Climate Change and Issues Impacting the Global Energy Sector, with Ernest Moniz and Newt Gingrich | WHC Ep. 9038

September 25, 2017 by

Llewellyn King interviews former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other experts on climate change and issues impacting the global energy sector.

Guests: Gen. James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), Jones Group International; Dr. Ernest Moniz, Energy Futures Initiative; Newt Gingrich, Dentons; Clinton A. Vince, Dentons; and Karl V. Hopkins, Dentons

White House Chronicle, Show #9038
Air Date: Sept. 22, 2017

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