:40:43I EXPLAIN YOU WHY. BECAUSE WHEN
00:40:47YOU HIT SOME PART OF THE CITY
00:40:50AND DISTRIBUTE SOME ENERGY
00:40:53SOURCES, YOU WILL STILL BE
00:40:57RESILIENT BECAUSE OTHER DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SOLAR WINDS WILL STILL OPERATE. SO THE
00:41:00SCHOOL CAN OPERATE, THE ACCESS
00:41:05TO ELECTRICITY. UH, AND IT MEANS
00:41:11THAT DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEM IS MORE RESILIENT. AND AS MY
00:41:13COLLEAGUES, EXPERTS IN THE
00:41:16FIELDS EXPLAINED, IT'S CHEAPER,
00:41:18MORE PROFITABLE, AND TALKING
00:41:22ABOUT PROFITABILITY OF, UM, THIS
00:41:24PART OF ENERGY PROJECTS, I CAN
00:41:29SAY THAT UKRAINE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED. AND BY THE WAY, WE
00:41:33ENGAGED INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
00:41:36FROM THE US, FROM THE UK, FROM
00:41:39POLAND ALREADY AND THERE IS SOME
00:41:43CONCERN HOW WE CAN INVEST IN UKRAINE DURING THE WAR TIME. BUT
00:41:47I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL COUNTRIES, MANY OUR PARTNERS,
00:41:51ALLIES, COUNTRIES EXAMPLE, THE
00:41:56UK, THE EU CREATED UKRAINE
00:41:59FACILITIES EQUALS TO 5 BILLION,
00:42:0350 BILLION AND IS BLENDED. FINANCE IS GUARANTEE SCHEMES.
00:42:06IT'S FOR INSURANCE, WHICH ALL
00:42:09EUROPEAN COMPANIES CAN APPLY AND
00:42:11PARTICIPATE IN THEIR RISK. THEIR
00:42:14INVESTMENT. THE UK CREATED ALL
00:42:22AMERICAN COMPANIES CAN INVEST EASILY AND TO THE RISK AND
00:42:25INVEST IN RENEWABLES AND ANY
00:42:28OTHER SOURCES RIGHT NOW. SO MY
00:42:30MESSAGE IS SO PROJECT
00:42:43EXISTS, AND ACTUALLY MANY, MANY
00:42:50SUCCESSFUL STORY IN RENEWABLES DUE TO INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
00:42:54IS A GREAT MODEL TO REPLICATE IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE
00:42:58AVENUE IS EXISTING. WHAT IS
00:42:59MISSING PART CAPITAL ACCESS AND
00:43:06LOCAL PARTNERS. SO WHAT I'M LIKE
00:43:08AN ADVISOR TO THE STATE AGENCY
00:43:10FOR RESTORATION OF UKRAINE. DO
00:43:12WE CREATED YOU? R3.GOV.UA
00:43:15PLATFORM SINGLE POINT PLATFORM
00:43:19WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS, GET ACCESS
00:43:20TO ALL UKRAINIAN PROJECTS. RIGHT
00:43:24NOW, YOU CAN LINK TO COUNTRY YOU
00:43:29ARE. AND ALL BUSINESSES CAN APPLY RIGHT NOW TO SELECT THE
00:43:32PROJECT MY MESSAGE IS VERY
00:43:40CLEAR. WE DON'T WAIT TILL THE
00:43:43WAR WILL END. WE ARE WORKING
00:43:47RIGHT NOW AND IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW.
00:43:50SLAVA
00:43:56>> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK
00:43:59YOU. AND NOW WE HAVE ROMAN HOJO,
00:44:02UH, PRYLUKY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER,
00:44:07CIVIL ACTIVIST, DOCTOR WITH DHAKA, HEINRICH, DIRECTOR OF
00:44:10ENERGY SECURITY, MARSHALL PLAN
00:44:14FOR UKRAINE.
