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.Caroline Kitchener tells Leigh Ann Caldwell, “[Trump] has come out pledging that he will not sign a national abortion ban. That does not mean that his administration will not take drastic measures to restrict abortion across the country.'
.Hugh Hewitt tells Leigh Ann Caldwell, “I think we're going to end up with every state at least permitting early stage abortion and very few saying, 'No abortions ever.''
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” Early 202 co-author and #PostLive anchor Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with The Post’s Caroline Kitchener, Hugh Hewitt and Ruth Marcus about Arizona’s abortion ban, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and OJ Simpson’s complex legacy. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Today, designer Hannah Good is real-time reporting with illustrations at Washington Post Live's This Is Climate Summit. Hannah curates comics journalism & illustrator reporting with teams around the newsroom. You can find her work in The Washington Post articles or at live events. #washpostlife
On climate, we have to change the way we think. We have to change our mindset. Our #bigbet is to build the alliance that will deliver clean energy in the developing world where 75% of future emissions will come from. Thank you Bina Venkataraman for a great conversation Washington Post Live #PostLive
.Dr. Rajiv J. Shah tells Bina Venkataraman, “Although the early observations of how fast we're crossing these irreversible tipping points makes it feel like solving climate change is somewhat impossible; it is actually possible to win the fight against global climate change.'
.Maya Penn is directing ASALI! 🐝 says, “Media and storytelling are absolutely critical to saving our planet. In many ways we're past an awareness standpoint and now it's time to zero in more onto some of the more underserved areas within environmentalism.'
.Quannah Chasinghorse🪶 tells Robin Givhan, “I can claim to be an activist, but at the end of the day, I'm a land protector because it waters down to the importance of I'm protecting my own ways of life and my culture and my identity as an Indigenous person.'
WATCH: Model and land protector Quannah Chasinghorse🪶, environmentalist Maya Penn is directing ASALI! 🐝 and The Rockefeller Foundation president Dr. Rajiv J. Shah join #PostLive to discuss the next generation of voices shaping the narratives of climate change and what the future might hold. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Leah Ellis tells Shannon Osaka, “Cement is the biggest man-made industry in the world … So, Sublime Systems is trying to fix this process by reinventing the process by which we make cement … We have to do things in a more energy efficient way … as we continue to evolve.'
.Matt Rogers tells Shannon Osaka, “I didn't know how bad the food waste problem was. Food waste is like 10 percent of our emissions. We spend 2 percent of GDP on food waste … Of all the things we have to solve, this feels like the easiest and dumbest climate problem we have.'
.jennifer holmgren tells Shannon Osaka, “Unless we use waste carbon, we are always going to be condemned to having a fossil economy. Everything we use comes from fossil carbon. The only way out of that is to use carbon that's already above ground.'
.Governor Wes Moore tells Brady Dennis, “We could not do what it is that we're doing if it were not for the Biden administration … Everything from how we're looking at solar and wind technologies, how we're looking at onshore and offshore … that does not happen without the IRA.'
.Governor Wes Moore tells Brady Dennis, “This is an existential crisis we're dealing with here … We will deal with the immediacy of a crisis like [the bridge collapse] … But at the same time, things like having an aggressive climate plan is not going to fall to a wayside.'
.Governor Wes Moore tells Brady Dennis, “The impact that we're seeing of this bridge is staggering. the port of Baltimore is responsible for about $70 billion of economic activity … By the end of May, we should have the port fully up and operational again.'
.Governor Wes Moore on the Baltimore Bridge collapse, “This is the largest strike to maritime operations that our country has ever seen. We've watched bridge collapses, we've watched ships being stuck in channels; we've never seen both.'
WATCH: Governor Wes Moore, LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren, Mill CEO Matt Rogers and Sublime Systems CEO Leah Ellis join #PostLive to discuss how governments, technologists and companies worldwide are racing to scale climate solutions. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
.Cristina “Mitty” Mittermeier says, “I think hope is a personal choice. There's many days where I wake up and think we're doomed. And then I remember that I cannot allow myself to feel or think that way, so I make the choice of remaining hopeful … Hope is a powerful motivator for all of us.'
.Cristina “Mitty” Mittermeier tells Juliet Eilperin, “Conservation photography was an idea born out of the necessity for action … I understood that if you put those photographs along with the stories that they come with in front of the people … you have a chance to influence the way people think.'
.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on developing countries needing more time to reach net zero, “Developing countries feel that they didn't contribute to the present situation we're in … so they feel that they need to be given the policy space to be able to develop their population and improve income.'