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00:00:02AND I'M HERE SPEAKING TODAY, THESE FIRST LADIES MAKE ME THE
00:00:06FIRST LADIES MAN.
00:00:09I GREW UP OUTSIDE OF D.C. THE SMITHSONIAN WAS OUR PLAYGROUND.
00:00:13IT'S WHERE WE TOOK RELATIVES.
00:00:14IF I TOUCHED A MOON ROCK ONE
00:00:18GET BACK INTO THESE MUSEUMS AS AN ADULT.
00:00:20FROM THE FIRST TRIP TO VIRGINIA,
00:00:23I SAW THINGS AND I WAS TAUGHT ABOUT THESE WOMEN IN A WAY THAT
00:00:27I NEVER HAD BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT, IN GOOD SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH THE
00:00:30MOTHER WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER, A
00:00:34FATHER WAS A CIVIL WAR BUFF. I OF C-SPAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE
00:00:37HISTORICAL CESSATION GRATITUDE BUT MORE THAN EVER, THE FIRST
00:00:41LADIES. >> WHY AM I THINKING CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM? [LAUGHTER]
00:00:50WE LOVE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE SUBJECT MATTER.
00:00:54ENGAGING HER STUDENTS IN
00:00:57UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRIBUTION OF FIRST LADIES. TELL US ABOUT YOUR WORK.
00:01:02>> FIRST OF ALL -- >> WE WILL GO LIVE TO AN EVENT
00:01:04IN WASHINGTON WERE STATE LAWMAKERS AND UKRAINIAN
00:01:08OFFICIALS ARE DISCUSSING ENERGY SECURITY AND AFFORDABILITY.
00:01:12THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE ON C-SPAN3.
00:01:14FOR THOSE OF YOU NEW TO ME, AS A
00:01:18YOUNG GIRL IN NIGERIA, MY FAMILY
00:01:24EXPERIENCED FREQUENT BLACKOUTS.
00:01:28SITTING BY THE FIRE UNDER THE
00:01:30LIGHT OF THE STARS, I WOULD
00:01:33LISTEN TO MY ELDERS TELL STORIES.
00:01:36AND I WAS INSTILLED WITH A SENSE
00:01:40OF COMMUNITY AND PURPOSE.
00:01:42I UNDERSTOOD THAT STORIES CAN
00:01:47TELL US ABOUT OUR PAST, MIRROR
00:01:51TO OUR PRESENT, AND HELPLESS
00:01:53BIRTH POSSIBLE FUTURES -- HELP
00:01:57US BIRTH POSSIBLE FUTURES. THE PRESENT, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
00:01:59BE A PART OF FANTASTIC PROJECTS
00:02:03LIKE STAR TREK, STRANGE NEW WORLDS, THIS IS US, AMERICAN
00:02:06GODS FROM A PROJECT ABOUT
00:02:09CRINGING OF ANGOLA THAT HAS ALLOWED ME TO PARTNER WITH WORLD
00:02:12FOOD PRIZEWINNER HEIDI KUEHNE
00:02:15AND REMOVING MINES FROM ANGOLA
00:02:18AND REPLACING WITH AGRICULTURE.
00:02:22REMOVING THE SCARS OF WAR AND PLANTING THE SEEDS OF PEACE.
00:02:29NOW STANDING HERE WITH THE
00:02:34ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROTECT AMERICA, DELEGATES FROM UKRAINE,
00:02:37U.K., AND THE U.S., I AM
00:02:42REMINDED THE CHOICES WE MAKE WITH OUR ENERGY POLICIES ARE
00:02:45MATTERS OF LIFE, DEATH, AND DIGNITY.
00:02:51RIGHT NOW FAMILIES ACROSS THE GLOBE FACE PUNISHING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
00:02:56LET US BE CLEAR, OLD GUARD POLICIES THAT DOUBLE DOWN ON
00:03:00FOSSIL FUELS DO NOT SAVE MONEY,
00:03:01THEY HIKE COSTS, TRASH OR PUBLIC
00:03:05HEALTH, AND DESTABILIZE NATIONS.
00:03:10WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION FAVORS FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION OVER
00:03:13INNOVATION, EVERYDAY PEOPLE PAY
00:03:15THE PRICE AT THE PUMP, ON THE
00:03:19UTILITY BILLS, AND THE VERY AIR THEY BREATHE.
00:03:23NATIONS SPENT UPWARDS OF $81 BILLION EVERY YEAR JUST TO
00:03:28PROTECT OVERSEAS OIL INTERESTS, MONEY THAT SHOULD BE IN THE
00:03:32POCKETS OF WORKING FAMILIES,
00:03:33LOWERING LIVING COSTS.
00:03:39AS OUR VETERAN LAWMAKERS AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS CONSTANTLY REMIND US WITH THEIR
00:03:45STORIES, A NATION DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL FUELS IS NEVER TRULY SECURE.
00:03:50OUTDATED POLICIES JEOPARDIZE OUR
00:03:53JOBS, CHOKED OUR COMMUNITIES WITH POLLUTION, AND LEAVE THE
00:03:57DOOR OPEN TO CONFLICT.
00:04:00IT IS TIME TO LISTEN TO THE
00:04:03STORIES OF THE FRONTLINES.
00:04:07BY STRENGTHENING ENERGY SECURITY AND ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL
00:04:10POLICIES THAT PUT PEOPLE FIRST,
00:04:12WE CAN LIFT UP VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND BUILD
00:04:16EVERLASTING PEACE.
00:04:17AS YOUR HOST, IT IS MY DISTINCT
00:04:22PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR WONDERFUL GUESTS.
00:04:26FIRST UP TO THE PODIUM WE HAVE
00:04:30PAUL FOSTER, A U.K. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, COCHAIR OF THE U.K.
00:04:34ALL PARTY MENTION GROUP FOR
00:04:36ARMED FORCES, AND A VETERAN OF
00:04:39THE BRITISH ARMY CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS.
00:04:45[APPLAUSE]
00:04:51>> THANK YOU.
00:04:56CAN I JUST THINK ALEX AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR ALL THE
00:04:59WORK YOU DO? I AM A PROUD BRITISH VETERAN
00:05:02MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
00:05:06IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SUPPORT THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE WEEKEND.
00:05:10I AM DEDICATED TO CONTINUING
00:05:12SUPPORTING EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU.
00:05:18OVER 30 YEARS AGO, I SERVED IN THE FIRST GULF WAR OPERATION
00:05:23HAVEN IN NORTHERN IRAQ ALONGSIDE AMERICAN FORCES. OUR MILITARY COLLEAGUES IN
00:05:26SOUTHERN IRAQ AND KUWAIT FOUGHT
00:05:28IN THE DESERT AND WATCH THE OIL FIELDS BURNING.
00:05:32LIKE MANY WHO SERVED, I HOPE DEEPLY OUR SACRIFICE WOULD BUILD
00:05:36A FUTURE THAT WAS SAFER AND MORE SECURE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
00:05:40OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. YET HERE WE ARE TODAY, I WOULD
00:05:44ARGUE IT IS NOW NOT JUST THE OIL FIELDS BURNING, BUT THE GLOBE IS BURNING.
00:05:50WHEN WE LOOK AT GLOBAL CONFLICT
00:05:52TODAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE VOLATILITY OF ACCESS TO FOSSIL
00:05:55FUELS DUE TO CONTINUED
00:05:58DEPENDENCE. FOR DECADES, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HAVE PIVOTED ON THE
00:06:02GEOGRAPHY OF OIL AND GAS.
00:06:04WE HAVE SEEN HOW GEOPOLITICAL
00:06:08FLASHPOINTS DISRUPT PIPELINES, SPIKE INFLATION, AND LEAVE
00:06:11DOMESTIC NATIONS VULNERABLE TO THE WHIMS OF HOSTILE REGIMES
00:06:15EXPOSING COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL
00:06:20SHOCKS. FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCE IS NOT ONLY A BRITISH OR AMERICAN
00:06:24PROBLEM, IT IS A GLOBAL VULNERABILITY CREATED BY YEARS
00:06:28OF POOR DECISION-MAKING, LEADING
00:06:31TO LIMITED ADAPTIVE CAPACITY.