00:44:32>> ROMAN, AND I'M THE SECRETARY
00:44:32OF THE PRYLUKY CITY COUNCIL
00:44:50DIRECTOR OF ENERGY SECURITY. MARSHALL PLAN FOR UKRAINE. WE'RE
00:44:52GOING TO BE TELLING YOU ABOUT
00:44:54OUR CITY THAT LIVES THROUGH
00:45:14THE LAST WINTER HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR US. THE
00:45:18TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN DROPPING
00:45:21TO -25 CELSIUS. AND DURING THOSE
00:45:24TIMES, WE HAD LIGHT ONLY THREE
00:45:26HOURS A DAY
00:45:34>> GENERATOR. >> THE WORK OF THE HOSPITALS AND THE OBJECTS OF THE CRITICAL
00:45:38INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE BEEN
00:45:40SUPPLYING THROUGH THE
00:45:45GENERATORS. THE GENERATORS ARE
00:45:49USING A LOT OF DIESEL. DURING
00:45:57THOSE TIMES, WE HAVE ALL THE TIMES THE BOMBINGS, THE
00:46:01SHELLINGS, AND THE DESTRUCTION.
00:46:11DURING ONE OF SUCH BOMBINGS, THE
00:46:14CITY COUNCIL BUILDING WHERE I
00:46:18WORK HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
00:46:27SUCH SHELLING, THERE HAS BEEN
00:46:29THE EXECUTIVE TEAM OF MY CITY.
00:46:40THANKFULLY, MY TEAM WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE AND THEY DIDN'T WEREN'T
00:46:44HURT DURING THIS ATTACK
00:46:55ALL THE TIME WHEN THE CRITICAL
00:46:59INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING HIT, WE DON'T GET ANY WATER OR LIGHT
00:47:03FOR DAY OR DAYS.
00:47:16>> DEGREE. >> THE MISSILES HIT NOT ONLY THE
00:47:19CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDINGS. THEY ALSO HIT THE RESIDENTIAL. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.
00:47:23ONE OF SUCH HIT HAS BEEN
00:47:27HAPPENED RECENTLY DURING THE ATTACK WITH THE BALLISTIC
00:47:30MISSILE. BECAUSE THIS ATTACK HAS
00:47:38HAPPENED BETWEEN TWO SUPERMARKETS, A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:47:41WERE INJURED.
00:47:45>> IT'S UKRAINIAN
00:47:49>> AND THIS IS NOT ONE CASE SCENARIO. THIS HAS BEEN
00:47:53HAPPENING FOR MANY, MANY TIMES.
00:48:05EVERY DAY WE HAVE ABOUT TEN AIR
00:48:10RAID ALARMS. SOMETIMES THEY
00:48:12OPERATE. ALARM CAN LAST FOR THE
00:48:17WHOLE AND THAT NIGHT, PEOPLE ARE
00:48:23SPENDING IN THE SHELTER. AND NEXT MORNING, THEY ARE GOING TO
00:48:26WORK. AND THEY ARE CONTINUING
00:48:28WITH THEIR LIVES
00:48:36DAY WE GET HIT OR THE MISSILES
00:48:39ARE FLYING, AND DRONES THROUGH
00:48:45OUR CITY
00:48:50>> MR.. >> AND ABOUT ONCE PER WEEK, OUR
00:48:52CITY IS GETTING HURT AND GETTING
00:48:54HIT BY THE MISSILE AT THAT, A
00:49:02LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEAVING WHICH
00:49:11AFFECTS OUR HUMAN CAPITAL AND
00:49:13CREATES THE, UH, WORK CRISIS.
00:49:18>> SO WE UKRAINIAN.
00:49:21>> THIS HAPPENS ALL AROUND
00:49:24UKRAINE.
00:49:34THE TOPIC THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING
00:49:35TODAY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT
00:49:38ONLY FOR MY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO
00:49:40FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY
00:49:45>> I'M. >> NEXT FOR US IS THE WINTER OF
00:49:472026, 2027. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:49:56LIVING IN MY COMMUNITY, AS WELL
00:49:59AS THE PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY, NEED TO HAVE A CHANCE
00:50:02TO SURVIVE THAT'S WHY ALREADY
00:50:08TODAY, WE NEED TO HAVE A
00:50:10DISTRIBUTED ENERGY. WE NEED A
00:50:15STABLE ENERGY SYSTEM. THE
00:50:24OBJECTS OF THE CRITICAL
00:50:27INFRASTRUCTURE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN
00:50:32FUNCTIONING UNINTERRUPTED REALLY
00:50:39GRATEFUL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, FOR ALL OF THE HELP THAT
00:50:41WE ARE RECEIVING.
