"When it is initially released, it lasts a little over a decade in the atmosphere and then breaks down."
"None of us do. The way that Paris was structured was to have voluntary, non-binding commitments to create a framework for all of us to try to build to something more permanent."
"bad things happen when the United States doesn't lead."
"we need to show that we have actions to match our words, and we have failed at that for 40 years."
"We have shown with U.S. leadership that we can create a cap-and-trade model to monetize the reduction."
"Committing to clean energy is converting to clean--to cheap energy."
"we have to push to electrify everything as quick as we can, or as much as we can to decarbonize."
"that will require a rate of decarbonization and deployment of renewables beyond anything we have ever achieved."
"our job today is not to justify delay or make excuses for inaction."
"let's not be constrained by our ambition. Let's get it done."
"Let's at least be more ambitious than Ontario."
"As you mentioned, we have NERC, we have FERC to cover the reliability. They do an excellent job, and I trust them."