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    Reality check: Climate change

    The promises of candidates during political campaigns are often made to be broken, but they do provide clues for voters who want to know what government might look like once the election is over.   Hillary Clinton describes global warming as an "urgent threat."   Donald Trump once called it "a hoax created by the Chinese."

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    By Warren Olney • Oct 4, 2016 • 1 min read

    The promises of candidates during political campaigns are often made to be broken, but they do provide clues for voters who want to know what government might look like once the election is over. Hillary Clinton describes global warming as an "urgent threat." Donald Trump once called it "a hoax created by the Chinese." He's tried to back off a bit, but their differences are still profound, with dramatic consequences for energy policy and the environment. Clinton says she'll increase reductions in fossil fuel and build on the Obama legacy — which Trump promises to obliterate while he restores the coal industry. We hear the implications for the Paris climate accords — just approved by the European Union — and for national security.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Coral Davenport

      energy and environmental policy reporter for the New York Times

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      Michael Gerrard

      Columbia Law School

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      Josiah Neeley

      R Street Institute

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Reality Check: Climate change, energy and the environment
    1. 1:54US and Russia's relationship at low point over Syria
    2. 8:46Reality check: Climate changeYou’re reading this
    3. 43:35A strange new term begins at the US Supreme Court
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