Katie Porter: “Federal government policy here really matters. It matters in…”

“Absolutely. And particularly in some of the Western states, states like Nevada, California, Montana, huge, huge portions of the state are public lands controlled by the federal government. So Federal government policy here really matters. It matters in terms of conservation. It matters in terms of shaping the entire energy. How much fossil fuel extraction and the conditions for fossil fuel extraction on public lands is one of many, many tools that we need to be using to address climate change.” (04:31–04:40)

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