00:50:45>> SYSTEM. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:50:48INVESTMENTS INTO THE ENERGY
00:50:51SECURITY OF UKRAINE. TO ALL OF
00:50:58THE DEVELOPERS, AS WELL AS ALL
00:51:00OF THE DEVELOPERS AND CREATORS OF THE ENERGY SECURITY MARSHALL
00:51:04PLAN OF UKRAINE THIS IS OUR
00:51:11SURVIVAL. . AND THIS IS THE
00:51:16SECURITY OF OUR WHOLE WORLD
00:51:24>> WHAT AN EYE OPENING ACCOUNT.
00:51:25THANK YOU SO MUCH, RAHMAT. AND
00:51:28NOW, ROUNDING US OFF, IT WILL BE
00:51:30SVETLANA ROMANKO, AN
00:51:32ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER, FOUNDER
00:51:35AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RAZOM.
00:51:44WE STAND.
00:51:44>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM
00:51:49END OF LATE MARCH, I WAS WALKING
00:51:53DOWN THE STREET IN UKRAINE WITH
00:51:54MY FATHER. I WAS SUCH A NICE
00:51:57MOMENT TO ME BECAUSE MY FATHER HAD A BIRTHDAY THAT DAY, AND HIS
00:52:01FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN FEEL THE SENSE
00:52:04OF JUSTICE THAT SURROUNDS ME AND
00:52:07HIM. UM, WHEN WE EVEN JUST
00:52:09INTERACT AND WALK TOGETHER. AND WE HAD SUCH A NICE LUNCH, AND IT
00:52:13WAS A BRILLIANT, LIKE, BEAUTIFUL, SHINY DAY IN UKRAINE.
00:52:16AND WE WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE AT
00:52:19THIS VERY MOMENT. AND, UH, WE
00:52:21WALKED PAST THIS STREET AND A
00:52:23FEW, 15 MINUTES LATER, WE DID
00:52:26THAT. THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND
00:52:29A DRONE HIT US. A FAMILY, FATHER AND DAUGHTER WHO WERE WALKING
00:52:33THE SAME STREET. BUT JUST 15
00:52:34MINUTES LATER THAN WE WERE. AND
00:52:40WE WENT OUTSIDE THIS BLACK SMOKE, HEARING THIS, UH,
00:52:44TERRIBLE SOUNDS. AND WE, WE, WE
00:52:47WERE ABLE TO SEE THE DEAD
00:52:49BODIES. WE WANTED TO HELP THEM,
00:52:52BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. THEY
00:52:54DIDN'T MADE IT THROUGH THAT DAY. THE REASON WHY THEY WERE
00:52:58WALKING, IT WAS THEY JUST WERE
00:53:02ABOUT TO VISIT THEIR WIFE AND
00:53:05MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR
00:53:07NEWBORN FAMILY MEMBER. AND THEY
00:53:10NEVER, EVER DID THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:53:18THIS IS A REALITY. THE FAMILY IN UKRAINE ARE BEING LIVING THROUGH
00:53:22THIS FOR LIKE FOUR, FOUR, FOUR
00:53:23AND A HALF YEARS. AND I BELIEVE
00:53:27EVERYONE WHO HAS A FAMILY OR WHO HAS NOT JUST CAN CONNECT DEEPLY
00:53:31AND RELATE TO THOSE VALUES. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,
00:53:34THIS IS SOMETHING WE LIVE FOR
00:53:39AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS SUCH A
00:53:44REALITY ON BEHIND. WHAT I INTEND TO SAY TODAY. AND FIRST OF ALL,
00:53:48I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD TO STAY
00:53:52HERE, TO STAY ALONGSIDE ALL OF
00:53:53YOU HERE IN THIS ROOM. AND
00:53:57VETERANS, MEN AND WOMEN WHO MADE THEIR IMPRESSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SECURITY. I BELIEVE YOU