00:06:34TRUE SOVEREIGNTY IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY NATION IF OUR COLLECTIVE
00:06:39SURVIVAL RELIES ON FOSSIL FUEL IMPORTS AND A GLOBAL COMMODITY
00:06:42MARKET CONTROLLED BY AUTOCRATS
00:06:45OR PERHAPS EVEN THE HUGE GLOBAL CONGLOMERATES.
00:06:50THAT IS WHY THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY CANNOT BE A SOLO EFFORT.
00:06:54WE ALL NEED TO TRANSITION TOGETHER.
00:06:58LOOK NOW TO UKRAINE.
00:07:01THE HORRIFIC CONFLICT THERE SHOWN US THE REAL REALITY OF
00:07:05MODERN WARFARE. WHERE TRADITIONAL ENERGY GRIDS
00:07:08AND FOSSIL FUEL ROUTES ARE TARGETED TO FREEZE OUT CIVILIANS
00:07:11AND ENFORCE DEPENDENCY.
00:07:13FOR UKRAINE, REBUILDING WITH
00:07:17DECENTRALIZED RENEWABLE POWER IS NOT JUST ABOUT A GREEN FUTURE,
00:07:20IT IS ABOUT SURVIVAL,
00:07:24RESILIENCE, LIFEBLOOD OF THEIR AGGRESSORS. THE AMBITIOUS UKRAINE MARSHALL
00:07:30PLAN WILL ALLOW UKRAINE TO LEAPFROG INTERNET ZERO FUTURE,
00:07:33SETTING AN INSPIRATIONAL EXAMPLE TO US ALL.
00:07:40AS U.K. CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE ITS WIND, SOLAR, NUCLEAR
00:07:44PROJECTS, WE ARE EFFECTIVELY BUILDING A SHIELD.
00:07:47BUT FOR THAT TO PROTECT THE FREE WORLD, WE MUST ALL STAND TOGETHER.
00:07:52I URGE ALL OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING OUR HOST
00:07:56HERE TODAY THE UNITED STATES, TO VIEW THE GREEN TRANSITION
00:07:59THROUGH THIS EXACT LENS.
00:08:03EVERY WIND TURBINE DIRECTED AND SOLAR PANEL DEPLOYED IN EVERY
00:08:08CLEAN ACROSS THE GLOBE IS A DIRECT STRIKE AGAINST THE
00:08:11GEOPOLITICAL LEVERAGE OF HOSTILE REGIMES.
00:08:14UNLIKE GAS, NOBODY CAN RATION WIND.
00:08:19NOBODY CAN TURN OFF THE SUN.
00:08:22THIS IS NO LONGER JUST IN ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE FOR ME.
00:08:25IT IS A COLLECTIVE, STRATEGIC NECESSITY.
00:08:29BY INVESTING HEAVILY IN RENEWABLES WORLDWIDE, WE PROTECT
00:08:32OUR PLANET, SECURE OUR ECONOMIES, AND PERMANENTLY DENY
00:08:36HOSTILE ACTORS THE POWER TO DICTATE OUR FUTURE.
00:08:45IN 1979, PRESIDENT CARTER SAID, "THIS INTOLERABLE DEPENDENCE ON
00:08:47FOREIGN OIL THREATENS OUR ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE ON THE
00:08:51VERY SECURITY OF OUR NATION.
00:08:55THE ENERGY CRISIS IS REAL. IT IS WORLDWIDE.
00:09:00IT IS CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO OUR NATION.
00:09:05THESE ARE FACTS AND WAS SIMPLY MUST FACE THEM."
00:09:09I WILL REMIND YOU HE SAID THAT IN 1979.
00:09:12TO CONCLUDE, 30 YEARS AGO, I WAS
00:09:15IN IRAQ FIGHTING FOR A BETTER WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
00:09:19TODAY, I AM STILL DETERMINED TO ACHIEVE THIS.
00:09:23I MAY NO LONGER BE IN UNIFORM, BUT I AM NOT GIVING UP THE FIGHT.
00:09:30LET US BUILD A NEW GLOBAL SHIELD TOGETHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
00:09:34>> DEEPLY INSIGHTFUL.
00:09:38THANK YOU, PAUL. AND NEXT WE HAVE ALEX CORNELL DU
00:09:41HOUX, THE PRESIDENT AND
00:09:45COFOUNDER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROTECT AMERICA, WHO IS ALSO
00:09:48A FORMER MAINE STATE
00:09:51REPRESENTATIVE AND USMC COMBAT DIRECTOR.
00:09:54>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR
00:09:59BEING HERE AND TO OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
00:10:04AS MENTIONED, I AM ALEX CORNELL
00:10:05DU HOUX.
00:10:13OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT OUR
00:10:15LANDS, WATERS, AND DEMOCRACY NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY.
00:10:21WHEN I DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE EAST, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR TO ME
00:10:25HOW ENERGY IS TIED TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
00:10:30FOR INSTANCE, IT WAS DUSK AND WE
00:10:36ARE ON PATROL AND IT IS VERY HAZY OUT SO YOU COULD NOT SEE VERY FAR.
00:10:41WE CAME ACROSS A LINE OF CARS, TRACTORS, TRAILERS.
00:10:45WE WERE WONDERING, WHY ARE THEY LINED UP FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE
00:10:49CAN SEE? EVENTUALLY, WE GOT TO THE FRONT
00:10:51AND FOUND OUT THEY WERE WAITING
00:10:53FOR OIL TO FUEL THEIR SELVES.
00:10:57OF COURSE THERE A CURFEW SO WE HAD TO BREAK THIS UP.
00:11:00BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO RISK THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF THIS
00:11:04DEPENDENCE ON A SINGLE SOURCE OF ENERGY.
00:11:09FAST-FORWARD, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH DOING THE SAME THING BUT THROUGH
00:11:13CHOKEPOINTS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. BETWEEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
00:11:18WOMEN THE STRAIT OF --
00:11:22THROUGH THE LETTER AND STATE
00:11:26DEPARTMENT, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VISIT ALL OF THE STRAITS.
00:11:30THEY'RE NOT VERY EASY TO GET REPAIRED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ,
00:11:33AS WE ALL KNOW, IS 20% OF THE WORLD'S ENERGY.
00:11:38THE STRAIT OF MALACCA IS 50% OF THE WORLD'S ENERGY.
00:11:42AS A RESULT -- SORRY, 30% AND A
00:11:46TOTAL OF 50%. THAT IS HALF THE WORLD'S ENERGY
00:11:49GOING THROUGH TWO CHOQUE POINTS
00:11:51-- CHOKEPOINTS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
00:11:5540% OF THE GLOBAL TRADE IS ENERGY. IMAGINE THE FREEDOM WE WOULD
00:11:59HAVE IF WE DID NOT DEPEND ON
00:12:04TRANSPORTING 40% OF OUR TRADE? AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH TWO
00:12:09CHOKEPOINTS.
00:12:13THIS IS WHY CLEAN DISTRIBUTED ENERGY IS A SOLUTION THAT
00:12:15DEMOCRATIZE IS ENERGY AND EMPOWERS OUR COUNTRIES.
00:12:20UNFORTUNATELY, THE U.S. CAN NEVER BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT WITH
00:12:23FOSSIL FUELS UNLESS WE HAVE AN INSANE AMOUNT INVESTMENT IN
00:12:28RETOOLING THE GAS REFINERIES AND OIL REFINERIES.
00:12:31BECAUSE WHAT WE PRODUCE IS LIKE
00:12:34SWEET OIL AND WE EXPORT THAT AND
00:12:37THEN WE IMPORT THE OIL THAT IS
00:12:41THE HEAVY SOUR CRUDE BECAUSE WE ARE VERY GOOD AT REFINING IT.
00:12:46AS A RESULT, IT IS NOT WORTH THE
00:12:50INVESTMENT TO CHANGE OUR REFINERIES. NOR CAN WE EVEN CONNECT ALL OF
00:12:54OUR OIL FACILITIES TO THE REFINERIES. SO THE SOLUTION FOR THE UNITED
00:12:58STATES IS VERY CLEARLY
00:13:00DISTRIBUTED CLEAN ENERGY WE HAD BECAUSE WE HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY
00:13:04ACROSS THE U.S., THE NORTHEAST,
00:13:08MAINE HAS OVER 40 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PART OF OFFSHORE WIND.
00:13:12EVEN MORE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST.
00:13:14AS WE GO SOUTH, AND ABUNDANT
00:13:17SOLAR ENERGY.
