>>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, BRUTALITY AND RACIAL INEQUALITY.

LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO HELP DREAMERS EARN A LIVING AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, CLIMATE CHANGE AS A POLITICAL ISSUE.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF ARIZONA PBS.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON," I'M TED SIMONS.

MARICOPA COUNTY BALLOTS FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S ELECTION WERE MOVED TODAY TO VETERANS' MEMORIAL COLISEUM WHERE THE STATE SENATE IS SET TO CONDUCT ITS AUDIT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.

ELECTION MACHINES WERE MOVED YESTERDAY, WHILE THE AUDIT THAT IS BEING PRO-TRUMP CONSPIRACY GROUP AND LIVE STREAMED BY A PRO-TRUMP CONSPIRACY BROADCAST NETWORK WILL LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF FRAUD IN THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.

PREVIOUS INDEPENDENT AUDITS SHOWED NO WRONGDOING, AND OFFICIALS DESCRIBED THIS AUDIT AS UNNECESSARY AS BEST.

>>> REPUBLICANS HAD ENOUGH VOTES FOR AN EARLY-VOTING BILL.

BUT SENATOR KELLY TOWNSEND SWITCHED.

THE BILL'S SPONSOR, SENATOR MICHELLE UGENTI-RITA, SAID TOWNSEND'S VOTE WAS QUOTE, SPITE AND RAGE.

>>> THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOWS THAT 28% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION IS NOW FULLY IMMUNIZED.

ARIZONA IS STILL SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE, IN RECEIVING AT LEAST ONE SHOT, THAT ACCORDING TO THE CDC.

>>> THERE WERE 647 NEW REPORTED CASES OF COVID IN ARIZONA TODAY.

JUST BELOW THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE OF NEW CASES WHICH REMAINS AMONG THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

FATALITIES RANKED 25 WITH 22 COVID DEATHS CERTIFIED TODAY.

>>> THE THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IS OUT WITH NEW HEALTH GUIDELINES WITH A FOCUS ON BELLY FAT, WHICH THE HEART ASSOCIATION SAYS COULD BE A SIGN OF A PARTICULAR TYPE OF FAT THAT WRAPS ITSELF AROUND ORGANS DEEP IN THE BODY.

THE RESULT IS RISK OF HEART DISEASE, TYPE 2 DIABETES AND STROKE.

THE GUIDELINES SAY MEASURING YOUR WAISTLINE SHOULD BE PART OF ANY HEALTH ASSESSMENT.

>>> THIS IS EARTHED DAY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN HOSTED 40 WORLD LEADERS IN A CLIMATE CONFERENCE.

>> NO NATION CAN SOLVE THIS CRISIS ON OUR OWN, AS I KNOW YOU ALL FULLY UNDERSTAND.

ALL OF US, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMIES, WE HAVE TO STEP UP.

>> THE PRESIDENT ADDED THAT THE U.S. PLANS TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT OFFERS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

>>> AND ON THIS EARTH DAY, WE SHIFT OUR ATTENTION TO MARS, WHERE THE MARS ROVER HAS SUCCESSFULLY CREATED OXYGEN.

IT CONVERTEDED CARBON DIOXIDE, AND CREATED ENOUGH OXYGEN TO SUSTAIN AN ASTRONAUT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

>>> THE W.E.

RISING PROJECT IS A LOCAL MOVEMENT THAT STANDS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY AND RACIAL INEQUALITY.

WE TALKED TO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, JACOB RAIFORD ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE MOVEMENT IN LIGHT OF THE CHAUVIN MURDER TRIAL VERDICT.

JACOB THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THE W.E.

RISING PROJECT, GIVE ME A BETTER DEFINITION OF YOUR MOVEMENT, AND WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

>> WELL, IT WAS STARTED IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE OF LAST YEAR, IN RESPONSE TO THE NATIONWIDE CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AT ATTENTION TOWARDS NOT ONLY POLICE VIOLENCE, BUT THE SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT FUELS IT.

