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Paris to Pittsburgh

As the weather grows more deadly and destructive, Americans are demanding solutions to climate change — and they aren’t waiting on Washington to act.

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Sidney Beaumont, Michael Bonfiglio

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RadicalMedia,National Geographic

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BROWN: Mayors and governors,
we're here in the action on
the field taking the kind of - Paris to Pittsburgh

BROWN: Mayors and governors, we're here in the action o...

NARRATOR: A revolution is
underway to tackle our biggest
sources of carbon emissions, - Paris to Pittsburgh

NARRATOR: A revolution is underway to tackle our biggest sou...

So while coal plants
continue to close, clean
energy is creating jobs, - Paris to Pittsburgh

So while coal plants continue to close, clean energy is crea...

PEDUTO (off screen): Despite
the President's announcement, - Paris to Pittsburgh

PEDUTO (off screen): Despite the President's announceme...

There are now more jobs in
renewable energy in the state
of Pennsylvania than coal, - Paris to Pittsburgh

There are now more jobs in renewable energy in the state of ...

This isn't a zero-sum
game where we either
save the environment - Paris to Pittsburgh

This isn't a zero-sum game where we either save the env...

We can do both
at the same time. - Paris to Pittsburgh

We can do both at the same time.

BLOOMBERG: The American
government may have pulled
out of the Paris Agreement, - Paris to Pittsburgh

BLOOMBERG: The American government may have pulled out of th...

NARRATOR: The solutions
are at hand and it
couldn't be soon enough. - Paris to Pittsburgh

NARRATOR: The solutions are at hand and it couldn't be ...

The front lines of
climate change are now
in everyone's backyard, - Paris to Pittsburgh

The front lines of climate change are now in everyone's...

Climate change is not
coming, it's already here. - Paris to Pittsburgh

Climate change is not coming, it's already here.

CASTRO: I grew up in the
heart of South Miami and
when I was 10 years old, - Paris to Pittsburgh

CASTRO: I grew up in the heart of South Miami and when I was...

I remember coming out
on South Beach early on when I
started to surf and I remember - Paris to Pittsburgh

I remember coming out on South Beach early on when I started...

I think we're going
to have to adapt very, very
quickly to the rising tides - Paris to Pittsburgh

I think we're going to have to adapt very, very quickly...

And here in the U.S.
along the east and Gulf coast - Paris to Pittsburgh

And here in the U.S. along the east and Gulf coast

MANN: In Florida, there isn't
much elevation and so they
are now dealing with perennial - Paris to Pittsburgh

MANN: In Florida, there isn't much elevation and so the...

REPORTER (over TV):
King tides are here and the
rising floodwaters are creating - Paris to Pittsburgh

REPORTER (over TV): King tides are here and the rising flood...

REPORTER (over TV): Salt
water seeping up through storm
drains and over the sea wall, - Paris to Pittsburgh

REPORTER (over TV): Salt water seeping up through storm drai...

MANN (off screen):
These are seasonal high tides
that have been there - Paris to Pittsburgh

MANN (off screen): These are seasonal high tides that have b...

CASTRO: In fact, there is an
image of an octopus that was
found in a parking garage half - Paris to Pittsburgh

CASTRO: In fact, there is an image of an octopus that was fo...

LEWIS: The big focus in
Miami Beach, I believe,
is on adaptation. - Paris to Pittsburgh

LEWIS: The big focus in Miami Beach, I believe, is on adapta...

They're spending
$500,000,000 on pumps to
keep the tidal water off - Paris to Pittsburgh

They're spending $500,000,000 on pumps to keep the tida...

So, you adapt to climate
change by elevating roads, - Paris to Pittsburgh

So, you adapt to climate change by elevating roads,

So that's getting a lot
of attention because
people see that as, - Paris to Pittsburgh

So that's getting a lot of attention because people see...

What they're not doing quick
enough is addressing things
like salt water intrusion and - Paris to Pittsburgh

What they're not doing quick enough is addressing thing...

NARRATOR: The Everglades
is a critical source of
fresh drinking water - Paris to Pittsburgh

NARRATOR: The Everglades is a critical source of fresh drink...

But as the sea rises,
it's moving inland, pushing
sea water into the aquifers - Paris to Pittsburgh

But as the sea rises, it's moving inland, pushing sea w...

CASTRO: A lot of people,
when they think of sea level
rise in the State of Florida, - Paris to Pittsburgh

CASTRO: A lot of people, when they think of sea level rise i...

