Where’s the Climate Leadership?

Sara Goddard: “The unbridled impunity with which fossil fuel companies and plastics producers greenwash their activities is deeply entrenched. It’s accepted with ignorance or cynical resignation by a nation that lacks robust, centralized climate leadership in tackling a planetary crisis of epic proportions.”

“Oil producers act with abandon, fueled with cash and no guardrails… But it’s not just the power of money that ensures industry dominance. Energy companies exert an enormous amount of influence in policy-making at every level of government…”

“And let’s not forget the influence that the industry exerts on individual lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats, alike.”