Topic: Nrdc

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is working with Hollywood writers through a campaign called "Rewrite the Future" to integrate climate change themes into mainstream entertainment. Playwright Cheryl Slien explains the goal of moving away from apocalyptic tropes toward stories where characters take proactive steps to address environmental issues.

A production manager provided "isolated" audio from a private National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) fundraiser featuring Hollywood comedians. The clips include George Lopez joking about Trump's immigrant wives and Seth Meyers commenting on the election results. The hosts observe that the comedians struggled to find humor in the wake of the 2016 election.

The Environmental Protection Agency is utilizing the Clean Air Act to bypass Congress and implement strict regulations on coal-fired power plants. Senator James Inhofe has challenged the EPA's "endangerment finding," alleging the agency failed to follow its own peer-review procedures and relied on IPCC data to justify cap-and-trade policies.

A shift in media narratives is observed, moving from racial issues to income disparity and promoting trade schools over traditional four-year universities. Simultaneously, the "new normal" meme is applied to the current U.S. drought, with the NRDC claiming that climate change will make such events more frequent and intense.

The Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) issued a report claiming that the American preference for soft, multi-ply toilet paper is destroying old-growth forests in Canada. The hosts mock the environmentalist push for recycled paper, leading to a historical tangent about the "Groom of the Stool" in the British Royal Court.