WANLESS: And there's
essentially nothing we
can do to stop that. - Paris to Pittsburgh

WANLESS: And there's essentially nothing we can do to s...

That's a real problem
because as sea level has risen, - Paris to Pittsburgh

That's a real problem because as sea level has risen,

WANLESS (off screen): Yes,
we've had to move the wells
farther and farther inland. - Paris to Pittsburgh

WANLESS (off screen): Yes, we've had to move the wells ...

I think probably within
the next 30 years we'll
have lost our fresh water - Paris to Pittsburgh

I think probably within the next 30 years we'll have lo...

Here's another area
of the science where,
as we learn more, - Paris to Pittsburgh

Here's another area of the science where, as we learn m...

If you look at even
a recent report of the - Paris to Pittsburgh

If you look at even a recent report of the

But now there's enough new
science that's come in that
tells us that the ice sheets - Paris to Pittsburgh

But now there's enough new science that's come in ...

Even if we stop emitting
carbon to the atmosphere now, - Paris to Pittsburgh

Even if we stop emitting carbon to the atmosphere now,

And if we continue with
business as usual, if we
don't do anything about our - Paris to Pittsburgh

And if we continue with business as usual, if we don't ...

And if we go down that
path then at some point in
the future we could be seeing - Paris to Pittsburgh

And if we go down that path then at some point in the future...

Floods are devastating
communities, are
devastating economies, - Paris to Pittsburgh

Floods are devastating communities, are devastating economie...

People want to live on the
waterfront, but the economic
signals are very clear. - Paris to Pittsburgh

People want to live on the waterfront, but the economic sign...

Insurance companies don't want
to ensure those places, uh,
they're being redlined out, - Paris to Pittsburgh

Insurance companies don't want to ensure those places, ...

NARRATOR: In the U.S.,
it's estimated that
in about 25 years, - Paris to Pittsburgh

NARRATOR: In the U.S., it's estimated that in about 25 ...

And by the end of the
century, that number grows
to two and a half million. - Paris to Pittsburgh

And by the end of the century, that number grows to two and ...

ROS-LEHTINEN: I represent
communities that people
would think they're pretty - Paris to Pittsburgh

ROS-LEHTINEN: I represent communities that people would thin...

But many Republican
public officials do not see
the urgency in this because - Paris to Pittsburgh

But many Republican public officials do not see the urgency ...

INHOFE: When you say that
science is settled and the
overwhelming scientific - Paris to Pittsburgh

INHOFE: When you say that science is settled and the overwhe...

CRUZ: Climate change is
not science, it's religion. - Paris to Pittsburgh

CRUZ: Climate change is not science, it's religion.

CLEETUS (off screen):
Climate denialism, the
sort of anti-science attitude - Paris to Pittsburgh

CLEETUS (off screen): Climate denialism, the sort of anti-sc...

There has been a very
well-funded, long-standing
fossil fuel lobby that has - Paris to Pittsburgh

There has been a very well-funded, long-standing fossil fuel...

GERRARD (off screen): To
this day, Koch Industries, - Paris to Pittsburgh

GERRARD (off screen): To this day, Koch Industries,

REPORTER (over TV): The
Koch brothers are among
the nation's best-known - Paris to Pittsburgh

REPORTER (over TV): The Koch brothers are among the nation&#...

The billionaires'
network of political action
committees and advocacy groups - Paris to Pittsburgh

The billionaires' network of political action committee...

TAYLOR (off screen):
Most Republicans in the
House and the Senate privately - Paris to Pittsburgh

TAYLOR (off screen): Most Republicans in the House and the S...

Uh, that it's a
dangerous thing, that we're
seeing its impacts now. - Paris to Pittsburgh

Uh, that it's a dangerous thing, that we're seeing...

They just don't know exactly
what they can do about it
politically that won't cost - Paris to Pittsburgh

They just don't know exactly what they can do about it ...

Some governors have engaged
in some similar activities. - Paris to Pittsburgh

Some governors have engaged in some similar activities.

REPORTER (over TV):
State's Department of
Environmental Protection - Paris to Pittsburgh

REPORTER (over TV): State's Department of Environmental...

This unwritten policy
went into effect after - Paris to Pittsburgh

This unwritten policy went into effect after

GERRARD (off screen): It's
almost as if President Trump
is following Governor Scott - Paris to Pittsburgh

GERRARD (off screen): It's almost as if President Trump...

Almost all of his
cabinet members have been
out front in denying that - Paris to Pittsburgh

Almost all of his cabinet members have been out front in den...