00:13:19IN THE MIDWEST, ALREADY MANY
00:13:23STATES HEAVILY OUR AGRICULTURE
00:13:25HAVE INDEPENDENT OUR ONE THIRD POWERED BY WIND ENERGY.
00:13:29ON THE WEST COAST, AMAZING POTENTIAL WITH OFFSHORE WIND BUT
00:13:33OVER 120 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT'S WORK. FOR REFERENCE, NUCLEAR POWER
00:13:37PLANT IS ABOUT A GIGAWATT WORTH OF ENERGY.
00:13:44AS WE MOVE TOWARD THE EAST,
00:13:46UKRAINE, SADLY, IS THE WORLD'S
00:13:49EXAMPLE OF WHY WE CANNOT BE DEPENDENT ON A FOSSIL FUEL DICTATOR.
00:13:54IT THAT IT HAS BEEN AMAZINGLY
00:13:57HEARTWARMING AND INNOVATIVE AND EXCITING TO SEE WHAT UKRAINE HAS
00:14:01DONE TO COMBAT THIS DEPENDENCE
00:14:03ON FOSSIL FUELS AND THAT IS
00:14:05FUNDING A DICTATOR WHO IS SADLY
00:14:10KILLING WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INDISCRIMINATELY.
00:14:17ONLY .46 OF THE SOLAR CAPACITY
00:14:20AND .4% OF THE WIND POTENTIAL WITHIN ABOUT 10 KILOMETERS OF
00:14:23UKRAINE'S GRID COULD POWER THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
00:14:29AND UKRAINE IS DEFINITELY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT WITH
00:14:32INSTALLING OVER 1.5 GIGAWATTS OF
00:14:35DISTRIBUTED SOLAR SINCE THE FULL-SCALE INVASION.
00:14:39THAT IS ABOUT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND A HALF WORTH OF ENERGY.
00:14:42WHEN IT COMES TO WIND, 19
00:14:47TURBINES ARE LOCATED 100 KILOMETERS FROM THE FRONTLINES. AND ALL OF THEM ARE STILL
00:14:50STANDING BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HARD TO HIT WIND TURBINE.
00:14:56IT IS LIKE A TOOTHPICK IN A FIELD. THE MISSILE CAN EFFECTIVELY DO
00:14:59THAT COSTS MORE THAN THE TURBINE. SO YOU HAVE TO OCCUPY THE AREA,
00:15:03BASICALLY.
00:15:05THAT EXPANSION IS HAPPENING SO THAT 19 WILL TURN INTO 64
00:15:09TURBINES RELATIVELY SOON TO POWER HALF A GIGAWATT WORTH OF ENERGY.
00:15:14THIS IS INSPIRING TO SEE BECAUSE
00:15:18THEY HAVE HAD TO DO IT OUT OF SURVIVAL. THE UNITED STATES CAN DO THIS FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY AND
00:15:22AFFORDABILITY.
00:15:26WE SHOULD NOT HAVE WARS HAVE TO
00:15:29LEAD US INTO THE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.
00:15:32WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABILITY,
00:15:34THOUGH, THIS IS WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY EXCITING TO SEE THE TRAJECTORY.
00:15:38IT IS EXPONENTIAL.
00:15:43BATTERIES WENT DOWN 45% IN COSTS LAST YEAR.
00:15:45THAT IS 93% SINCE 2010.
00:15:51SELLER HAS DECREASED IN COST FROM OVER $100 TO LESS THAN $.10
00:15:55A WATT.
00:15:58IF YOU LOOK AT THIS GLOBALLY,
00:16:01THE WORLD CROSSED THE ONE
00:16:05TERABYTE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR IN 2022.
00:16:08NOW IN -- THAT IS ENOUGH, BY THE
00:16:11WAY, TO POWER THE UNITED STATES AT PEAK ENERGY DEMAND.
00:16:15AN ADDITIONAL ONE TERABYTE TOOK
00:16:18LESS THAN THREE YEARS TO BUILD
00:16:20AND NOW IN 2026, WE ARE AT THE
00:16:23THREE TERABYTE THRESHOLD. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS CHANGE IS NOT SMALL.
00:16:27IT IS FINANCIALLY HAPPENING.
00:16:30THE COST OF BATTERY AND SOLAR ARE DECREASING AT THE
00:16:34EXPONENTIAL RATE. SO FOSSIL FUELS ARE NOW MORE
00:16:37EXPENSIVE, LESS SECURE, AND YOUR
00:16:40DEPARTMENT -- DEPENDENT ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHOKEPOINTS.
00:16:49IN A WORLD WHERE THREE QUARTERS
00:16:51OF THE ENERGY RIGHT NOW IS
00:16:54RELIANT ON FOSSIL FUELS, THIS IS
00:16:56VERY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE.
00:17:00THE POTENTIAL IS THAT 92% OF THE
00:17:04COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD HAVE 10
00:17:05TIMES THE POWER IN RENEWABLE
00:17:08POTENTIAL THAN THE CURRENT DEMAND.
00:17:11AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS PEOPLE DO
00:17:15NOT HAVE TO LINE UP FOR THEIR
00:17:17FUEL LIKE I EXPERIENCED IN IRAQ.
00:17:19IT MEANS COUNTRIES AND NATIONS
00:17:22AND REGIONS CAN HAVE ENERGY
00:17:26SOVEREIGNTY AND SECURITY AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE THAT ALLOWS
00:17:29FOLKS TO HAVE THE HEAT AND
00:17:32COOLING THEY NEED TO SURVIVE.
00:17:36AN ENERGY SYSTEM BUILT AROUND A FEW LARGE POWER PLANTS AND A FEW
00:17:41CHOKEPOINTS WORLDWIDE IS
00:17:43DESIGNED TO BE TARGETED IN A FEW PLACES.
00:17:48WE CAN BRING ENERGY SECURITY AND AFFORDABLE TO OUR NATIONS WITH
00:17:52CLEAN DISTRIBUTED FREEDOM WITH ENERGY.
00:17:57LET'S BUILD A MORE PROSPEROUS ENERGY SECURITY AND AFFORDABLE
00:18:01ENERGY FOR EVERYONE TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
00:18:05[APPLAUSE]
00:18:08>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
00:18:12VERY INFORMATIVE.
00:18:15NEXT UP, WE HAVE JEFFREY ELDER.
00:18:21U.S. AIR FORCE VETERAN OF 27 YEARS AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE
00:18:26PENTAGON, FEMA, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT.
00:18:38>> THANK YOU.
00:18:43THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR INTERNATIONAL
00:18:49PARTNERS, ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:18:58I SAID, I'M JEFFREY ELDER, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE NIAGARA COUNTY LEGISLATURE.
00:19:02LONG BEFORE I ENTERED ELECTED
00:19:06OFFICE, PUBLIC SERVICE BECAME THE FOUNDATION OF MY LIFE.
00:19:08I SPENT OVER 26 YEARS IN THE
00:19:10UNITED STATES AIR FORCE,
00:19:14INCLUDING 16 YEARS SERVING ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE.
00:19:18DURING THAT TIME, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING PRESIDENT
00:19:22FROM BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.
00:19:23I WITNESSED HISTORY UNFOLD FROM
00:19:30A UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT, INCLUDING THE EVENTS ON
00:19:34SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.
00:19:37I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT ENERGY RIGHT NOW.
00:19:42OUR COUNTRY IS FACING AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
00:19:45FAMILIES ARE PAYING MORE AND
00:19:48MORE FOR THE BASIC NECESSITIES
00:19:50OF LIFE.
00:19:53AND ENERGY COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY A PART OF THAT BURDEN.
00:19:56AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN INCREASINGLY
00:19:59SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS THAT
00:20:04CHALLENGE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS,
00:20:07AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT IS WHY I AM SO DEEPLY
00:20:11CONCERNED ABOUT THE FEDERAL POLICIES THAT MOVE OUR NATION
00:20:13AWAY FROM CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS AND ENVIRONMENT
00:20:17PROTECTION. THIS IS NOT SIMPLY AN
00:20:21ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE.
00:20:24IT IS AN ECONOMIC SECURITY ISSUE .
00:20:27IT IS AN ENERGY SECURITY ISSUE.
00:20:30IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
00:20:32AND IT IS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.
