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Bonus: Leaders of the US & UK on Powering the Future

Bonus: Leaders of the US & UK on Powering the Future

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One Decision is a podcast that speaks with those whose choices had an international impact.

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The United Kingdom and the United States are two leading
governments working on transitioning to net zero emissions by 2050.
Both the Sunak and Biden administrations have set ambitious goals
for the next several decades, and in some ways, they are going
about it similarly with sweeping legislation—like the Inflation
Reduction Act—that is setting new standards. Guest host and
journalist Liz Landers spoke with two top officials overseeing this
work for their respective countries: UK Secretary of State for
Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho, and United States
Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk. Coutinho's a rising star in the
conservative government who was first elected in 2019—and has the
ear of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as a close advisor. We asked her
about nuclear power, using oil and gas drilling licenses to
stabilize energy sources during the transition, and how the war
between Ukraine and Russia has impacted energy policy. Across the
pond in the United States, Turk has decades of experience in
government, including working in President Biden's senate office,
and more recently was the Deputy Executive Director of the
International Energy Agency. We spoke with Turk about the
implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, a massive piece of
legislation signed in 2022 that invests in clean and domestic
energy projects—and why there aren't more electric vehicle charging
stations around the country.