Yes, climate change is an existential threat, but there’s also kind of this existential issue of why is it that as our society is progressing… things seem to be regressing and getting worse for a large number of people? Why is that happening? How do we fix that? Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote
I think the Right did us a service calling Obama a socialist for eight years. It inoculated us. Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote
When you shoot for big stuff, you stay true to the movement. You fight unapologetically on the inside; that is a very, very powerful way to pass the radical solutions that are necessary to face the radical problems that you have. Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote
I think Trump uses social media as a way to get to people’s lowest common denominator. He uses it to incite fear. He talks about simplistic ideas. Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote
I’m not a fan of people making up lies, and I do feel I owe it to people to know what the truth is. Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote
I don’t know if it’s a uniquely American thing, but I associate it that way. People get excited by this idea of, ‘Let’s come together and defeat this huge enemy through innovation, by solving this crisis.’ I think that’s motivating and inspiring. Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote
Having presidential candidates say they are supportive of the concept of doing something like the Green New Deal is amazing, but it’s not sufficient. Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote
The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn’t originally a climate thing at all. Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote
We think climate change is important enough to get its own select committee. It would be in addition to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction. Saikat Chakrabarti Read Quote