SO THAT SUSTAINED DEMONSTRATIONS FROM SPRING ALL THE WAY INTO FALL, AS WELL AS TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE, YOU KNOW, PROTESTERS, ATTEND DEES ON THEIR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT ON THE ISSUES, CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS, SUCH AS WHITE PRIVILEGE, AND KNEW -- NUANCES ABOUT RACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE ISSUE OF PREJUDICE AND BIGOTRY ALSO COME INTO PLAY.

>> WITH THAT IN MIND, YOUR THOUGHTS AS THE VERDICT WAS READ THE OTHER DAY, AND DO YOU THINK THAT THE VERDICT MEANS A NEW ERA, A CHANGE IN POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY?

>> I CAN -- I CAN HOPE.

I CAN HOPE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE COULD BE HONEST, IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR'S WORTH OF PROTESTING, OF MAKING THE IDEA OF POLICE BRUTALITY HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE, IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IT TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT TO CONVICT ONE PERSON OF ONE ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ONE BLACK MAN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

SO WHILE WE CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR, REALLY, AN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT, AN OFFICER ACTUALLY BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THE FACT THAT IT TOOK THAT LONG, SO, YEAH, SO MUCH MORE TO DO, BUT I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT APPEARS THAT THE FACADE IS CRACKING, AND NOW HOPEFULLY OFFICERS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CANNOT WALK AROUND AND ENGAGE IN THESE ACTS, BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> THE IDEA OF CHANGING IN POLICING IN AMERICA, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE?

YOUR GROUP HAS CALLED FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF POLICE.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> I KNOW IT IS POLITICIZED IN NEGATIVE WAYS BY INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MATTER.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.

WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND BLACK AND BROWN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETED AND MURDERED BY POLICE, FOR THINGS THAT DO NOT CALL FOR FORCE.

SO WE ASSESSED IT FROM THE STANDING POINT OF NEEDING TO CREATE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT TO HOUSE SPECIFIC CALLS, AND IT STARTED AROUND OUR INSPIRATION, OR A PROGRAM THAT WAS INSPIRED BY [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEY SERVICED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, SOME OF THESE CALLS -- SOME OF THESE DISPATCHES ARE -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN THEM THROUGHOUT HISTORY IN TERMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN LOOK AT [ INAUDIBLE ].

HAD THERE BEEN A PROGRAM LIKE CAHOOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE COULD HAVE SAVED LIVES.

INSTEAD OF USING A SHOW OF PERSON, OR TREATING A PERSON AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT INSTEAD OF A PERSON WHO HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG.

WE SEE THAT IN MANY CASES, SO WE'RE WORKING TO CREATE A NEW PROGRAM THAT WILL SERVE AS A BUFFER, AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY, SO -- THEN WITH A CRISIS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, IT TAKES AWAY THAT NASTY SIGMA THAT PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED TO POLICE ABOLISHMENT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE WORKING TO SAVE LIVES IN A PRACTICABLE AND REASONABLE MANNER, SO THAT IS A WAY, IN WHICH WE CAN ENACT IT.

WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF ABOLISHMENT, THINK THEY OF ANARCHY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE DON'T SEEK TO DISRUPT SOCIETY, WE ONLY SEEK TO CREATE BENEFICIAL SOURCES FOR IT.

AND THAT'S WOULD BE A NEW DEPARTMENT THAT IS COMPARABLE TO YOUR ENT, TO YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, IN TERMS OF HOW IT IS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> JACOB, WE'RE VERY SHORT ON TIME, BUT ARE YOU ENCOURAGED AFTER THE WEEK'S EVENTS?

>> I'M ENCOURAGED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE HAVE SO MUCH THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY PRESSURE.

>> JACOB, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE.

>> THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>>> AND UN NEXT, WE HEAR ABOUT A CLIMATE-CHANGE DOCUMENTARY THAT FAVORS SOLUTIONS OVER FINGER POINTING.

>>> TODAY IS EARTH DAY, AND ARIZONA PBS IS REPAIRING THE CLIMATE CHANGE DOCUMENTARY, "CARBON NATION" TONIGHT AT 10:00.

WE SPOKE WITH PETER BYCK, A PROFESSOR AT THE CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION, ABOUT WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE CLIMATE DEBATE SINCE HIS FILM WAS RELEASED TEN YEARS AGO.

