{"id":10485,"date":"2014-01-29T22:26:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T06:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10485"},"modified":"2014-01-29T22:26:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T06:26:03","slug":"kpfk-bradcast-obamas-jekyll-and-hyde-sotu-climate-and-the-gops-derangement-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10485","title":{"rendered":"KPFK &#8216;BradCast&#8217;: Obama&#8217;s &#8216;Jekyll and Hyde&#8217; SOTU Climate and the GOP&#8217;s Derangement Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_Obama_SOTU2014_JekyllHyde_012914.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">The great Joe Romm of the even greater <a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\">Climate Progress<\/a> returns to discuss Obama&#8217;s schizophrenic &#8220;All of the Above&#8221; climate policies offered in this week&#8217;s State of the Union address, and as demonstrated in the year since Romm last joined us on the <a href=\"http:\/\/kpfk.org\">KPFK<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/pacificanetwork.org\">Pacifica Radio<\/a> <i>BradCast<\/i> just after the 2013 Inaugural address.<\/p>\n<p>As a former acting Assistant Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration and founder of one of <i>the<\/i> most important climate blogs going, Romm offers helpful insight on the dangers of <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/01\/28\/3215881\/obama-sotu-climate\/\">Obama&#8217;s Jekyll\/Hyde energy strategy<\/a>, on the likelihood of the Keystone XL pipeline receiving final White House approval, on whether Obama truly &#8220;gets it&#8221;, and on the <i>tantalizingly<\/i> cool new <i>Years of Living Dangerously<\/i> series begin in April on Showtime, on which he serves as Chief Science Editor.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the show I talk <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10484\">GOP State of the Union Derangement Syndrome<\/a> and why the Republican &#8220;extreme&#8221; is now the mainstream and how it all helps to remind us once again that, yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10474\">elections really do matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PLUS, as usual, Desi Doyen joins us for the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>, including a hat-tip to the dearly departed Pete Seeger&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_JoeRomm_SOTU2014_012914.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_JoeRomm_SOTU2014_012914.mp3]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><i>P.S.<\/i> If you use iTunes and would like to listen to <i>The BradCast<\/i> that way, you can now subscribe (for free) over there <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">right here<\/a>. And please feel free to leave us a good review there at the same time, if you are so inclined!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great Joe Romm of the even greater Climate Progress returns to discuss Obama&#8217;s schizophrenic &#8220;All of the Above&#8221; climate policies offered in this week&#8217;s State of the Union address, and as demonstrated in the year since Romm last joined us on the KPFK\/Pacifica Radio BradCast just after the 2013 Inaugural address. 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