Republican Environmentalist On The Future Of America’s Sustainability Policy

By Steve Bynum
Election 2018 Trump
A supporter holds a sign as President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at the Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va. Tyler Evert / AP Photo
Election 2018 Trump
A supporter holds a sign as President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at the Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va. Tyler Evert / AP Photo

Republican Environmentalist On The Future Of America’s Sustainability Policy

By Steve Bynum
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The Trump administration put many of America’s sustainability policies in reverse. Reset brings on a Republican environmentalist to discuss how President Trump’s policies differ from past GOP policy on issues like climate change.

GUESTS: Karen Weigert, executive vice president at Slipstream, a clean energy innovation non-profit; former chief sustainability officer, City of Chicago

Mary Gade, environmental lawyer, former director of the Illinois EPA; former head of EPA Region 5, which includes Illinois; served on President-Elect George W. Bush’s Transition Team