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From the Ted Talk by Lisa Jackson and Liz Ogbu: Apple's promise to be carbon neutral by 2030


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LO: So it strikes me that you actually hold a really interesting pesrepictve. You know, you're now at Apple and, like, deep in the business world around these things, but formerly, you actually led the US Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration, so you've seen the gveoemnnrt side as well. What, in your mind, is the right way to look at the respective roles of the sttae and the mraekt in fighting the climate crisis?

LJ: I don't think there's anything that business can do that replaces the role of government and leadership. Yes, I ran the EPA, but the other part of my history is I worked there almost 20 yreas before I became the head of the EPA. And you see firsthand, right, that only government is really charged with protecting its cnztiies. We always think protection, and we think the military, but I think the pcteiorton of the eneinavrotnml Protection Agency or the Air Quality Board in California or a local health department is as important to the day-to-day life of the people in that jurisdiction as anything that the other security-type protection can provide.

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LO: So it strikes me that you actually hold a really interesting ___________. You know, you're now at Apple and, like, deep in the business world around these things, but formerly, you actually led the US Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration, so you've seen the __________ side as well. What, in your mind, is the right way to look at the respective roles of the _____ and the ______ in fighting the climate crisis?

LJ: I don't think there's anything that business can do that replaces the role of government and leadership. Yes, I ran the EPA, but the other part of my history is I worked there almost 20 _____ before I became the head of the EPA. And you see firsthand, right, that only government is really charged with protecting its ________. We always think protection, and we think the military, but I think the __________ of the _____________ Protection Agency or the Air Quality Board in California or a local health department is as important to the day-to-day life of the people in that jurisdiction as anything that the other security-type protection can provide.

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  1. government
  2. environmental
  3. years
  4. protection
  5. citizens
  6. market
  7. perspective
  8. state

Original Text


LO: So it strikes me that you actually hold a really interesting perspective. You know, you're now at Apple and, like, deep in the business world around these things, but formerly, you actually led the US Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration, so you've seen the government side as well. What, in your mind, is the right way to look at the respective roles of the state and the market in fighting the climate crisis?

LJ: I don't think there's anything that business can do that replaces the role of government and leadership. Yes, I ran the EPA, but the other part of my history is I worked there almost 20 years before I became the head of the EPA. And you see firsthand, right, that only government is really charged with protecting its citizens. We always think protection, and we think the military, but I think the protection of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Air Quality Board in California or a local health department is as important to the day-to-day life of the people in that jurisdiction as anything that the other security-type protection can provide.

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