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NBCAl Roker, a weatherman, stressed that climate change was not one of his top priorities in an interview with former President Barack Obama.
In an interview released on April 13, the two men discussed Obama’s new Netflix series about parks around the world, titled, “Our Great National Parks.”
Roker lamented about the dangers of censorship in a segment on NBC’s “Today All Day.” streaming channel. Climate ChangeBecause of the crisis in, they are being overlooked by the rest of the world. Ukraine.
“Climate is one those things that gets pushed back when things happen.” For example, now we’ve got Ukraine,” the weatherman stated, adding, “There’s talk about, ‘Let’s ramp up production of fossil fuels because, you know, inflation, higher gas prices.’”
He then asked Obama, “Do you worry that that’s gonna push back the initiative?”
Obama responded by pointing out that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is an opportunity for the United States not to use fossil fuels at all.
“Well, interestingly, when we see what’s happened with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it argues for us redoubling our efforts to wean ourselves off fossil fuels,” he said.
Vladimir President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine only eight months after TIME magazine billed President Biden as ready to take on the Russian leader.
(Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
“Russia is emboldened and empowered in part because they think we have to buy their oil and gas,” the former president continued, but he’s “been very encouraged by … the Biden administration’s ability to mobilize” countries to “think about how do we revamp our energy so that we are no longer dependent on these fossil fuels.”
Obama stated, “It’s not just that it is contributing to the heating of our planet, it’s also that it ends up empowering folks that we don’t want empowered.”
Roker and Obama talked about how people should be “better caretakers of the planet”, especially for the sakes of the younger generations.
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Climate protesters demonstrate in London, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protesters from around the world joined rallies Friday to call for action against climate changes. The rally took place before a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Roker responded to the ex-president by saying, “In actuality, we have older kids, Sasha & Malia, which is the generation that demands that we be better caregivers.”
Obama responded, “I think that the generation of our kids are more mindful of how we haven’t always taken care of the planet.”
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