00:54:01KNOW WHAT IT TRULY MEANS, AND WE
00:54:03CAN DISCUSS IT PROFOUNDLY. HOW
00:54:05TO BUILD THE ENERGY SECURITY
00:54:07THAT WOULD NOT POWER ANOTHER
00:54:10DICTATORS TO REIGN AND HOLD
00:54:13THEIR POWER TO GET TIRED OF THESE GRIPS OF POWER, AND TO
00:54:16MAKE ALL, LIKE FAMILIES GOING
00:54:21THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE DEATH, LOSS, DESTRUCTION THAT THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS
00:54:25FAMILIES ARE GOING RIGHT NOW IN
00:54:27UKRAINE AND WHEN WE SPEAK ENERGY
00:54:31SECURITY, WE ARE NOT SPEAKING
00:54:34SOME ABSTRACT CONCEPTS, UH, LIKE
00:54:36WHEN, WHAT PERCENTAGE? LIKE,
00:54:39ARE WE ABLE TO GET THAT
00:54:41PERCENTAGE? HOW NOW, THIS IS A
00:54:45SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAT. THIS IS
00:54:47LIKE HOW WE OVERCOME THE FOSSIL
00:54:49FUEL DEPENDENCY THAT, UH, PEOPLE
00:54:53SAY BAD THINGS TO OUR
00:54:59COMMUNITIES. I WILL START FROM THE ENERGY AFFORDABILITY. AND
00:55:03LET'S COMPARE WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IN THE US AND WHAT'S
00:55:06HAPPENING IN UKRAINE. AS OUR COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN SUCH A REMARKABLE PARTNERS. AND WE ARE
00:55:10SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE
00:55:13IN THIS COUNTRY THEIR HEARTS AND
00:55:16MINDS AND THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO WITHSTAND THIS
00:55:20DICTATOR, WHICH I BELIEVE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO. AND
00:55:22I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO
00:55:24VETERANS, YOURS AND OURS. AND
00:55:27THANKS, EOP AND ALEX, FOR GETTING ALL THIS AMAZING
00:55:31COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I HOPE YOU
00:55:34CAN EXPAND AND INCLUDE UKRAINIAN VETERANS AS WELL WHEN THEY WIN
00:55:37AT THE BATTLEFIELD, AND THEY COME HOME AND THEY WILL GET
00:55:40THEIR CLEAN JOBS, WHICH WE WILL
00:55:42MAKE FOR THEM. I BELIEVE IN THE
00:55:45VERY NEAR FUTURE, AND WE WILL BE
00:55:47HAPPY TO LIKE TO BE A PART OF
00:55:51THIS TRANSITION. BUT HOW? LIKE WHAT ENERGY CRISIS MEANS FOR OUR
00:55:54COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE FAMILY FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH THE
00:55:58SAME ENERGY AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
00:56:00HERE IN THE US AND IN UKRAINE. I
00:56:02KNOW THAT HERE IN THE US, LIKE, I DON'T EVEN MEAN GROCERIES,
00:56:05YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE SPEAK
00:56:07ENERGY. BUT WHEN WE PAY FOR
00:56:10ENERGY BILLS IN THE US, THE
00:56:12PRICES HAVE RISEN FOR 7%, LIKE FASTER THAN INFLATION. AND IT'S
00:56:16NOT THE END. THEY ARE PREDICTED
00:56:18TO, TO INCREASE FOR 11%, WHILE
00:56:22IN UKRAINE, IT'S GOING TO BE
00:56:2420%. WHEN WE HAVE ENERGY BECAUSE
00:56:26WE, WE, WE ARE LIVING THROUGH
00:56:28THE BLACKOUTS. AND SOMETIMES WE
00:56:31ONLY ALLOW TO HAVE POWER FOR ONE
00:56:33HOUR. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO POWER THE HOUSE
00:56:37AND LIGHT THE HOUSE AND AND, UM,
