Climate Town

We've totally beefed it on climate policy for 30 years, let's try a new approach. First and foremost, thank you so much for taking that little trip down memory lane with me. It's easy to forget that there was a time when the greenhouse effect wasn't politically controversial, and Exxon was the world leader in climate science. There's probably a good utopian novel about what would have happened if a few things had gone differently. Oh well.

Just wanted to add a little context for the BIG GAME! Okay, first of all, welcome to the channel. We're happy too see General Motors pivoting to electric vehicles after making countless bad decisions for the environment including torpedoing clean air legislation and funding climate denial. That being said, I sincerely hope GM is on the right path here.

An enormous winter storm hit Texas and knocked out power to millions of Texans, and experts know exactly how it happened. Tucker Carlson had a different take, and he just sort of panic-blamed everything on windmills.

The auto-industry saw an opportunity to Trojan-horse their way into the American infrastructure, and their version of the U.S. is the version we're living in now.

Brands may not be leaders on social movements, but you'd never know it if you watched their commercials. FedEx recently pledged to go Net Zero Carbon, but their pledge leaves a lot to be desired. Watch as bonafide try-hard Rollie Williams (Columbia University - Climate Science & Policy) tries to untangle the web of legalese at the heart of the FedEx climate commitment. Is it any good? You be the judge.

ExxonMobil Senior Director of Federal Relations Keith McCoy confessed to like eight different cartoon-villain level plots that ExxonMobil had spearheaded to delay action on climate change.

With stores like H&M, UNIQLO, ZARA, Guess, and GAP selling low quality clothes at bargain basement prices, Americans buy an average of 68 items of clothing every year.

Oh boy, do I love sloppin' together a big wet lunch on my gas stove. #cookingwithgas #sponsored