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GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, I'M ANN MCDANIEL, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NEWSWEEK, AND WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO WELCOME YOU
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| 00:00:37 |
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TO OUR THIRD ANNUAL NEWSWEEK GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. WE HAVE A RATHER AUDACIOUS
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| 00:00:49 |
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GOAL TODAY AS MANY IN THE ROOM SHARE, WE HOPE TO USE NIECE WEEK'S CONVENING POWER AND PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE AND WEBSITE TO HELP PROMOTE THE DIALOGUE,...
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| 00:02:49 |
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IN 1996, WHEN THEN MARROWO SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR WILLIE BROWN APPOINTED HIM TO THE CITY'S PARKING AND TRAFFIC COMMISSION. IN SHORT ORDER HE WAS ELECTED...
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| 00:05:09 |
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TO OTHERS IN THE UNITED STATES,
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| 00:05:12 |
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AFTER KYOTO WE PUT ON THE ACTION NECESSARY SAN FRANCISCO AND IT CALLED FOR ROLLING BACK CO2 EMISSIONS 20 PERCENT BELOW 2020 LEVELS. EVERYONE IN THE...
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| 00:07:11 |
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BECAUSE WE SHOULD, BUT BECAUSE WE MUST. BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER BEST PRACTICE. THIS IS NOT BEING SCALED IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN...
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| 00:09:30 |
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IT'S NOT -- IT'S ABOUT MAINTAINING THE MANUFACTURING IN DETROIT. AND WE ALL RECOGNIZE IT PROVIDES THE KIND OF STABILITY, ESPECIALLY, IN THE CONTEXT...
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| 00:09:51 |
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COLLAR JOBS IN THE FUTURE WITH SIN CON VALLEY AND PROVIDING WHAT WE TALKED A MOMENT AGO THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT THAT DEFINES THE BEST OF SILICON...
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| 00:11:05 |
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DESCRIBED THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS 47 1/2 SQUARE MILES SURROUNDED BY REALITY, WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. [LAUGHTER] >> BUT WE...
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| 00:11:15 |
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OF ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATORS AND WE
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| 00:11:18 |
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TRY TO BE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF CUTTING IDEAS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE THE BIRTH PLACE OF BIOSCIENCES AND THAT'S
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| 00:11:24 |
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WHY I'M PROUD OF OUR CITY. THERE'S A CONSCIOUSNESS OUT THERE BUT THAT CONSCIOUSNESS CAME FROM SOMEWHERE AND IT CAME FROM A LOT
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| 00:11:32 |
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OF ENLIGHTENED ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE MANDATED YEARS AGO LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARDS THAT DROVE THIS INNOVATION. IT DROVE GM TO COME UP WITH THE EV1 ONLY...
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| 00:13:25 |
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MILE DIDN'T KNOW HE COULDN'T DO IT AND HE DID IT 40 SOME PEOPLE DID IT AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S
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| 00:13:32 |
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RANGE. BUT WAIT A SECOND, WHAT ABOUT YOUR CAR? YOU GOT A LIMITED RANGE BY DEFINITION. THAT'S WHY YOU GOT TO GO TO A GAS STATION. SO RANGE DOESN'T SEEM...
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| 00:18:13 |
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HE'S BEEN GRACIOUS SINCE LEAVING OFFICE. >> THAT'S JUST PICKING UP ON THE SPIRIT OF MICHELANGELO WHO SAID THE BIGGEST RISK IS NOT THAT YOU AIM TOO
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| 00:18:23 |
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HIGH AND MISS IT. IT'S THAT YOU AIM TOO LOW AND REACH IT AND THAT WAS THE PLAN COMING OUT
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| 00:18:28 |
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OF DETROIT THAT OBAMA WISELY AND
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| 00:18:30 |
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HIS TASK FORCE RECOGNIZED. THIS IS NOT AMBITIOUS ENOUGH. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
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| 00:18:34 |
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THERE AS ANN SAID IN 2020 WITH LOW
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| 00:18:37 |
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EXPECTATIONS. AND SO THAT'S -- THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF BUSH AND THE SPIRIT OF OUR TIMES. >> BUT I ASSUME YOU SUPPORT GIVING THE AUTO MANUFACTURERS ONE...
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| 00:19:03 |
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MORE PLANT CLOSURES. I DON'T WANT MY MONEY -- YOU KNOW,
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| 00:19:07 |
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TOM FRIEDMAN SAYS WE GOT TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS BAILING OUT MENTALITY TO A BAILING-IN MENTALITY. THE WHOLE FRAME IS OFF. I THINK THERE'S SIGNS OF HOPE...
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| 00:20:03 |
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HAS HE STEPPED OVER SOME LINE HERE -- >> WELL, I'M A PRIVATE SECTOR PERSON AND I HAVE INVESTMENTS AND I THINK SHAREHOLDERS HAVE RIGHTS. WE'RE THE LARGEST...