00:20:36THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE
00:20:39PURSUING EVERY RELIABLE SOURCE OF ENERGY THAT CAN MAKE US MORE
00:20:44SECURE AND REDUCE COSTS FOR ALL OF OUR AMERICAN FAMILIES.
00:20:49WIND, SOLAR, AND OF COURSE BEING FROM NIAGARA FALLS, I WANT TO
00:20:53THROW HYDRO IN THERE.
00:20:57THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEY ALL CAN PLAY AN INCREASINGLY
00:21:01IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR NATION'S ENERGY FUTURE.
00:21:05BUSINESSES ARE INVESTING IN
00:21:07THESE TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE THEY SEE THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE.
00:21:13WHEN GOVERNMENT POLICIES DISCOURAGE THESE INVESTMENTS, WE
00:21:16RISK LOSING JOBS, SLOWING
00:21:19INNOVATION, AND INCREASING CERTAINTY FOR BUSINESSES.
00:21:23AND MAKING OURSELVES MORE DEPENDENT ON OLDER AND
00:21:26POTENTIALLY MORE VOLATILE ENERGY SYSTEMS.
00:21:30AND WHEN OUR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTIONS ARE WEEKEND, THE
00:21:34CONSEQUENCES ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY.
00:21:38WORKING FAMILIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
00:21:42COMMUNITIES OFTEN BEAR THAT BURDEN.
00:21:46THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE NEAR THOSE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, HIGHWAYS AND POWER
00:21:49PLANTS, AND OTHER SOURCES OF POLLUTION.
00:21:52FOR ME, I KNOW THIS PERSONALLY.
00:21:56I GREW UP IN NIAGARA FALLS IN THE LOVE CANAL.
00:22:00MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE LOVE CANAL. BUT WHEN I MOVED FROM THE LOVE
00:22:04CANAL, I WENT RIGHT NEXT TO A GOODYEAR PLANT IN NIAGARA FALLS
00:22:08WHERE THE RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR CLEANER AIR.
00:22:14SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, I DON'T
00:22:17SEE IT AS AN ABSTRACT POLITICAL ARGUMENT.
00:22:21I SEE PEOPLE, I SEE FAMILIES,
00:22:25AND I SEE NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:22:28AS LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE MIGHT NOT CONTROL WHAT IS GOING
00:22:32ON IN THE FEDERAL POLICY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE THE
00:22:36RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD WHERE WE CAN. WE CAN INVEST IN ENERGY
00:22:40EFFICIENCY, SUPPORT ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, AND WE CAN
00:22:43STRENGTHEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE CAN PROTECT OUR AIR AND WATER.
00:22:48THAT IS OUR DUTY. WE CAN WORK WITH BUSINESSES TO
00:22:51CREATE GOOD PAYING JOBS AND
00:22:57EMERGENT INDUSTRIES AND WE CAN
00:22:57MAKE SURE OUR ENVIRONMENT OF
00:23:01JUSTICE COMMUNITIES HAVE A VOICE IN THE DECISION THAT AFFECT THEIR HEALTH.
00:23:05I BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE A STRONG
00:23:07ECONOMY AND A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
00:23:10WE CAN CREATE JOBS IN PUBLIC
00:23:13HEALTH, STRENGTH AND ENERGY SECURITY, AND REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS.
00:23:18THESE GOALS ARE NOT CONTRADICTORY.
00:23:22THEY ARE CONNECTED.
00:23:24MY MESSAGE TODAY IS SIMPLE, AND
00:23:27AMERICA SHOULD NOT RETREAT FROM THE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW.
00:23:31WE SHOULD BE THE LEADER.
00:23:35WE OWE THIS TO OUR WORKING FAMILIES.
00:23:38WE OWE THIS TO OUR VETERANS.
00:23:40WE OWE THIS TO OUR CHILDREN. AND WE DEFINITELY OWE IT TO THE
00:23:43GENERATION THAT WILL INHERIT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY.
00:23:49LEADERSHIP MEANS PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE.
00:23:51LET'S MAKE SURE THE FUTURE IS CLEANER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE
00:23:55AFFORDABLE AND MORE SECURE. I THINK YOU ALL. GOD BLESS YOU.
00:23:59[APPLAUSE]
00:24:03>> DEEPLY EVOCATIVE. THANK YOU.
00:24:07NEXT UP, WE HAVE TONYA ANDERSON,
00:24:11A GEORGIA STATE SENATOR AND AIR FORCE RESERVE VETERAN.
00:24:18[APPLAUSE]
00:24:21>> THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL
00:24:25INTRODUCTION.
00:24:27AND TO ALEX, MY HERO.
00:24:31I AM AN AIR FORCE VETERAN BUT I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT EACH AND
00:24:35EVERY ONE WHO HAS SERVED.
00:24:37THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS WHO ARE HERE.
00:24:40ALEX, LEADING THIS EFFORT. I AM MORE THAN HAPPY AND HONORED
00:24:44TO BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL GROUP.
00:24:50THE CLIMATE CRISIS HAS MADE
00:24:52SUMMERTIME TO HOT IN THE SOUTH
00:24:55BUT PARTICULARLY IN GEORGIA.
00:24:58WHEN IT RAINS, IT CAN POUR. SOMETIMES FLOODING CERTAIN AREAS.
00:25:03WE HAVE BEEN UNDER EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS TOO MANY TIMES THIS
00:25:07SUMMER, PARTICULARLY, JULY 4 WEEKEND.
00:25:10THE ENTIRE SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHEASTERN, AND NORTHEASTERN
00:25:14AREAS WERE IMPACTED GREATLY WITH
00:25:17OVER 250 MILLION AMERICANS BEING
00:25:20IMPACTED DURING THAT WEEKEND IN
00:25:22AT LEAST 44 HEAT-RELATED DEATHS
00:25:28AND HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS. AS A GIRL OF THE SOUTH, BORN AND
00:25:32RAISED AND STILL LIVING THERE, THIS IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST SUMMERS I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED.
00:25:38RESIDENTS CANNOT CONTINUE TO
00:25:39AFFORD TURNING ON AND OFF THE AC.
00:25:43BUT WITHOUT IT, IF THEY ARE AT RISK OF HEAT STROKE OR WORSE.
00:25:48WE NEED CLIMATE MITIGATION
00:25:50EFFORTS AND WERE DEPLOYED CLEAN
00:25:53ENERGY, NOT FEDERALLY-BACKED INCENTIVES, FOR FOSSIL FUEL
00:25:57CORPORATIONS. ADMINISTRATION POLICIES HAVE
00:26:03INCREASED EVERYONE'S COSTS, MAKING HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS SKYROCKET.
00:26:06ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES ICE OR HIT
00:26:10HARDEST FROM GAS AND FOOD COSTS
00:26:14INCREASES. AS WELL AS FROM MORE AIR POLLUTION.
00:26:17SINCE THE IRAN WAR BEGAN, ALL --
00:26:22OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONS HAVE
00:26:24PROFITED AND SKYROCKETED FROM
00:26:28QUARTERS AND TIMES BEFORE. WE PAY MORE TO FILL UP OUR GAS
00:26:32TANKS WHILE CHEVRON REPORTED A
00:26:34NET INCOME OF $12.2 BILLION FOR
00:26:36THE SECOND QUARTER AND MORE THAN
00:26:39FIVEFOLD INCREASE ON THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
00:26:43EXXON REPORTED A PROFIT OF $14.5
00:26:47BILLION, DOUBLE WHAT IT MADE IN THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO.
00:26:52AT ITS HIGHEST CORLEY PROFIT
00:26:52SINCE RUSSIA'S 2022 INVASION OF
00:26:58UKRAINE. ACHIEVING ENERGY SECURITY DEPENDS ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF
00:27:01MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY, CONTINUED
00:27:04ENERGY EFFICIENCIES, CLIMATE RESILIENCE MEASURES, AND
00:27:07CRITICAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTIONS
00:27:08-- NOT DEEPENING DEPENDENCY ON
00:27:12FOSSIL FUELS. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WIND
00:27:14AND SOLAR MADE UP 95% AND 90%
00:27:18RESPECTIVELY OF THE NEW ENERGY
00:27:19ADDED TO THE NATIONAL GRID DUE TO THE TAX CREDITS ISSUED BY THE
00:27:23PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
00:27:24THOSE TAX CREDITS WILL --
00:27:29BENEFITS WILL END SOON. IN GEORGIA, THE SOLAR FOR ALL
00:27:33PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SIGNATURE CLIMATE
00:27:38BILL FROM THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, PROVIDED $7
00:27:42MILLION IN EXIT TO THE SOLAR ENERGY AND ENERGY BILL
00:27:46ASSISTANCE TO ONE MILLION LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE
00:27:49UNITED STATES THAT WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED IT OTHERWISE.
