America cannot be America in the new century until it deals with these new questions of gender, including the trans issues, and the questions around faith and Islam.

We need to invest in job training programs, especially those that include child care, transit stipends and paid apprenticeships and internships.

We have gotten to the point where we're more like [Donald] Trump than Trump. Trump is hateful. Now you have liberals hating on love. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. There's nothing wrong with that. But sometimes you have to fight fire with water. I'm happy to fight it either way.

Clean energy independence should be an area of common ground.

We're now moving into a stage where the green economy isn't just going to be the place for people to spend money. It's going to become a place where a lot more people can earn money, and also save more money. These kind of solutions require collective action and government action. So as an advocate for government change, even somebody like me gets to have a role.

Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?

We have the chance to build this new energy economy in ways that reflect our deepest values of inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunity for everyone.