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| 00:20:22 |
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I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. >> WHAT OTHER STEPS
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| 00:20:26 |
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COULD GOVERNMENT TAKE TO SORT OF
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| 00:20:29 |
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FORCE THE CAR COMPANIES INTO SHAPE? >> I SEE GOVERNOR GRANHOLM, I JUST WISH SHE WASN'T BORN IN CANADA AND I'M IN PERIL OF GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH SOME...
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| 00:20:46 |
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LOOK, CAFE STANDARDS ARE DEFUNCT. I MEAN, WHERE DO WE COME UP WITH THESE? AGAIN,
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| 00:20:55 |
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THIS INDUSTRY FOUGHT THEM. CONTINUES TO FIGHT THEM. SO YOU START THERE. YOU SHOULD GET RID OF CAFE STANDARDS AND COME UP WITH LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARDS...
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| 00:22:09 |
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SAYS GM OF HYBRIDS. CHINA IS LOOKING AT THAT WITHOUT THE LEGACY PROBLEMS AND LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY OR THE HEALTHCARE OR LACK OF
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| 00:22:20 |
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IMAGINATION AND SAYING WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY REINVENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A TOTALLY LAYOUT. THEY CAN SCALE MUCH MORE DRAMATICALLY. THEY...
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| 00:23:36 |
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A GENERATION THAT DOESN'T -- I MEAN, FOLKS 30 AND YOUNGER, I DON'T THINK KNOWS WHAT NEWSPAPERS ARE. THEY'VE HEARD OF THEM. THEY'VE SEEN THEIR PARENTS...
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| 00:23:49 |
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AN ANALOGY WITH THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY ISN'T THERE? YOU COULD BAIL OUT NEWSPAPERS ALL DAY BUT THE MODEL DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAY...
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| 00:24:57 |
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BLESS. ABSOLUTELY! FINEST CARS. WE'RE PAID TO SAY
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| 00:25:02 |
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IT. LOOK, WE GOT TO STOP -- WE'RE -- I LOVE FRIEDMAN THE OTHER DAY, WE'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT LOBBYING AND WE'VE BEEN VERY
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| 00:25:13 |
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GOOD AT ADVERTISING. CAFE CORRUPTED
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| 00:25:15 |
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AND CORRODED THIS INDUSTRY BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE HUMMER AND THE MINIVAN AND LIGHT TRUCKS 'CAUSE WE HAD LOWER FUEL REQUIREMENTS AND TOYOTA AND HONDA...
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| 00:26:17 |
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COME OUT BECAUSE WE'VE ADOPTED THIS MARKET
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| 00:26:19 |
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AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION. WE HAD
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| 00:26:21 |
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WAIT-LISTS IN 2004 BORE FOR HYBRIDS IN CALIFORNIA. BUT AT GAS AT $50 IN BARREL, YOU SAW IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER THOSE WAIST -- WAIT-LISTS DISSIPATE...
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| 00:27:08 |
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WE ACTUALLY LOOK TO SAY CAN WE DO IT LOCALLY. I'M JUST A MAYOR. AND WE'RE STILL RESEARCHING THAT.
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| 00:27:14 |
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BUT THE GAS TAX, 18.4% FEDERALLY? WHAT IS THE
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| 00:27:25 |
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GAS TAXIN U.K., GERMANY, $4. HALF THE STATES HAVE THEIR OWN LOCAL VERSION OR THE STATE WIDE GAS TAX BUT, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH FRIEDMAN AGAIN, I DON'T...
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| 00:29:41 |
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ARE THEY MORE REGIONAL, POLITICAL? >> WELL, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
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| 00:29:49 |
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VAN JONES
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| 00:29:51 |
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ON LATER. THE GREAT BOOK "BUILT TO LAST" EVER WRITTEN. I COME FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. I STARTED A BUNCH OF RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND THEN GOT INTO...
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| 00:30:08 |
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EVENT AND HAD IDEA OF SO MANY PEOPLE PARTICULARLY -- STILL DEMOCRATS BUT MOSTLY REPUBLICANS STILL HAVE THIS IDEA THAT IT'S EITHER EITHER/OR. GOVERNOR...
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| 00:31:21 |
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ENVIRONMENTALISM. YOU USED TO ONCE OF A POINT
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| 00:31:24 |
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OF
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| 00:31:25 |
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TIME YOU WOULD GET BOOED OUT OF A ROOM AS A HOAX. THE VELOCITY OF CHANGE THIS THINKING THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR REALLY SHORT POLITICAL LIFE? >> IT'S...
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| 00:31:36 |
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RESPECTS. BUT I LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE OF BOBBY KENNEDY'S
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| 00:31:40 |
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QUOTE, THE WORLD NEEDS THE YOUTH BUT A STATE OF MIND, THAT QUALITY OF IMAGINATION THAT HE SPOKE TO. BUT IT IS GENERATIONAL. YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE NEW...
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| 00:31:55 |
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ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE THAT LOVE EACH OTHER TO FALL IN LOVE AND SAY I DO. IN 1967 BLACKS COULDN'T MARRY WHITES IN 16 STATES IN THE...
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| 00:34:13 |
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WILL AGREE WHEN I SAY THAT THE MAYOR WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THAT LINE FOR MANY MORE YEARS
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