"From 1988-1992, Yale grad and oil company founder George H.W. Bush was commander-in-chief; not only did Bush. Sr. improbably make vocal his belief that global warming ("The Greenhouse Effect") was real, but promised to employ "the White House effect" to counter it. Which included appointing as EPA chief Bill Reilly, an avid conservationist and veteran of Nixon's Presidential Council on Environmental Quality and the World Wildlife Fund."
"The week before the doc's October 31st Netflix release, Filmmaker reached out to the co-directing trio to learn all about digging into the late 20th century past to promote action today. Unfortunately, the 41st president would also employ as chief of staff former NH governor John Sununu, who Time magazine once called "Bush's Bad Cop" and whose laser-like focus on the American economy likewise meant championing Big Oil at all costs. (It's no spoiler alert to say the bad guy won. And we all lost.)"
The White House Effect is an archival film revisiting 1988–1992 U.S. politics when George H.W. Bush publicly acknowledged global warming and pledged a "White House effect" to address it. He appointed Bill Reilly as EPA chief, a conservationist with experience in Nixon's Council on Environmental Quality and the World Wildlife Fund. John Sununu as White House chief of staff prioritized the American economy and championed Big Oil, undermining sustained action. The film traces this political tension as a missed opportunity to tackle climate change. The filmmakers have a 15-year creative partnership and drew inspiration from Nathaniel Rich's Losing Earth.
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