PETER GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

LAST TIME WE SPOKE WAS WHEN "CARBON NATION" DEBUTED.

AND THIS IS NOW THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS.

>> TEN YEARS.

HARD TO BELIEVE.

>> YES, IT IS.

IT'S A DOCUMENTARY, BUT WHY WAS IT DESCRIBED AS A CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS MOVIE THAT DOESN'T CARE IF YOU BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE.

EXPLAIN, PLEASE.

>> YEAH, WE WANTED TO MAKE A MOVIE THAT WOULD BE A FILM THAT WOULD INVITE ANYBODY IN, WHETHER THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE LIKE WE ARE, OR NOT, LIKE MY UNCLE PHIL AFTER THE TIME.

SO WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE REALLY GOOD BUSINESS SOLUTIONS.

THE WAY WE GROW OUR FOOD AND OTHER THINGS ARE WASTEFUL.

SO WE DID A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT LAND USE EFFICIENCY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THESE FOLKS CALLED THE GREEN HAWKS, WHO ARE SAYING WHY ARE WE FIGHTING THE RESOURCE WARS, SO IF WE DIDN'T NEED OIL, WE WOULDN'T BE IN WARS.

SO THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE WE WERE MEETING WHEN WE MADE THE MOVIE.

PEOPLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, VETERANS WHO SAID WE HAVE FOUGHT ENOUGH RESOURCE WARS.

LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEVELOP SOLAR AND WIND TECHNOLOGY, SO WE HAVE START POWERING OURSELVES.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

AND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -- AND I KNOW YOU HAD A FARMER FROM TEXAS, AND SOLAR PANELS IN CALIFORNIA, ALL OF THOSE FOLKS YOU TALKED TO BACK THEN, HAS THE DYNAMIC, HAS THE LANDSCAPE CHANGED -- THE EQUATION, IF YOU WILL, CHANGED SINCE THEN?

>> THE PRICE OF SOLAR HAS PLUMMETED SINCE THEN.

THE PRICE OF WIND HAS PLUMMETED.

SO NOW THE CHEAPEST ENERGY YOU CAN MAKE IS IN BATTERY STORAGE, AND NOW WE HAVE THAT.

THE CHANGES THAT HAVE NOT CHANGED IN THE MOVIE ARE -- FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO RETROFIT EVERY BUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE THEM MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, AND THE PEOPLE WHO PAY THE MOST WITH INEFFICIENT BUILDINGS ARE PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES.

SO MUCH IS USED HEATING THEM OR COOLING THEM, AND IT'S LIKE WE'RE AIR CONDITIONING THE DESERT IN AT LOT OF HOMES, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T CHANGED HARDLY AT ALL SINCE WE MADE THE MOVIE, THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE A LOT, AND THERE IS THIS OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT IS PHENOMENAL.

CAPTURE WASTE HEAT OFF OF SAY A STEEL FACTORY, AND USE THE WASTE HEAT TO RUN A TURBINE FOR TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S INCREDIBLY COST EFFECTIVE, AND IT'S SO HARD TO DO BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE UTILITY REGULATIONS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHERE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE YOUR OWN POWER.

ESPECIALLY IF YOUR OFFICE IS ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND YOUR HOUSE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO THERE IS ALL SORTS OF WASTE THAT WE STILL NEED TO CHANGE.

>> SPEAKING OF NOT CHANGING AT ALL, FOLKS WHO DON'T BELIEVE THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS MAN MADE.

THERE IS A GUY FROM ALASKA, A GEOTHERMAL GUY, WHO SAYS I DON'T THINK IT IS MAN MADE, AND YET HE DOES WORRY ABOUT THE CLIMATE.

IS CLIMATE CHANGE STILL DEBATABLE?

>> I THINK THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO DEBATE IT.

BUT WE NEVER WANTED TO GET INTO THAT DEBATE.

YOU HAVE JUST MENTIONED BERNIE KARL, WHAT HE IS DOING WITH AMAZING GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY, HE IS GOING TO SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE, EVEN IF HE IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT HUMANS CAUSING IT.

SO WE TOOK A STEP -- WHAT WE CALLED AN INCH ABOVE THE ARGUMENT, IF PEOPLE ARE DOING REALLY COOL THINGS, I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY BELIEVE.

