Overview

This is a presentation I created for the general public that tries to tell a story about the last 50 years of environmental policy success, and show how we can do similar great things for energy policy. I connect the passage of the Clean Air/Water, Endangered Species Acts and the creation of the EPA to improvements in our world. I then make the case that we’re at a similar inflection point with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, but much works remains to be done to address our polluting ways

I gave a version of this presentation about five times prior in smaller and larger venues around the State of Idaho. The questions I received were very similar throughout the state, and they are identical to ones I hear when I’m back home with my family around the holiday dinner tables. The consistency to which I hear the same exact misinformation is a startling indication that the public is genuinely curious and concerned about climate change, but good information is not reaching them.

I have been asked a couple times to consider making this into a TED talk (to which I blush), but until then feel free to share this with your friends & family so they’re aware of the many positive visions in our near future, if we choose to act quickly.