Justin Gillis's guest appearances

Justin Gillis

Climate Changers

The Planet Today

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About The BookAn engaging, accessible citizen’s guide to the seven urgent changes that will really make a difference for our climate—and how we can hold our governments accountable for putting these plans into action.Dozens of kids in Montgomery County, Maryland, agitated until their school board committed to electric school buses. Mothers in Colorado turned up in front of an obscure state panel to fight for clean air. If you think the only thing you can do to combat climate change is to install a smart thermostat or cook plant-based burgers, you’re thinking too small. That’s where The Big Fix comes in, offering everyday citizens a guide to the seven essential changes our communities must enact to bring our greenhouse gas emissions down to zero—and sharing stories of people who are making those changes reality.Energy policy advisor Hal Harvey and longtime New York Times reporter Justin Gillis hone in on the seven areas where ambitious but eminently practical changes will have the greatest effect: electricity production, transportation, buildings, industry, urbanization, use of land, and investment in promising new green technologies. In a lively, jargon-free style, the pair illuminate how our political economy really works, revealing who decides everything from what kind of power plants to build to how efficient cars must be before they’re allowed on the road to how much insulation a new house requires—and how we can insert ourselves into all these decisions to ensure that the most climate-conscious choices are being made.At once pragmatic and inspiring, The Big Fix is an indispensable action plan for citizens looking to drive our country’s greenhouse gas emissions down to zero—and save our climate.

<h2>About The Book</h2>An engaging, accessible citizen’s guide to the seven urgent changes that will really make a difference for our climate—and how we can hold our governments accountable for putting these plans into action. Dozens of kids in Montgomery County, Maryland, agitated until their school board committed to electric school buses. Mothers in Colorado turned up in front of an obscure state panel to fight for clean air. If you think the only thing you can do to combat climate change is to install a smart thermostat or cook plant-based burgers, you’re thinking too small.  That’s where The Big Fix comes in, offering everyday citizens a guide to the seven essential changes our communities must enact to bring our greenhouse gas emissions down to zero—and sharing stories of people who are making those changes reality. Energy policy advisor Hal Harvey and longtime New York Times reporter Justin Gillis hone in on the seven areas where ambitious but eminently practical changes will have the greatest effect: electricity production, transportation, buildings, industry, urbanization, use of land, and investment in promising new green technologies. In a lively, jargon-free style, the pair illuminate how our political economy really works, revealing who decides everything from what kind of power plants to build to how efficient cars must be before they’re allowed on the road to how much insulation a new house requires—and how we can insert ourselves into all these decisions to ensure that the most climate-conscious choices are being made. At once pragmatic and inspiring, The Big Fix is an indispensable action plan for citizens looking to drive our country’s greenhouse gas emissions down to zero—and save our climate.

The Big Fix with Justin Gillis

Hal Harvey

Matt interviews Hal Harvey and Justin Gillis to discuss their new book, The Big Fix: 7 Practical Steps to Save Our Planet, and more!Hal is an acclaimed energy policy advisor and the CEO for Energy Innovation, a company that provides high-quality research and analysis to policymakers around the world and across a range of jurisdictions to help inform their energy policy decisions. Hal has served on energy panels appointed by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.Justin spent a decade as an award-winning reporter for The New York Times covering environmental science, with a special focus on climate change, and is now a contributing opinion writer for the newspaper. Matt, Hal, and Justin discuss how listeners get involved in key political decisions to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to climate change.You can order their book The Big Fix by clicking here.Check out Hal’s website here:  https://energyinnovation.org/ Follow Justin on Twitter at @justinhgilles

Matt interviews Hal Harvey and Justin Gillis to discuss their new book, The Big Fix: 7 Practical Steps to Save Our Planet, and more!Hal is an acclaimed energy policy advisor and the CEO for Energy Innovation, a company that provides high-quality research and analysis to policymakers around the world and across a range of jurisdictions to help inform their energy policy decisions. Hal has served on energy panels appointed by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.Justin spent a decade as an award-winning reporter for The New York Times covering environmental science, with a special focus on climate change, and is now a contributing opinion writer for the newspaper. Matt, Hal, and Justin discuss how listeners get involved in key political decisions to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to climate change.You can order their book <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Big-Fix/Hal-Harvey/9781982123987" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Big Fix</a> by clicking here.Check out Hal’s website here: <a href="https://energyinnovation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://energyinnovation.org/</a> Follow Justin on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/justinhgillis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@justinhgilles</a>