00:27:53GEORGIA'S PIECE OF THE PIE WAS 100 $56 MILLION.
00:27:57GEORGE'S BRIGHT HOPE TO HELP $16
00:28:00MILLION LOW INCOME FAMILIES. IT REDUCE THEIR ELECTRICITY BILLS.
00:28:04IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS, NEARLY
00:28:08500 ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE.
00:28:14SOLAR FALL WAS JUST GETTING
00:28:15GOING WHEN IT'S FUN AND WAS YANKED BY THE TRUMP
00:28:19ADMINISTRATION. THE PROGRAM WAS INSTALLING SOLAR
00:28:23PLANS ON HOMES IN ENVIRONMENTALLY -- ENVIRONMENTAL
00:28:26JUSTICE AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. SO THE RESIDENTS COULD GET RELIEF.
00:28:30YEAH, THEY NEEDED RELIEF DURING
00:28:31THE SUMMERTIME WITHOUT WORRY
00:28:36ABOUT HIGH ELECTRICITY COSTS WHEN THEY TURN ON THEIR AC'S.
00:28:39FOUR COMMUNITIES IT WAS
00:28:44DEPLOYED IN, IT WORKED. OUR STATE AND OTHERS ARE SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER THE
00:28:48FUNDING. THE FACT IS, COMMUNITIES I SERVE
00:28:51ARE TIRED OF BEING GIVEN PROMISES THAT ARE ONLY BEING
00:28:56BROKEN.
00:28:59WHEN THE BOWEL OF CHEMICAL PLANT
00:29:00EXPLODED IN MY DISTRICT, IT
00:29:03SPREAD OF TOXIC PLUME OF CHEMICALS INTO THE AIR THAT
00:29:05BLANKETED COMMUNITIES ALL THE WAY IN ATLANTA 20 MILES AWAY.
00:29:11I WORKED WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL
00:29:13DELEGATION TO ENSURE THE COMPANY
00:29:16STOPPED PRODUCING THOSE CHEMICAL TOXINS FOR POOLS IN OUR
00:29:20BACKYARDS. GUESS WHAT? WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
00:29:24WE MADE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY
00:29:28WAS SAFE. LAWMAKERS IN GEORGIA ARE
00:29:33CONTINUALLY FIGHTING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE WILL DO SO.
00:29:36THERE IS NO LOGIC FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE TRUMP
00:29:40ADMINISTRATION TARGETING
00:29:40ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANTS IN
00:29:44COMMUNITIES. THE PRESIDENT'S ANTI-CLEAN AND ENERGY INITIATIVES ALONG WITH
00:29:48THE WEAKENING OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS HAVE JEOPARDIZED OUR
00:29:51ENERGY SECURITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND MANY HAVE LOST JOBS.
00:29:55OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WIND
00:29:59AND SOLAR MADE UP 95% AND 90% RESPECTIVELY OF THE NEW ENERGY
00:30:01ADDED TO THE NATIONAL GRID DUE TO TAX CREDITS ISSUED BY THE
00:30:05PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
00:30:07BUSINESSES KNOW THEIR RELIABLE
00:30:11AND EASIER AND CHEAPER TO INSTALL.
00:30:14WE HAVE THE POWER IN LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT OUR
00:30:18PEOPLE. WE PREFER WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT
00:30:21UNDERSTANDS CLEAN AIR, WATER,
00:30:23AND LAND ARE THE RIGHTS WE ALL SHARE.
00:30:28WE PREFER A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS THE
00:30:32AFFORDABILITY AND STRESS --
00:30:36AFFORDABILITY STRESS THE AMERICA PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM.
00:30:38THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR
00:30:41COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE A PRIORITY NOT AN OPTION.
00:30:45THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:30:50>> THAT WAS GALVANIZING. THANK YOU.
00:30:54AND NOW WE HAVE RON PIERCE,
00:30:59FORMERLY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SMALL DISADVANTAGED
00:31:01BUSINESS UTILIZATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND A U.S.
00:31:05ARMY MAJOR VETERAN FROM LOUISIANA.
00:31:09>> THANK YOU.
00:31:15THANK YOU, ALEX, AND EOPA TEAM
00:31:21FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE WITH SUCH A DISTINGUISHED PANEL
00:31:25AND LINED ACTIVITY AROUND CLEAN
00:31:27ENERGY AND RENEWABLES.
00:31:33LET ME JUST SAY FIRST OF ALL,
00:31:40WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE DOING HERE
00:31:43THAT ALEX AND EOPA TEAM HAVE
00:31:46BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN UKRAINE,
00:31:49FROM OUR BRITISH MPS, FROM OUR
00:31:52BRAZILIAN LAWMAKERS AND OUR
00:31:54LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE STATE SENATOR ANDERSON THAT YOU
00:31:58JUST HEARD FROM, WHAT YOU ARE
00:32:02DOING IS CRITICAL AND YOU ARE
00:32:05MAKING SUCH HEADWAY I'VE BEING
00:32:09THE TIP OF THE SPIRIT. YOU HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE FACTS
00:32:14AROUND THE INITIATIVES AND THE
00:32:19REDUCTION IN CLEAN AND GREEN
00:32:23ENERGY PRICES THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS -- LOCAL ELECTED
00:32:28OFFICIALS ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARE LEADING.
00:32:30AND I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW
00:32:33PROUD I AM TO BE IN A SMALL A PART OF THIS.
00:32:38I'M NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT I GREATLY SUPPORT WHAT ALL OF
00:32:41YOU ARE DOING IN EACH OF YOUR COMMUNITIES.
00:32:45AS OUR FRIEND FROM THE U.K. SAID
00:32:48, AND HE HIGHLIGHTED OR
00:32:51PRESIDENT CARTER MENTIONED BACK
00:32:53IN 1979, WAS PROUD TO SERVE AS A
00:32:57POLITICAL APPOINTEE IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CREATED BY
00:33:01PRESIDENT CARTER IN 1976.
00:33:06IT WAS AN ADVANCE, VISIONARY
00:33:11LOOK THAT HE KNEW THE PROBLEMS WE WERE FACING BACK THEN,
00:33:15INSTITUTED A DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.
00:33:21IN MY TIME IN SERVING AT THE
00:33:23DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TWO THINGS
00:33:26THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION DID
00:33:28THAT ARE CRITICAL THAT WE DON'T
00:33:33SOUND AND YELL THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN TOPS ENOUGH OF.
00:33:35YOU HEARD SENATOR ANDERSON
00:33:39MENTIONED SOME OF IT.
00:33:41THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT,
00:33:45$370 BILLION CLEAN ENERGY, GREEN
00:33:49ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY
00:33:52INITIATIVES THAT WENT OUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
00:33:57A BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW,
00:33:58AN ADDITIONAL 75 BILLION CLEAN,
00:34:05GREEN, RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES WENT OUT ACROSS
00:34:09THESE UNITED STATES.
00:34:09AND DESPITE -- DESPITE WHAT THIS
00:34:14ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO DO, THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION,
00:34:18TURNING BACK THE CLOCK, FOCUSING
00:34:20ON FOSSIL FUELS, IS DETRIMENTAL
00:34:24BUT AS YOU HEARD, WE IN THE
00:34:28PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION MADE AN
00:34:32INVESTMENT THAT HAS TAKEN HOLD AND CAN'T BE CLAWED BACK.
00:34:36AND WHEN IT IS CLAWED BACK, I AM
00:34:39SO INSPIRED TO HEAR
00:34:44REPRESENTATIVES LIKE STATE
00:34:47SENATOR ANDERSON, MR. PAUL
00:34:50FOSTER FROM OTHERS IN THE
00:34:53AUDIENCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE SAYING, NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
00:34:58STOP. THESE INVESTMENTS ARE NECESSARY. IT GETS US AWAY FROM FOSSIL,
00:35:03DIRTY ENERGY, AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT.
