Subject: Re: following up on Brian Deese
From: Coral Davenport <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 09:08:06 -0400

Very helpful, and much appreciated -- thanks so much, John! Really
appreciate your taking the time when I imagine you've got a ton going on.

On that note, I'm wondering when we might be able to chat about Hillary's
likely energy and climate policies...I can't imagine that anyone has
thought more deeply than you on this!

On one hand, y'all have set the table for the next administration with
obama's plan -- if they execute your blueprint, the regs will be in place
and states will already be implanting them, and the Paris accord will be
signed by the time the next president takes office. But in some ways that
makes it harder for the next person - (if they're interested in tackling
climate change, of course). Because according to the scientists, emissions
will still have to keep going down. So how would a Clinton administration
do that? Use the clean air act to find more sectors of the economy to
regulate - refineries, cement-makers, airplane emissions? Would you try to
go back to the drawing board with a carbon price? Carbon tax swap, maybe?
Or do you think the impact of the power plant regs would be enough?

Eager to cover all these questions in the campaign!

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:53 AM, John Podesta <[email-masked]> wrote:

Coral,
How's this:
One of the items that Brian championed for the budget and State of the
Union was an initiative to catalyze $2 billion of investments in clean
energy innovation through a public private investment strategy. The Clean
Energy Investment Initiative got left on the SOTU cutting room floor as the
speech got more thematic and less a list of new initiatives. Brian was
determined to get it launched and did so at his first big climate/energy
public appearance at the February ARPA-E summit, with commitments from
Wells Fargo, Hewlett Foundation,  UC Regents, among others to participate.
John
On Apr 2, 2015 4:59 PM, "Davenport, Coral" <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Hi, John,
> Thanks so much for taking the time to chat about Brian. The story's mostly
> set, but we're looking for one more anecdote that shows him in action on
> climate change. Could you think of a moment when you recall him being in
> the room, doing something specific on climate, as the plans were being made
> to pass on the reins to him? Any example you could think of would be
> welcome!
> thanks so much,
> Coral
>
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