00:56:40YEAH. AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN AMERICA, THE STATES THAT ARE
00:56:44INSTALLING RENEWABLES AT SCALE
00:56:46ARE DOING THIS THE FASTEST, LIKE
00:56:51NEW MEXICO. THEY ARE SEEING THE LARGEST DECREASE IN PRICES AT
00:56:54THIS VERY MOMENT. AND THERE ARE
00:56:57UKRAINIAN COMMUNITIES THAT EVEN
00:56:59AT THIS DIRE CONDITIONS LIKE
00:57:0290,000 OF HOUSEHOLDS, HAVE FOUND
00:57:04SOME MONEY. EVEN IF YOU IMAGINE
00:57:07IT'S HARD TO DO IN UKRAINE, AND THEY INSTALL SOLAR, AND THEY
00:57:10WILL HAVE THE THEY, THEY WILL BE
00:57:13ABLE TO PAY FOR THEMSELVES AND
00:57:17BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT FOR THE YEARS AHEAD. ALSO, SMALL AND
00:57:21LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO KEEP AFLOAT. AND
00:57:25THE POWER, ENERGY THEY INSTALLED
00:57:27SO FAR, IN AMOUNTS ALL ALMOST
00:57:31ONE GIGAWATT, WHICH IS HUGE. SO
00:57:33THEY CAN. THEY KEEP FUNCTIONING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE STORY,
00:57:37THEY WILL HAVE TO REBUILD
00:57:39UKRAINE, AND THEY ARE THE IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO PAY
00:57:43ATTENTION TO. SO AMERICA HAS
00:57:45SUCH A PLEASE DON'T WASTE IT.
00:57:49YOU CAN MAKE THIS ENERGY
00:57:52TRANSITION SO FAST AND REALLY FAST AND FURIOUS AND EFFECTIVE, AND YOU CAN HELP SO MANY
00:57:56COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, LIKE MY
00:57:58COUNTRY, TO OVERCOME THE ENERGY
00:58:00CRISIS. AND I AM SO HOPEFUL THAT
00:58:06WE LIKE INVESTMENTS. UH, WHEN WE
00:58:07SPEAK ABOUT THE LUXURY OF CHOICE
00:58:10A EVOLVES AS WELL. AND, UH, WHAT
00:58:14DRIVES THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE US, IT'S STILL A MARKET
00:58:16INVESTMENTS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES,
00:58:19STATE SUBSIDIES, INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, WHICH I BELIEVE
00:58:22YOU WILL FIGHT FOR AND MANY OTHER THINGS. WHILE IN UKRAINE.
00:58:25IT'S PURELY SURVIVAL DRIVEN. WE
00:58:27ALSO, WE ALL INSTALL RENEWABLES TO SURVIVE, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP
00:58:31GOING WITH THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BLOODY ENERGY.
00:58:35RUSSIAN ENERGY, AND OVERALL
00:58:37DICTATORS ENERGY THAT HAVE LED
00:58:40US. THAT HAS LED US TO THIS POINT AND TO THIS ORAL
00:58:44DESTRUCTION. AND ALSO, JUST TO GIVE A POSITIVE EXAMPLE OF
00:58:47INVESTMENT, UH, SO 1.4 BILLION
00:58:52JUST WERE JUST INVESTED INTO
00:58:53POLTAVA. IT'S EASTERN UKRAINE,
00:58:56WHICH IS QUITE CLOSE TO THE
00:58:59BATTLEFIELD, ACTUALLY, TO BUILD
00:59:01ONE SINGLE WIND FARM THAT WILL
00:59:05POWER, THOUSANDS OF HOMES. AND ALSO THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. AND
00:59:09THIS IS SUCH A BRIGHT EXAMPLE THAT UKRAINE HAS ECONOMIC
00:59:13OPPORTUNITY, AND IT'S ATTRACTIVE
00:59:15FOR INVESTORS. AND, UH, EVEN
00:59:18NOW. SO WE LIKE MORE GREEN JOBS WILL BE CREATED IN UKRAINE, UH,
00:59:21LIKE 2 MILLION. WE COUNTED THAT.