00:35:08SO THEIR PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION MADE THE INVESTMENT THAT WENT
00:35:10OUT AND TOOK HOLD AND I AM SO INSPIRED THAT YOU LOCAL
00:35:16OFFICIALS ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP THOSE INITIATIVES IN PLACE.
00:35:20THE OTHER THING IS INVESTMENTS
00:35:22DID WAS WORK WITH OUR AMAZING
00:35:26NATIONAL LABS ACROSS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:35:28THOSE PROGRAMS AND ADVANCEMENT
00:35:32AND SUSTAINMENT OF CLAIM GREEN
00:35:35ENERGY INITIATIVES ARE STILL GOING ON YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT
00:35:40ENOUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME SHOULD SHOUT AND SPEAK ABOUT IT
00:35:45MORE, TAKING PLACE AT OUR NATIONAL LABS. NEW INITIATIVES THAT WILL
00:35:49ADVANCE AND SUSTAIN CLEAN ENERGY.
00:35:53AND WHAT I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT TO
00:35:56SHARE IS THAT THOSE INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE AT OUR NATIONAL LABS, THEY ARE GOING TO BE PUT
00:36:00TO USE IN THEIR BRIGHT FUTURE
00:36:04THAT ARE UKRAINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WILL SUSTAIN IN THE
00:36:07COMING YEARS AS A FIGHT FOR
00:36:11FREEDOM IN THEIR HOMELAND. UKRAINE WILL BECOME A MODEL -- A
00:36:16MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD OF HOW WE CAN SUSTAIN CLEAN,
00:36:20GREEN, RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND AS
00:36:25MY FRIEND ALEX SAID, NOT WORRY
00:36:26ABOUT FORMER DICTATOR, FOREIGN
00:36:31DICTATOR.
00:36:34DESPITE THE FOCUS TO TURN BACK
00:36:37THE CLOCK, ON FOSSIL ENERGIES,
00:36:40JUST KNOW AND AM PROUD TO SAY AS
00:36:44BEING PART OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THOSE
00:36:48INVESTMENTS WERE MADE. THEY ARE STILL GOING ON.
00:36:52I APPRECIATE ALL YOU ARE DOING AT YOUR LOCAL LEVELS TO SUSTAIN THEM.
00:36:55AND WE WILL SHOW THE WORLD FOR
00:37:00EXAMPLE OUR UKRAINIAN BROTHERS
00:37:02AND SISTERS HOW CLEAN, GREEN
00:37:05RENEWABLE SYSTEMS CAN BRING BACK A WHOLE FREE NATION IN THE FUTURE.
00:37:08SO DO NOT -- WHAT'S THE WORD I'M
00:37:14LOOKING FOR? DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED.
00:37:19THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING
00:37:22AT YOUR LOCAL LEVEL AND CONTINUE TO DO IT.
00:37:25YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND
00:37:28AROUND THE WORLD.
00:37:30THANK YOU TO ALEX AND EOPA FOR
00:37:33LEADING THIS AND LET'S GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:37:38>> DEEPLY INSPIRING.
00:37:43I BELIEVE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
00:37:48ALEXANDER FROM THE FIRM DEPUTY
00:37:49MINISTER OF ECONOMY IN UKRAINE,
00:37:52MEMBER OF ISE.
00:37:56>> THANK YOU.
00:38:00IT IS MY HONOR TO BE HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO
00:38:03THANK YOU ALL AMERICANS, THE
00:38:07AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT UKRAINE.
00:38:11DURING TERRIBLE TIMES, WHICH WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING.
00:38:21I APPRECIATE FOR BRINGING
00:38:25LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE FROM AROUND
00:38:27THE WORLD FROM THE U.K., THE
00:38:31U.S., UKRAINE, AND IT IS REALLY
00:38:36IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THE
00:38:39DIALOGUE ABOUT UKRAINE AND
00:38:42BUILDING RESILIENCE -- NOT ONLY
00:38:45IN UKRAINE BUT ELSEWHERE.
00:38:48TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE, MANY
00:38:53ISSUES.
00:38:56ONE OF MY PERSONAL STORIES FROM
00:38:58THE WAR WAS I WAS OUTSIDE THE
00:39:07CONTINENT THE FIRST FULL DAY OF THE INVASION OF MY KIDS WERE IN TOWN AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO
00:39:12DO.
00:39:17MY GRANDMOTHER HELPED US MANY OTHERS DID.
00:39:22WE UNDERSTAND AT THE TIME, WHAT INSECURITY MEANS.
00:39:27AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ARE STILL
00:39:34SITTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO RUSSIA TO A CRUEL DICTATOR FOR OIL AND GAS.
00:39:38AND IT WAS THE SAME DICTATOR --
00:39:47THE LIST OF STORIES IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE LINK.
00:39:51AFTER THAT POINT, EVERYBODY
00:39:53UNDERSTANDS INDEPENDENCE MEANS
00:39:59INDEPENDENCE IN ENERGY.
00:40:01AND WHAT WE ARE BUILDING NOW IN
00:40:06UKRAINE, WE ARE BUILDING UNDER
00:40:07THE ATTACK WE ARE BUILDING UNDER
00:40:12THE ATTACK OF RENEWABLES. I EXPLAINED WHY.
00:40:15BECAUSE WHEN YOU HIT SOME PART
00:40:18OF THE CITY AND DISTRIBUTE SOME
00:40:23ENERGY SOURCES, WILL STILL BE
00:40:24RESILIENCE BECAUSE OTHERS WILL
00:40:28SEPARATE. SO THE SCHOOL CAN OPERATE, THE
00:40:32BUSINESSES CAN WORK.
00:40:37IT MEANS THE ENERGY SYSTEM IS
00:40:43MORE RESILIENT. AS MY COLLEAGUES AND EXPERTS IN THE FIELD EXPLAINED, IT IS
00:40:47CHEAPER, MORE PROFITABLE, AND
00:40:51TALKING ABOUT THIS PART OF
00:40:57ENERGY PROJECTS, I CAN SAY THAT
00:41:00UKRAINE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED --
00:41:02BY THE WAY, WE ENGAGED I
00:41:06INTERNATIONAL PARTNER FROM THE U.S., U.K., POLAND WHO INVESTED
00:41:10ALREADY. THERE IS SOME CONCERN HOW CAN
00:41:14INVEST IN UKRAINE?
00:41:16BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL
00:41:22COUNTRIES, MANY PARTNERS ALLIES,
00:41:25CREATE FOR YOUR BUSINESS IS FOR EXAMPLE, THE EU CREATED
00:41:30FACILITIES CLOSE TO 5 BILLION -- 50 BILLION EURO.
00:41:39ALL EUROPEAN COMPANIES CAN APPLY AND PARTICIPATE. THERE IS THE INVESTMENT.
00:41:47THE U.S. CREATED SCHEMES OF GSE
00:41:50AND ALL AMERICAN COMPANIES CAN
00:41:52INVEST EASILY AND INVEST IN RENEWABLES.
00:41:57AND OTHER SOURCES RIGHT NOW.
00:41:59MY MESSAGE IS, THE PROJECT EXISTS.
00:42:05THERE IS FINANCIAL CAPACITY THAT EXISTS.
00:42:09TECHNOLOGY EXISTS.
00:42:14AND WHAT ALREADY WAS DISCUSSED
00:42:17THAT HAS BUILT MANY, MILLION --
00:42:21MANY SUCCESSFUL STORIES DUE TO
00:42:24INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. A GREAT MODEL TO REPLICATE IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW.
00:42:28WHAT THIS MEANS, COMMUNICATION
00:42:31BETWEEN BUSINESSES, CAPITAL ACCESS, AND LOCALS.
00:42:38WHAT I'M ADVISOR TO THE STATE AGENCY FOR RESTORATION OF
00:42:41UKRAINE, --
00:42:48IT IS A SINGLE-POINT PLATFORM
00:42:50THAT YOU CAN ACCESS.
00:42:57YOU CAN LINK TO ANY FACILITIES.
00:43:00AND ALL BUSINESSES CAN APPLY
00:43:01RIGHT NOW.
00:43:07INVESTMENT CYCLE IN UKRAINE. MY MESSAGE IS VERY CLEAR, WE
00:43:10DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE WAR WILL
00:43:14END.
