Political Tribalism and Climate Policy Gridlock

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by Julia Pyper
August 06, 2018

Political tribalism has created gridlock on climate policy — even more so than the polarization on climate science — according to a new peer-reviewed study.

If that’s the case, is there any hope of action any time soon?

Tensions are running high. It’s officially less than 100 days until the 2018 midterm election. Democrats are angry and hell-bent on taking back Congress. Republicans are fighting to keep it.

Will climate change even be on the election agenda? We discuss in this episode, recorded live at the Sun Valley Forum in Ketchum, Idaho.

For this show, the Political Climate co-hosts were joined David Crane, the former CEO of NRG Energy, who argues that too many corporations are still “sitting on the sidelines” when it comes to ditching fossil fuels.

We also address the Trump administration’s proposed freeze on fuel economy standards for cars and trucks, and its threat to revoke California’s clean-air waiver.