The government fully understood the climate crisis during the 1980s, 90s, and 00s, but was unable to put serious limits on greenhouse gas emissions. The extended, ad-free episode https://tdc.video/programs/the-complete-history-of-how-the-us-almost-solved-climate-change?categoryId=61492 Featuring interviews with: Writer Nathaniel Rich - Losing Earth: The Decade We Could Have Stopped Climate Change Article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html Book: https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Earth-History-Nathaniel-Rich/dp/0374191336 Rafe Pomerance: a leading climate change activist who has worked for decades to put - and keep - the issue on the agenda in Washington D.C. https://www.woodwellclimate.org/staff/rafe-pomerance/ Full list of research links available to members of https://tdc.video/ Megacity Episodes: Megacities of the World (Season 2 Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6w1rDa2jc Los Angeles, California's Megacity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QropkR9iasY AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgljcixHvAU Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8 TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4 SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0 CAIRO: Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4 SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEKLuZXrUc Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44 Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg How We Almost Stopped Climate Change 30 Years Ago