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Jake Auchincloss: “The environmentalism of the last 50 years was about blocking…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on AI energy equation, guardrails and competitiveness

Published | Video Starts at 08:46

We got to put offshore wind here. The administration's been horrible. Hydropower, solar, we need all of it. We need to do it fast. Can't take 10 or 15 years. The environmentalism of the last 50 years was about blocking bad stuff. The environmentalism of the next 50 years needs to be about building good stuff. And that means with speed. And that's going to require energy permitting reform. And then we need to make the grid smart, storing energy time and space. (08:46–08:55)

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Asserts a shift in environmentalism focus from prevention to construction.

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