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Zephyr Teachout on Why Breaking Up Big Business is Critical to Climate Action

Zephyr Teachout on Why Breaking Up Big Business is Critical to Climate Action

FromThe Climate Pod


Zephyr Teachout on Why Breaking Up Big Business is Critical to Climate Action

FromThe Climate Pod

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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Oct 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week, Zephyr Teachout, Fordham law professor and author of Break 'Em Up, joins the show to discuss how weakened antitrust regulations have led to environmental and employee harm, how fossil fuel subsidies have prevented stronger competition from renewables, and why breaking up monopolies is good for the planet. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the 60 Minutes segment on climate change and the differences between the Green New Deal and Joe Biden's Clean Energy Plan.  Buy Zephyr Teachout's Break 'Em Up here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250200891 Join our book club and read All We Can Save: https://www.theclimatepod.com/post/join-us-for-the-climate-pod-book-club-all-we-can-save Further Reading: What Joe Biden was trying to say about the Green New Deal How Joe Biden's climate plan compares to the Green New Deal
Released:
Oct 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Climate Pod is a wide-ranging conversation with leading experts on the politics, economics, activism, culture, science, and social justice issues at the heart of the climate crisis. Hear from guests like Jane Goodall, Gov. Jay Inslee, Jeffrey Sachs, David Wallace-Wells, Adam McKay, Bill Nye, Robert Bullard, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Ted Danson, Michael Mann, Rainn Wilson, Stephanie Kelton, Mark Hyman, and many more. Hosted by brothers Ty and Brock Benefiel.