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Speaker 1: I want to bring in Michael Reagan, the administrator of

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Speaker 1: the US Environment Protection Agency. Michael, the absence of the

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Speaker 1: US president is something that, of course everybody took note of.

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Speaker 1: But in terms of how serious the US is on

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Speaker 1: climate you look at the Inflation Reduction Act or be

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Speaker 1: it some of the regulations that you're working on, those

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Speaker 1: could get repealed, those could get changed by future administration.

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Speaker 1: What do you tell foreign ministers who are worried that

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Speaker 1: these things are going to happen at the US doesn't

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Speaker 1: live up to his promises. Well, first of.

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Speaker 2: All, I'll say since COP twenty six, President Biden declared

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Speaker 2: America's back, we're back on the international stage focused on

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Speaker 2: leading in the climate field. I think when you look

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Speaker 2: at the investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, which have

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Speaker 2: already started, those dollars are being invested in communities all

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Speaker 2: across the country, red blue, independent, those resources are beginning

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Speaker 2: to make a difference in real ways with real people.

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Speaker 2: And so that, coupled with these very aggressive technology standards

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Speaker 2: that we're producing and promoting that has industry buy in,

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Speaker 2: will make it extremely difficult for anyone to just come

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Speaker 2: in and unwind it. They're economically beneficial, they're creating jobs,

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Speaker 2: and more importantly, we're balancing reducing these climate pollutants and

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Speaker 2: protecting the planet while we're protecting people.

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Speaker 1: One of the initiatives that you've pushed forward is the

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Speaker 1: super Admitted program. You're bringing in private citizens. How is

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Speaker 1: that going to shift the landscape in the US, Well, it's.

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Speaker 2: And it shifts it greatly. And here's the reality. There

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Speaker 2: are nonprofit organizations and others who are spending considerable resources

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Speaker 2: in satellite technology and transparency. So this technology standard that

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Speaker 2: we've proposed, which by the way, we'll reduce eighty percent

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Speaker 2: of methane emissions by twenty thirty eight. This is a

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Speaker 2: significant number. This is also reducing the loss of a

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Speaker 2: lot of product, right, So we're saving emissions, we're saving products.

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Speaker 2: It's good for business. The technology innovation that's a part

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Speaker 2: of this is the future. So this is the way

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Speaker 2: to go and increase the performance of technology to reduce emissions,

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Speaker 2: increase the participation in partnership with business and our communities.

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Speaker 2: This is a win win win.

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Speaker 1: In terms of the other sets of regulations that you're

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Speaker 1: working on, one is on targeting carbon pollution for power plants,

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Speaker 1: and the other ways on tailpipe emissions. Now, how are

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Speaker 1: you going to get this done in time without sacrificing

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Speaker 1: of the substance the quality of the legislation.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, here's the deal. We've been working with

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Speaker 2: industry from day one, which is how we were so

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Speaker 2: successful with this finalization of this methane technology standard. We'll

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Speaker 2: continue to work with the auto industry, We'll continue to

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Speaker 2: work with the power sector industry. By the way, we've

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Speaker 2: had some very productive conversations, and the reality is the

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Speaker 2: market is driving in this direction, technology is driving in

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Speaker 2: this direction, and we're now just aligning all of these

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Speaker 2: goals to keep that planet, to keep the planet from

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Speaker 2: women beyond that one point five degree celsius range, and

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Speaker 2: continue to create jobs and encourage the economy to grow.

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Speaker 1: I mean, here's the thing. I look at the emissions

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Speaker 1: from agriculture. Those need to be slashed as well refineries,

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Speaker 1: steel plants, industrial facilities. When is the EPI going to

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Speaker 1: take action on some of those fronts.

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Speaker 2: Well, listen, you know, I have to say that we've

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Speaker 2: been in office for three years now, going on three years.

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Speaker 2: The previous administration did not tackle these topics. So the

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Speaker 2: list was long. What we've done. Is we prioritize those

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Speaker 2: that we believe have the most impact on the climate,

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Speaker 2: and so we tackle the HFCs successfully, We've tackled methane.

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Speaker 2: Now it's time to tackle cars and trucks and heavy

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Speaker 2: duty vehicles and power plants. Once we tackle those, then

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Speaker 2: we'll begin to turn to other priorities that we have. Listen,

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Speaker 2: we know that the job is not done yet, and

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Speaker 2: we'll keep doing that.

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Speaker 1: What about the agricultural emissions then? Is that a low

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Speaker 1: priority or are you just being strategic about it.

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Speaker 2: No. As a matter of fact, when it comes to

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Speaker 2: looking at carbon solutions for our agricultural industry, EPA and

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Speaker 2: our United States Department of Agriculture is focused on a

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Speaker 2: lot of carbon reducing metrics. Many of the measures, many

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Speaker 2: of those are voluntary, some are in the regulatory space.

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Speaker 2: So listen, we're walking and chewing them at the same time,

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Speaker 2: and we're getting it done.

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Speaker 1: One of the goals is to get sales of cars

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Speaker 1: to the EVS two out of three by twenty thirty two.

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Speaker 1: Now there's a little bit of a pushback and people

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Speaker 1: are asking, well, aren't you interfering with the open choices

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Speaker 1: that consumers should be willing to make in the United States.

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Speaker 2: Well, listen, I think the President pledged that we would

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Speaker 2: pursue a path of at least fifty percent of new

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Speaker 2: vehicle sales by twenty thirty. I, like many Americans, watch

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl and watch these car companies run million

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Speaker 2: dollar ads that explain to their customers that the future

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Speaker 2: is electric, and their customers are responding by purchase in

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Speaker 2: these vehicles. So I think we're in perfect alignment with

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Speaker 2: where the technology is, where the businesses are going. We

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Speaker 2: need to be able to have some rules of the

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Speaker 2: road that can lock in some certainty for long term investments.

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Speaker 1: Welleve it deterre. Thank you very much for that. It's

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Speaker 1: been a real pleasure. That's Michael S. Reegan, the administrator

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Speaker 1: of the US Environment Protection Agency,