Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. – Jeff Goodell
But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid. – Jeff Goodell
Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved? – Jeff Goodell
In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations. – Jeff Goodell