Brian Deese

Although the Trump administration cannot halt global progress on climate change, it can still hurt the U.S. economy and the United States'…

— Brian Deese

Under President Obama's leadership, the United States has done more to combat climate change than ever before.

— Brian Deese

When fully implemented, the EPA's Clean Power Plan will prevent up to 6,600 premature deaths and 150,000 juvenile asthma attacks annually.

— Brian Deese

As new technologies upend the economics of climate change, the politics surrounding the environment are changing, too.

— Brian Deese

It is neither feasible or advisable for us to reshore all supply chains; partnerships with our allies that promote more stable access…

— Brian Deese

When we look at economic crises, it is more often policy makers do too little than too much.

— Brian Deese

Indeed, the only reason Trump is able to talk with the Big Three automakers about where to locate their production is because…

— Brian Deese

Climate change is real, it is being driven by human activity, and it is affecting the lives of people across the United…

— Brian Deese

For the typical Americans, most of their income comes from wages. So, for people making less than $1 million a year, about…

— Brian Deese

The risk of operating from home offices in terms of cyber attacks is exponentially greater.

— Brian Deese

I slept in the parking lot of the G. M. plant in Lordstown, Ohio.

— Brian Deese

The Clean Power Plan sets the first-ever national carbon pollution standards for the power sector, the single-biggest source of carbon emissions in…

— Brian Deese

We have a theory on how to constrain the size of government, but it has to be focused on how to make…

— Brian Deese

We need to expand opportunities for more families to reap the benefits of using cleaner sources of energy that can also help…

— Brian Deese

Most car companies in the world are saying they're going to electric vehicles. That's an inevitability. The question is, 'Can we do…

— Brian Deese

Strategic public investment to shelter and grow champion industries is a reality of the 21st century economy. We cannot ignore or wish…

— Brian Deese

Investments, for example, in early childhood and in our children return enormous dividends in terms of their own academic success, reduced cost…

— Brian Deese

Middle-class economics is the simple idea that the economy performs best when the benefits of economic growth are broadly shared, not isolated…

— Brian Deese

The data show it's possible to grow the economy without growing pollution.

— Brian Deese

For too long, opponents of climate change have hid behind the argument that the U.S. cannot afford to cut carbon pollution because…

— Brian Deese

Almost all of the Marshall Islands' 72,000 residents live within seven feet of sea level. If the climate continues to change at…

— Brian Deese

The Clean Power Plan will significantly boost clean energy as a share of the United States' energy mix and give states increased…

— Brian Deese

The Everglades are flat, and they border a rising ocean. As the sea levels rise, the shorelines erode, and that salty water…

— Brian Deese

Climate change is real, it is being driven by human activity, and it is not a problem any one country can solve…

— Brian Deese

Many smaller economies - island states, poor nations, and tropical countries are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

— Brian Deese