00:59:23AND 1 MILLION OF VETERANS WHO
00:59:27BACK FROM THE BATTLEFIELD WILL
00:59:29BE HAPPY TO HELP US TO BUILD
00:59:32THE, BUILD THE GRID AND HELP US
00:59:35FOLLOW ON. AND, UM, SO MY
00:59:39MESSAGE, MY MESSAGE, I HAVE MANY THOSE MESSAGES, BUT TO AMERICAN
00:59:43LEADERS, BUT THE MAIN, MOST
00:59:46IMPORTANT ONE IS THAT, UM WAIT
00:59:55URGENCY. >> JUST ACT TOWARDS IT AND BE THE FORCE THAT CAN BRING THE
00:59:58CHANGE HERE, HOME. AND ALSO
01:00:01EXPAND IT TO UKRAINE AND ENERGY SECURITY. MARSHALL PLAN IS SUCH
01:00:05A REMARKABLE REMARKABLE PLAN WHICH CAN HELP US WIN OVER
01:00:09RUSSIA, WHICH CAN HELP US TO
01:00:11ACHIEVE WAR. I TRY TO SPEAK TO
01:00:13YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I
01:00:16KNOW, I KNOW, UM, HOW QUICKLY
01:00:19THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
01:00:21ORDINARY DAY AND THE CATASTROPHE
01:00:25CAN DISAPPEAR. IN MY CASE, IT
01:00:31WAS 15 MINUTES AS A FAMILY DIDN'T MAKE THOSE 15 MINUTES TO MY, TO MY, TO MY ENTIRE REGRET.
01:00:34AND PLEASE, WHATEVER MINUTES YOU
01:00:37HAVE, DON'T WASTE IT. THANK YOU
01:00:41>> [APPLAUSE] >> SO MUCH.
01:00:42>> [APPLAUSE]
01:00:49>> DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL OF
01:00:51YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES.
01:00:54THEY ARE SO DEEPLY IMPACTFUL AND
01:01:00LIKE THE MOTTO OF THE UKRAINE
01:01:03ENERGY MARSHALL PLAN REMINDS US
01:01:05PROTECT UKRAINE, PROTECT THE
01:01:11PLANET AND NOW WE ARE OPEN FOR
01:01:21QUESTIONS.
01:01:32NO QUESTIONS. >> WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH
01:01:34QUESTIONS INDIVIDUALLY OR JUST.
01:01:37>> YOU CAN FOLLOW US
01:01:38INDIVIDUALLY, WHETHER ON THE
01:01:41WEBSITE OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU
01:01:45MAY HAVE ABOUT THE MEETING THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO BE A PART OF
01:01:49TODAY. THANK
01:02:00>> ALL RIGHT. NICE WORK EVERYONE. >> IT WAS.
01:02:04>> TIGHT. >> I BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M
01:02:05SAYING. NOT LETTING
01:02:09>> LITERALLY LOST WORDS. AND 12
01:02:12KIDS. YES
01:02:19>> YOU'RE WATCHING C-SPAN 2.
01:02:23DEMOCRACY, UNFILTERED.
01:02:26>> [MUSIC]
01:02:29>> YOU LOOK BACK ON WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST OF WHAT
01:02:33YOU'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR? >> THIS INTERVIEW IS THE ABSOLUTE APEX.
01:02:36>> LEADERS SEEM TO LIKE TO WEAR WIGS. HOW COME HE DIDN'T HAVE A
01:02:40WIG? PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, I MADE A MISTAKE THE FIRST TIME. I
01:02:42SHOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU THE FIRST TIME >> THAT ISN'T WHAT HE SAID.
01:02:46>> YOUR FIRST BOOK WAS CALLED A TIME TO KILL. HOW MANY PUBLISHERS TURNED THAT DOWN?
01:02:50>> WELL, ALL OF THEM. >> IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE DONALD TRUMP LAUGH. HE DOESN'T LIKE TO
01:02:54SMILE IN PHOTOS. HE HAS WHAT THEY CALL THE STARE. HOW WOULD
01:02:58THE STARE WHEN YOU GO TO THE OSCARS THAT