(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Benji Backer is a conservative climate activist (yes, you read that right). Benji is the president and founder of the American Conservation Coalition, a bi-partisan environmental policy lobbying organization. BUY BENJI’S NEW BOOK:  https://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Environmentalist-Common-Solutions-Sustainable-ebook/dp/B0CJ24CZW8  EPISODE LINKS - Julian Dorey PODCAST MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/  - Support our Show on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey   - BUY Guest’s Books & Films IN MY AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952   BENJI LINKS - INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/benjibacker/?hl=en  - WEBSITE: https://acc.eco/  LEAP BRANDS LINKS - WEBSITE: https://leapbrands.io/  - INSTAGRAM: ​​https://www.instagram.com/leapbrands/  FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/   INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/  X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips   - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily   - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP   Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “JULIANDOREY”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Benji working w/ Jared Kushner on Climate; Benji’s very confused childhood 6:24 - Benji gets into Republican politics as a kid & then gets into climate somehow 10:19 - Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”; Apocalyptic Cults; Celebrity hypocrisy & Virtue signalling 18:39 - Greta & AOC; Benji’s organization & how it started 22:19 - Science of Climate Change; Wisconsin Winter Disasters 27:47 - The biggest Climate Change Threat Nobody talks about 31:37 - Climate Scientists, Politics, & The Industrial Revolution History; Fossil Fuels right now 38:06 - What does Carbon Footprint “mean?”; What’s really happening w/ Glaciers & water levels 50:43 - NYC, Boston, & Miami Underwater?; How to RAISE Cities off water 1:00:53 - “Clean Coal” (lmao); Trump & Socioeconomic impact on coal miners; Nuclear Energy 1:06:56 - Bill Gates new Nuclear Project; Why Nuclear Energy is Climate Friendly 1:18:12 - Govs vs Corps; Blackrock 1:26:37 - Political pendulum extremism 1:28:41 - Greta Thunberg; Climate Distractions for Gov Actions 1:38:29 - Coastal vs. Rural Political Divide; Hating on farmers who feed us 1:43:39 - Julian’s NYC Businesswoman Story; 1 Party System 1:49:59 - Politics’ greatest crime; Phones & the divide; Technology evolving faster than humans 2:00:02 - Rural Americans’ interaction w/ nature 2:03:13 - China, India & Russia don’t care 2:08:58 - Regulations vs Free Market w/ Climate 2:15:15 - Benji’s Jared Kushner Meeting 2:20:12 - Overpopulation vs Underpopulation 2:25:25 - AOC’s Extinction Lady Prank Funny Video 2:32:33 - Why Alex Epstein is Wrong about fossil fuels 2:37:02 - The danger of Benji playing both sides; Slave to $$$ 2:42:51 - The Green New Deal 2:49:57 - California’s new 2035 Electric Vehicle Law 2:55:16 - Benji’s Next Project CREDITS: - Host, Producer, and Editor: Julian Dorey - In-Studio Producer: Alessi Allaman - https://www.instagram.com/allaman.docyou/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 225 - Benji Backer Music by Artlist.io