'Green Energy'; Mayor Adams' Housing Plan; Civil Rights & Dobbs; When Inflation Got Real

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 7, 2022

On today's show:

  • The European Union -- facing a potential fuel crisis as it tries to avoid using Russian oil and gas -- announced that gas and nuclear energy are "green," immediately setting off a controversy. Somini Sengupta, international climate reporter for The New York Times and lead writer for the Climate Forward newsletter, explains the decision and talks about why critics think this move will prolong Europe's reliance on fossil fuels.
  • Mayor Adams released the administration's housing plan last month, but it didn't include a targeted number of new apartments the city would allow to be built. Matthew Murphy, executive director of the NYU Furman Center, talks about the perennial housing affordability crisis in the city, and what he thinks needs to be done.
  • Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, talks about how the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade connects to civil rights, and the importance of voting rights as states will now regulate reproductive rights.
  • Listeners call in to share what made them stop and notice inflation and how they're adjusting their behavior in response.

 

Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.

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