The Pour Over Today - Bonus Episode: 2024 Election Topics - The Climate

Episode Date: October 15, 2024

In a special episode of The Pour Over Today, we’re explaining the debate about the climate, including where VP Harris and former President Trump stand. This is the tenth episode of our Election Collection, designed to help us grow in understanding and compassion on key 2024 election topics.  Please support our TPO sponsors! Cru: give.cru.org/tpo Upside: https://links.thepourover.org/Upside The Bible Study: https://links.thepourover.org/TheBibleStudy Politics for People Who Hate Politics: https://links.thepourover.org/PoliticsForPeopleWhoHatePolitics Keola Fit: https://links.thepourover.org/KeolaFit_Pod Compelled Podcast: https://links.thepourover.org/Compelled Dwell Differently: https://links.thepourover.org/DwellDifferently Nothing Left Unsaid Podcast: https://linktr.ee/tgnlu CCCU: https://www.mycccu.com/tpobonus Courage for Life Study Bibles: links.thepourover.org/CFL_Podcast_0901 Grace Bible for Kids: https://links.thepourover.org/GraceBibleforKids The Daily Walk Bible: https://links.thepourover.org/DailyWalk

In a special episode of The Poor Over Today, we're explaining the debate about the climate, including where VP Harris and former President Trump stand. This is the 10th episode of our election collection designed to help us grow in understanding and compassion on key 2024 election topics. Climate change is a uniquely heated issue in US politics. There are disagreements not only on what to do, but also on how urgent the issue is to begin with. While most agree that the climate is changing, there is debate over the degree to which human activity has contributed to and can do anything about climate change.

This impacts people's views on policy decisions central to this topic such as what types of energy the U.S. uses, fossil fuels versus clean renewable energy, where the U.S. gets its energy, domestic production versus imports, how the U.S. regulates or incentivizes environmentally friendly practices, and whether the U.S. works with other countries to combat climate change. Here are some key terms that come up in the debate about the climate. Fracking, hydraulic fracturing is a process

of pumping water, sand, and chemicals deep underground at very high pressures to crack rocks and release natural gas and oil. Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty signed in 2016 by 196 countries that establishes a framework to keep global surface temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, clean energy, energy sources that do not release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, including solar, wind, geothermal, and nuclear power. And renewable energy, energy sources that naturally replenish themselves,

such as solar, wind, and hydropower. We'll be back with what Republicans and Democrats say after a quick break. Hey, it's Emily from the pour-over. It seems like every time I leave my house, I want a little treat. Thankfully, I can get cash back while running errands with Upside and use it to treat myself with gift cards to my favorite spots for lattes or cookies and cream or just about anything. If I can't decide, I can just send it straight to my bank account. With Upside, all you have to do is download the app, check out the map to find gas or

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on your first tank of gas using promo code TPO. Republicans generally rank climate change near the bottom of their policy priorities, saying that Earth's climate has been warming and cooling since the beginning of time and that humans' impact on that change is unproven. They argue climate regulations harm the world's fossil fuel-dependent economy, reducing jobs and overall prosperity, without meaningfully impacting the climate. Republicans generally support investing in clean, renewable energy alongside domestic oil

and gas drilling as a way to reduce pollution and ensure the U.S. isn't dependent on foreign adversaries for energy. Democrats generally rank climate change near the top of their policy priorities, often citing a moral obligation to protect the environment for future generations.

They argue science has definitely linked human behavior to the warming climate and support government regulations like caps on emissions and subsidies for renewable energy to alter human behavior as well as working with other countries to combat climate change. Democrats generally believe that developing renewable energy solutions and upgrading U.S. infrastructure to be more climate-friendly will create jobs and help not hurt the economy. While there's disagreement over climate change, there's a lot of common ground when it comes to energy policy. First, 69% support America becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Second, 68% say the country should diversify energy

sources but don't want fossil fuels phased out completely. Third, 66% support the federal government incentivizing wind and solar power production. Though we may not agree on the best way to balance the health of the earth and the needs of humanity, we can pray for wisdom as we seek to be thoughtful stewards of God's good creation. Genesis 2, 7, and 15 says, Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils.

And the man became a living being. He took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. And now, candidate stances. Vice President Harris believes the climate crisis is one of the most urgent matters of our time. As a senator, Harris co-sponsored the Green New Deal, a progressive resolution to transition America out of fossil fuels and into clean energy within a decade. In 2019, she said she favored banning fracking, but reversed that position in 2024. Harris touts the Biden-Harris-Adman's Inflation Reduction Act as the largest climate

investment in our nation's history. Former President Trump has repeatedly referred to climate change as a hoax. While in office, he rolled back hundreds of environmental protections and withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement because it was financially unfair to Americans. The U.S. became a net energy exporter while he was president, and he says he's committed to further unleashing American energy sources like coal, oil, and gas to ensure affordability for families and security in the world. That's all we have for today. Thanks for listening.

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