I CARE WHAT THEY DO.

AND BERNIE KARL IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

HIS TECHNOLOGY WAS REINVENTING HOW WE THINK ABOUT GEOTHERMAL POWER, AND THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S PERFECT.

MORE PEOPLE -- MORE PEOPLE IN THE TENT.

WHEN YOU GET SOMETHING THAT BECOMES POLITICAL, PEOPLE GET NOT INCLUDED, AND WE WANTED TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY, BECAUSE THIS EFFECTS EVERYBODY, AND WHEN WE MADE THE FILM, THERE WAS SOME BRAVE SCIENTISTS WHO WERE JUST GETTING READY TO SAY THIS EVENT THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS CLIMATE CHANGE, SO IN SEATTLE THEY HAD THESE CRAZY FLOODS, BECAUSE IT SNOWED AND THEN IT RAINED ON TOP OF IT, BECAUSE IT GOT TOO WARM, AND FOLKS WERE SAYING, I THINK THAT'S CLIMATE CHANGE, OUR MODELS PREDICTED THIS.

NOW IT'S IRREFUTABLE THAT THERE ARE MANY EVENTS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

BUT IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT HUMANS ARE CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE, THEY STILL WANT CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER, SO WE DON'T LIKE TO ARGUE WITH PEOPLE.

WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ALREADY AGREE.

>> AND THAT SAID, LET'S END WITH WHAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE FROM THIS DOCUMENTARY NOW TEN YEARS AFTER.

>> THAT -- THERE'S GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE WE MADE THE FILM, AND THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT STILL NEEDS TO CHANGE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE FILMED WAS LAND USE, AND HOW WE RAISED OUR FOOD, HOW WE TREAT OUR SOIL, HOW WE GRAZE OUR ANIMALS, AND FOR ME THAT IS THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, CONGREGATIONS, AGAIN.

THE FILM WAS FANTASTIC TEN YEARS AGO, AND IT IS STILL A HOOT TO WATCH THIS.

PETER BYCK THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU TED.

>>> FIRE DANGER REMAINS HIGH IN PARTS OF ARIZONA.

WE TALKED TO THE EXPERTS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE 2021 WILDFIRE SEASON.

>>> A NEW MOVEMENT CALLED SCIENCE MOMS WAS LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS YEAR, BY A GROUP OF SCIENCE MOMS LOOKING FOR CHANGE.

WE LEARNED MORE FROM DR. JO-ELLEN RUSSELL, CHAIR FOR INTEGRATIVE SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

DOCTOR THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

YOU ARE A SCIENCE MOM.

AND YOU ARE RUNNING THIS GROUP CALLED SCIENCE MOMS.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

>> IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN A FEW OF US CLIMATE PLANNERS WHO ARE ALSO MOMS, AND WE'RE TRYING REALLY HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND HELP MAKE MOMS INTO ADVOCATES FOR DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> I NOTICED ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU WANT TO GIVE MOMS THE TOOLS AND EDUCATION TO PROTECT THEIR KIDS FUTURE.

WHAT KIND OF TOOLS?

WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION?

>> WELL, THERE'S TWO PARTS, RIGHT?

THERE IS WHAT IS GOING ON?

AND THEY BREAK IT DOWN INTO SIMPLE THINGS THAT YOU CAN FIT INTO THAT TWO OR THREE MINUTES THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE FREE EVERY DAY.

AND THEN WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

ACTIONS AT HOME.

WAITS TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS AND TALK AT THE KITCHEN TABLE, AND ALSO RAISE YOUR VOICE WITH THE STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND LET'S USE OUR MOM VOICES AND TRY TO GET SOME ACTION.

>> AND YOU WANT TO DEMYSTIFY THIS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE WORK ON THIS -- THE SIX OR EIGHT OF US NOW THAT ARE WORKING ON THE SCIENCE MOM CAMPAIGN, WE'RE ALL CLIMATE SCIENTISTS, AND THIS IS OUR JOB.

I'M AN OCEANOGRAPHER, I WORK WITH SUPPER COMPUTERS, ROBOTS, AND SATELLITES TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT FOR OUR OCEANS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLE, MOM-TO-MOM, WHAT IS GOING ON, AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

>> AND THE GOAL IS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> YES.