00:43:17WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW AND IT IS TIME TO INVEST IN UKRAINE. THANK YOU.
00:43:21[APPLAUSE]
00:43:24>> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.
00:43:30AND NOW WE HAVE ROMAN, CITY
00:43:35COUNCIL MEMBER CIVIL ACTIVIST,
00:43:37DOCTOR WITH DRKA.
00:43:54>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
00:43:59I NAME IS ROMAN.
00:44:01I AM THE SECRETARY OF CITY COUNCIL.
00:44:16TODAY, THE DIRECTOR OF ENERGY
00:44:20SECURITY MARSHALL FOR UKRAINE, WILL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT OUR
00:44:25CITY THAT LIVES THROUGH THE WAR.
00:44:43>> THE LAST WINTER HAS BEEN VERY
00:44:46DIFFICULT FOR US. THE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN
00:44:50DROPPING -25 CELSIUS DURING
00:44:53THOSE TIMES WE HAD LIGHT ONLY THREE HOURS A DAY.
00:45:04THE WORK OF THE HOSPITALS AND THE OBJECTS OF THE CRITICAL
00:45:08INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN WE HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING TO THE GENERATORS.
00:45:16THE GENERATORS ARE USING A LOT OF DIESEL.
00:45:27DURING THOSE TIMES, WE HAVE ALL
00:45:29THE TIMES THE BOMBINGS,
00:45:33SHELLINGS, AND DESTRUCTION.
00:45:40DURING ONE SUCH BOMBINGS, THE CITY COUNCIL BUILDING WHERE I
00:45:44WORK HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
00:45:55DURING SUCH SHELLING, THERE HAS
00:45:58BEEN A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM OF MY CITY.
00:46:10THANKFULLY, MY TEAM WAS ABLE TO
00:46:12ESCAPE DURING THIS ATTACK.
00:46:25ALL THE TIME WHEN THE CRITICAL
00:46:29INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING HIT, WE
00:46:31DON'T GET ANY WATER OR LIGHT FOR A DAY OR DAYS.
00:46:47THE MISSILES HIT NOT ONLY THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
00:46:49BUILDINGS, THEY ALSO HIT THE
00:46:52RESIDENTIAL WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. ONE OF SUCH HITS HAPPENED
00:46:56RECENTLY DURING THE ATTACK WITH THE BALLISTIC MISSILE.
00:47:07BECAUSE THIS ATTACK HAS HAPPENED
00:47:09BETWEEN TWO SUPERMARKETS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
00:47:19AND THIS IS NOT ONE CASE SCENARIO.
00:47:22THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MANY, MANY TIMES.
00:47:32EVERY DAY, WE HAVE ABOUT 10
00:47:38ALARMS -- AIR RAID ALARMS.
00:47:41SOMETIMES THE AIR RAID ALARM CAN LAST FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT.
00:47:47AND THAT NIGHT PEOPLE ARE SPENDING IN THE SHELTER.
00:47:55THE NEXT MORNING THEY ARE GOING TO WORK IN THEIR CONTINUING THEIR LIVES.
00:48:04EVERY DAY WE GET HIT OR THE
00:48:09MISSILES AND DRONES FLY THROUGH OUR CITY.
00:48:20AND ABOUT ONCE PER WEEK, OUR
00:48:23CITY IS GETTING HURT AND HIT BY THE MISSILE.
00:48:31LOOKING AT THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE CITY.
00:48:39WHICH AFFECTS OUR HUMAN CAPITAL
00:48:42AND CREATES THE WORK CRISIS.
00:48:49THIS HAPPENS ALL AROUND UKRAINE.
00:49:03THAT IS WHY THE TOPIC WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY IS REALLY
00:49:06IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY FOR MY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE
00:49:09WHOLE COUNTRY.
00:49:14NEXT FOR US IS THE WINTER OF
00:49:182026-2027.
00:49:24AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN
00:49:26MY COMMUNITY ARE THE PEOPLE OF
00:49:30THE WHOLE COUNTRY NEED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SURVIVE.
00:49:36THAT IS WHY ALREADY TODAY WE NEED TO HAVE A DISTRIBUTED
00:49:40ENERGY.
00:49:43WE NEED STABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.
00:49:55THE OBJECTS OF THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES SHOULD HAVE BEEN
00:49:59FUNCTIONING UNINTERRUPTED.
00:50:08I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR ALL THE HELP WE ARE RECEIVING.
00:50:15THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENTS INTO THE ENERGY SECURITY OF
00:50:20UKRAINE.
00:50:25THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEVELOPERS
00:50:27AS WELL AS ALL OF THE DEVELOPERS
00:50:31AND CREATORS OF THE ENERGY
00:50:35SECURITY MARSHALL OF UKRAINE.
00:50:39THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US. THIS IS OUR SURVIVAL.
00:50:44AND THIS IS THE SECURITY OF OUR WHOLE WORLD. THANK YOU.
00:50:48[APPLAUSE]
00:50:55>> WHAT AN EYE-OPENING ACCOUNT. THANK YOU.
00:50:58NOW ROUNDING US OFF IT WILL BE
00:51:01SVETLANA, ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER,
00:51:03FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
00:51:08[APPLAUSE]
00:51:11>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
00:51:18END OF LATE MARCH, I WAS WALKING
00:51:22ON THE STREET IN UKRAINE WITH MY FATHER.
00:51:26IT WAS SUCH A NICE MOMENT
00:51:29BECAUSE MY FATHER HAD A BIRTHDAY
00:51:32, FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE, YOU
00:51:35CAN FEEL THE SENSE OF JUSTICE THAT SURROUNDS ME AND HIM WHEN
00:51:38WE EVEN JUST INTERACT AND WALK TOGETHER. WE HAD SUCH A NICE LUNCH.
00:51:44IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHINY DAY IN UKRAINE.
00:51:47WE WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE AT THAT VERY MOMENT.
00:51:51WE WALKED PAST THIS STREET AND
00:51:5315 MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS AN
00:51:58EXPLOSION AND A DRONE HIT RFID
00:52:02-- A FAMILY, A FATHER AND DAUGHTER THAT WERE WALKING THE
00:52:07STREET JUST 15 MINUTES LATER THAN WE WERE.
00:52:09WE WENT OUTSIDE IMMEDIATELY SEEING BLACK SMOKE FROM THE
00:52:13HEARING THIS TERRIBLE SOUND.
00:52:17WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE DEAD BODIES.
00:52:20WE WANTED TO HELP THEM BUT IT WAS NOW POSSIBLE.
00:52:25THEY DID NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THAT DAY.
00:52:28THE REASON WHY THEY WERE WALKING
00:52:31, THEY WERE JUST ABOUT TO VISIT
00:52:35THE WIFE AND MOTHER WHO JUST GAVE BIRTH TO THE NEWBORN FAMILY
00:52:39MEMBER. THEY NEVER, EVER DID THAT.
00:52:44THIS IS NOT JUST MY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
00:52:47THIS IS THE REALITY FAMILIES IN
00:52:51UKRAINE HAVE BEEN LIVING THROUGH THIS FOR 4.5 YEARS.
00:52:55I BELIEVE EVERYONE WHO HAS A
00:52:57FAMILY OR WHO HAS NOT JUST CAN
00:53:02CONNECT DEEPLY AND RELATE TO THOSE VALUES. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,
00:53:05THIS IS SOMETHING WE LIVE FOR.
00:53:11AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS SUCH A
00:53:15REALITY BEHIND WHAT I INTENDED TO SAY TODAY.
00:53:18FIRST OF ALL, I'M INCREDIBLY
00:53:20PROUD TO STAY ALONGSIDE ALL OF
00:53:23YOU HERE IN THIS ROOM, MEN AND
00:53:27WOMEN WHO MADE IMPRESSIVE
00:53:29CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SECURITY -- I BELIEVE YOU KNOW WHAT IT TRULY MEANS.
00:53:33WE CAN DISCUSS IT PROFOUNDLY FROM HOW TO BUILD THE ENERGY
00:53:36SECURITIES THAT WOULD NOT POWER
00:53:40ANOTHER DICTATOR, DRAIN AND HOLD
00:53:42THEIR POWER TO GET TIRED OF THE
00:53:46SCRIPT OF POWER AND TO MAKE --
00:53:49GRIP OF POWER AND TO MAKE FOR
00:53:50FAMILIES GOING THROUGH THE LOSS AND DESTRUCTION, TENS OF
00:53:56THOUSANDS FAMILIES ARE GOING RIGHT NOW IN UKRAINE.
