{"id":925,"date":"2009-08-27T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T15:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=925"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:11:24","slug":"video-fred-krupp-on-global-warming-and-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/08\/27\/video-fred-krupp-on-global-warming-and-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Fred Krupp on Global Warming and Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Krupp, EDF&#8217;s president, is the newest star of the <em>Washington Post<\/em>&#8216;s power-broker video series &#8220;On Leadership.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In it, Fred talks about what it will take to get a clean energy bill passed in Congress, the need for Presidential involvement, and &#8220;putting together the recipe that wins.&#8221; He says:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;What we&#8217;re working on is the biggest most awesome threat to the future of humanity, maybe save nuclear weapons, that I know of.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I think a lot of far-sighted business people &#8230;see a future where we&#8217;re going to have to do things in a new way.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The leaders who are resistant [to change] are usually the ones who don&#8217;t see it coming. 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