Your decision today to exit
the Paris Accord reflects
your unflinching commitment - Paris to Pittsburgh

Your decision today to exit the Paris Accord reflects your u...

GERRARD (off screen):
They have been going through
various federal documents - Paris to Pittsburgh

GERRARD (off screen): They have been going through various f...

In every imaginable way, - Paris to Pittsburgh

In every imaginable way,

ROS-LEHTINEN: It's hard
for us to move any kind of
legislation because if we have - Paris to Pittsburgh

ROS-LEHTINEN: It's hard for us to move any kind of legi...

SUH: This administration
clearly has the environment in
its bull's-eye and is clearly, - Paris to Pittsburgh

SUH: This administration clearly has the environment in its ...

CURBELO (off screen):
And what I would tell my
friends in public office - Paris to Pittsburgh

CURBELO (off screen): And what I would tell my friends in pu...

Doesn't matter
if you're Republican,
Democrat, Independent, - Paris to Pittsburgh

Doesn't matter if you're Republican, Democrat, Ind...

Sea level rise and coastal
flooding and saltwater
intrusion into the Everglades - Paris to Pittsburgh

Sea level rise and coastal flooding and saltwater intrusion ...

It actually won't allow
us to live there anymore. - Paris to Pittsburgh

It actually won't allow us to live there anymore.

WANLESS (off screen):
I think somewhere later
in this century, - Paris to Pittsburgh

WANLESS (off screen): I think somewhere later in this centur...

You better set aside your
groundwater resources and
you better plan for us. - Paris to Pittsburgh

You better set aside your groundwater resources and you bett...

NARRATOR: A recent
study showed that by
the end of the century, - Paris to Pittsburgh

NARRATOR: A recent study showed that by the end of the centu...

And many of them could
be headed to Orlando. - Paris to Pittsburgh

And many of them could be headed to Orlando.

The city is not
only preparing for these
impacts of climate change, - Paris to Pittsburgh

The city is not only preparing for these impacts of climate ...

ISAAC (off screen):
The message around climate
has been so hard for - Paris to Pittsburgh

ISAAC (off screen): The message around climate has been so h...

It's been big and
scary and something
that's happening far away and - Paris to Pittsburgh

It's been big and scary and something that's happe...

But there are things
we can do and we can impact
policy in our communities - Paris to Pittsburgh

But there are things we can do and we can impact policy in o...

So, I want to say welcome
and thank you for being here. - Paris to Pittsburgh

So, I want to say welcome and thank you for being here.

When we founded the First
50 Coalition, our goal was
to make our city one of the - Paris to Pittsburgh

When we founded the First 50 Coalition, our goal was to make...

DYER (off screen): A lot
of greenhouse gas emissions
come from cities - Paris to Pittsburgh

DYER (off screen): A lot of greenhouse gas emissions come fr...

SPEAKER: Good afternoon,
I'd like to welcome
you to the August 8th meeting - Paris to Pittsburgh

SPEAKER: Good afternoon, I'd like to welcome you to the...

ISAAC: So we went to the city
council to get a commitment to
100% renewable energy by 2050; - Paris to Pittsburgh

ISAAC: So we went to the city council to get a commitment to...

I don't think that's
ever happened at a city
commission meeting before, - Paris to Pittsburgh

I don't think that's ever happened at a city commi...

Those opposed, and so the
motion carries unanimously. - Paris to Pittsburgh

Those opposed, and so the motion carries unanimously.

REPORTER (over TV):
The City of Orlando has
committed to running on - Paris to Pittsburgh

REPORTER (over TV): The City of Orlando has committed to run...

ISAAC: And that was the
whole reason we started
is we needed a win. - Paris to Pittsburgh

ISAAC: And that was the whole reason we started is we needed...

We needed to say this is the
kind of community we could be. - Paris to Pittsburgh

We needed to say this is the kind of community we could be.

NARRATOR: Commitments to
renewable energy are being
made around the country. - Paris to Pittsburgh

NARRATOR: Commitments to renewable energy are being made aro...

More than 75 cities
throughout the U.S.
have already committed - Paris to Pittsburgh

More than 75 cities throughout the U.S. have already committ...

To help make this happen
cities are developing
innovative solutions. - Paris to Pittsburgh

To help make this happen cities are developing innovative so...

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As the weather grows more deadly and destructive, Americans are demanding solutions to climate change — and they aren’t waiting on Washington to act.

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Director: Sidney Beaumont, Michael Bonfiglio

Writer: N/A

Production: RadicalMedia,National Geographic

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 Mar 2020

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.paristopittsburgh.com