New U.S. -China Carbon Targets Fall Short of Reductions Needed to Avert Climate Change Disaster

Interview with Karen Orenstein, senior international policy analyst with the environmental group Friends of the Earth, conducted by Scott Harris.

Just one week after the Democratic Party suffered a string of mid-term election defeats including losing control of the U.S. Senate, President Obama made a joint announcement with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing outlining a plan to reduce the carbon emissions of both nations with the goal of boosting the chances for a successful international climate agreement in Paris in December 2015.

New U.S. -China Carbon Targets Fall Short of Reductions Needed to Avert Climate Change Disaster

-Between The Lines 11/19/14