>> BUT THERE IS SO MUCH OUT THERE, INCLUDING THINGS -- I KNOW MOST SCIENTISTS THINK ARE MYTHS.

DO YOU RUN INTO THIS WHEN TALKING TO MOMS AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF MISINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

IT HAS BECOME MORE POLITICAL THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.

WE'RE A NON-PARTISAN GROUP, AND WE WANT TO JUST LOOK AT THE FACTS.

WE'RE SCIENTISTS.

BY ROBOT FLOATS ARE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, AND BEAM THEIR DATA BACK EVERY 10 DAYS IN 8-MINUTE BURSTS, AND THEY ARE ALL PUT ON THE WEB.

THESE MEASURE S OF OUR CHANGING CLIMATE, THESE ARE REALLY STRAIGHT-FORWARD MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE, AND THE IMPACTS ARE REALLY SERIOUS.

MY 10 YEAR OLD, I SENT HER OUT BIKE RIDING THIS SUMMER WITH HER BROTHER, AND CAME BACK WITH HEAT STROKE, AND WE WERE UP AT 5:00 LAST SUMMER BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THAT THE DOGS WOULDN'T BURN THEIR FEET WHEN WE WERE WALKING THEM.

WE ARE NORMALLY SUPPOSED HAVE SOME 60-ODD DAYS OF 100 DEGREES WEATHER, THIS LAST SUMMER WE HAD 108 DAYS OF 100 DEGREE WEATHER.

AND THIS IS NOT NORMAL, AND AS A MOM, LOOKING AT MY LITTLE ONES, I THINK, OKAY, NORMALLY, I'LL DO ANY SCIENCE, AND HELP SHOW THE TRUTH AND DEMONSTRATE, AND DO ALL OF THESE GREAT EXPERIMENTS, BUT THE SCIENCE MOM GROUP, WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE, BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S URGENT.

WE THINK WE NEED TO GET MOVING.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES, OUR PEAK EMISSIONS WERE IN 2007.

WE'RE DOWN ALMOST 20% ON OUR CARBON EMISSIONS.

THE UNITED STATES IS.

AND I BET YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN DECARBONIZING OUR ECONOMY.

OUR POPULATION IS BIGGER, OUR ECONOMY HAS BEEN GROWING, BUT WE HAVE BEEN REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSIONS.

IT'S EXCITING, AND WE COULD DO IT EVEN FASTER, I KNOW IF WE GOT ORGANIZED AND REALLY PUSHED, WE COULD CHANGE OUR GRAND BABIES' FUTURES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE OUR VOICES, GET ORGANIZED, AND REACH OUT TO THE NETWORK OF MOMS.

WE KNOW THEY ARE ALL TRYING TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR KIDS.

AND WE WANT TO MOVE THAT CURB DOWN FASTER.

WE'RE ALREADY ON OUR WAY.

WE COULD DO EVEN MORE.

>> YOU ARE FEATURED IN "THE NEW YORKER" -- >> I KNOW, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT CAME OUT?

WE HAVE BEEN -- IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

AS A BIG NERD, I DON'T NORMALLY GET TO BE ON "ARIZONA HORIZON" OR IN "THE NEW YORKER", ET CETERA, BUT SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGE AND REACHING OUT TO THE OTHER MOMS, WE NEED TO CHANGE EVEN QUICKER THAN THE CLIMATE IS, AND WE THINK MOMS ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR KIDS AND THEIR POTENTIAL GRAND BABIES, SO WE THINK THEY ARE THE PARTNERS THAT WE CAN LOOK TO, TO HELP US DO THIS.

CHECK US OUT, COME ON IN.

>> DR. JO-ELLEN RUSSELL, CHAIR FOR INTEGRATIVE SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, CONGRATULATIONS, AND BEST OF LUCK FOR THE FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT ONE.

>>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

♪ >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON CRONKITE NEWS, A LOCAL CHEF HELPS BRING NATIVE AMERICAN CUISINE TO PHOENIX.

AND ON AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, CLIMATE CHANGE AS A POLITICAL ISSUE.

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