00:54:00AND WHEN WE SPEAK ENERGY SECURITY, WE ARE NOT SPEAKING
00:54:03SOME ABSTRACT CONCEPT LIKE WHEN,
00:54:07WHAT PERCENTAGE, LIKE WHEN ARE WE ABLE TO GET THAT PERCENTAGE? HOW SOON?
00:54:13HOW MUCH DO WE NEED? NO, THIS IS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAT.
00:54:16THIS IS HOW WE OVERCOME THE
00:54:19FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCY THAT
00:54:21PEOPLE SAY BRINGS A LOT OF BAD
00:54:29THINGS TO OUR COMMUNITIES. I WILL START FROM THE ENERGY AFFORDABILITY.
00:54:34LET'S COMPARE WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IN THE U.S. AND WHAT IS
00:54:36HAPPENING IN UKRAINE AS OUR COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN SUCH
00:54:40REMARKABLE PARTNERS. WE ARE SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR
00:54:44PROVIDING US HEARTS AND MINDS
00:54:46AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO WITHSTAND THIS DICTATOR -- WHICH
00:54:50I BELIEVE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO AND I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL
00:54:55TO VETERANS, WORSEN HOURS, AND
00:54:57THANKS EOPA AND ALEX FOR GETTING
00:55:01THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I HOPE YOU CAN INCLUDE UKRAINIAN
00:55:04VETERANS AS WELL WHEN THEY HAVE
00:55:10BEEN AT THE BATTLEFIELD AND COME HOME AND WILL GET CLEAN JOBS, WHICH WE WILL MAKE FOR THEM I
00:55:14BELIEVE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
00:55:15WE WILL BE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF
00:55:20THIS TRANSITION. BUT WHAT ENERGY CRISIS MEANS FOR
00:55:24OUR COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE GOING
00:55:26THROUGH THE SAME AFFORDABILITY
00:55:30CRISIS HERE IN THE U.S. AND IN UKRAINE.
00:55:33I KNOW HERE IN THE U.S., LIKE, I
00:55:36DON'T EVEN MEAN GROCERIES BECAUSE WE SPEAK ENERGY THAT
00:55:39WHEN WE PAY FOR ENERGY BILLS IN THE U.S., THE PRICES HAVE RISEN
00:55:447%.
00:55:46THEY ARE PREDICTED TO INCREASE
00:55:5011%. WHILE IN UKRAINE IT IS GOING TO BE 20%.
00:55:58THROUGH THE BLACKOUTS AND SOMETIMES WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO
00:56:01HAVE POWER FOR ONE HOUR.
00:56:06AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO POWER THE HOUSE AND LIKED THE HOUSE AND FEED
00:56:10FAMILIES -- LIGHT THE HOUSE AND FEED FAMILIES.
00:56:21NEW MEXICO, THEY ARE SEEING THE LARGEST DECREASE IN PRICES AT
00:56:24THIS VERY MOMENT AND UKRAINIAN
00:56:27COMMUNITIES, EVEN AT THIS
00:56:32CONDITION, 19,000 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE FOUND SOME MONEY.
00:56:38AS YOU IMAGINE, IT IS HARD TO DO IN UKRAINE. THEY INSTALL SOLAR AND THEY WILL
00:56:42HAVE CASH THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEMSELVES AND BE ENERGY
00:56:48INDEPENDENT FOR THE YEARS AHEAD. ALSO SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES
00:56:51ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO KEEP AFLOAT.
00:56:58THE POWER ENERGY THEY INSTALLED
00:56:59SO FAR ANNOUNCE ALMOST ONE
00:57:02GIGAWATT, WHICH IS HUGE.
00:57:05SO THEY KEEP FUNCTIONING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE STORY, THEY
00:57:08WILL HAVE TO REBUILD UKRAINE AND THEY ARE THE IMPORTANT TO PAY
00:57:13ATTENTION TO. SO AMERICA HAS SUCH A LUXURY OF CHOICE RIGHT NOW.
00:57:17PLEASE DON'T WASTE IT. YOU CAN MAKE THIS ENERGY
00:57:20TRANSITION SO FAST AND REAL FAST AND FURIOUS.
00:57:25YOU CAN HELP SO MANY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD LIKE MY COUNTRY TO
00:57:29OVERCOME THE ENERGY CRISIS.
00:57:32I AM SO HOPEFUL THAT WE --
00:57:37INVESTMENTS, WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT
00:57:37THE LUXURY OF CHOICE, ENERGY
00:57:44TRANSITION?
00:57:46IN THE U.S., JOB OPPORTUNITIES,
00:57:50STATE SUBSIDIES, INFLATION REDUCTION ACT -- WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIGHT FOR -- AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
00:57:54WHILE IN UKRAINE, IT IS PURELY SURVIVAL.
00:57:57WE ALSO INSTALL RENEWABLES TO
00:58:01SURVIVE BUT WE WANT TO KEEP GOING.
00:58:04WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE RUSSIAN ENERGY AND OVERALL
00:58:08DICTATORS ENERGY.
00:58:14AND ALSO JUST TO GIVE A POSITIVE
00:58:17EXAMPLE OF INVESTMENT, SO 1.4
00:58:21BILLION WAS JUST INVESTED IN A
00:58:25CITY IN EASTERN UKRAINE WHICH IS
00:58:27QUITE CLOSE TO THE BATTLEFIELD
00:58:31TO BUILD ONE SINGLE WINDFARM THAT WILL POWER THOUSANDS OF
00:58:36HOMES AND ALSO THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
00:58:39THIS IS SUCH A BRIGHT EXAMPLE
00:58:41THAT UKRAINE HAS.
00:58:44IT IS ATTRACTIVE FOR INVESTORS EVEN NOW.
00:58:48WHERE GREEN JOBS WILL BE CREATED IN UKRAINE LIKE 2 MILLION WE
00:58:52COUNTED AND ONE MILLION WHO WILL
00:58:58COME BACK FROM THE BATTLEFIELD, WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP US TO
00:59:03BUILD AND HELP US.
00:59:07SO MY MESSAGE -- I HAVE MANY
00:59:11MESSAGES BUT TO AMERICAN
00:59:12LEADERS, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:59:15ONE IS THAT DON'T WAIT UNTIL
00:59:21RESILIENCE BECOMES URGENCY.
00:59:25BE THE FORCE THAT CAN BRING THE
00:59:28CHANGE HOME AND ALSO EXPAND IT TO UKRAINE.
00:59:34ENERGY SECURITY MARSHALL PLAN IS
00:59:35SUCH REMARKABLE PLAN WHICH CAN
00:59:38HELP US WIN OVER RUSSIA, WHICH COULD HELP US ACHIEVE WHAT I
00:59:42JUST TRIED TO SPEAK TO YOU.
00:59:47BECAUSE I KNOW -- I KNOW HOW QUICKLY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
00:59:50ORDINARY DAY AND THE
00:59:55CATASTROPHIC CAN DISAPPEAR. IN MY CASE, IT WAS 15 MINUTES.
01:00:01THE OTHER FAMILY DID NOT MAKE THIS 15 MINUTES. TO MY ENTIRE REGRETS.
01:00:05TO MY ENTIRE REGRET. PLEASE, WHATEVER MINUTES YOU
01:00:08HAVE, DON'T WASTE IT.
01:00:11THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
01:00:16>> DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL OF
01:00:21YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES.
01:00:24THEY ARE SO DEEPLY IMPACTFUL.
01:00:28AND LIKE THE MOTTO OF THE
01:00:33UKRAINE ENERGY MARSHALL PLAN REMINDS US, PROTECT UKRAINE,
01:00:38PROTECT THE PLANET.
01:00:41THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE]
01:00:48AND NOW, WE ARE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
01:00:59OH, NO QUESTIONS.
01:01:06YOU CAN FOLLOW US INDIVIDUALLY,
01:01:10WHETHER ON THE WEBSITE OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND FOLLOW UP WITH
01:01:15ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE MEETING THAT YOU HAVE GONE
01:01:18TO BE A PART OF TODAY.
01:01:20-- HAVE GOTTEN TO BE A PART OF
01:01:25TODAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
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