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The Time America Almost Stopped Climate Change | Climate Town

Climate Town · 638.1K views · 2021-01-21 · 14:35

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Climate Town tells the history of the period when the greenhouse effect was not politically controversial and the US came close to acting on climate. It covers Exxon's early climate science and the policy failures that followed.

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HN recommends it as an entertaining summary of early bipartisan climate action and corporate influence on research.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2021–2023

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asmor · 2023-04 · Strong recommendation

We got surprisingly close, so close that Exxon had a division on renewable energy in the 80s (but then decided to spend that money on lobbying and disinformation instead). Climate Town has a great video essay on it: [VIDEO]

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asmor · 2023-10 · Recommendation

By the late 70s wasn't a secret, it's more that nobody would listen over the sound of oil prices crashing half a decade later. Exxon even briefly had a substantial research division into renewables. In the 80s! YouTube channel Climate Town has a very good summary of history of early climate chance action, The Time America Almost Stopped Climate Change [VIDEO]

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erdo · 2021-09 · Recommendation

When do you consider the left to have moved on climate? Climate change was a fairly bi-partisan issue initially. George Bush is famous for pushing cap and trade ideas in the late 80s early 90s for instance ClimateTown has a fairly entertaining video about it [VIDEO]

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