Why Environmentalism Failed (Ft. Matt Huber)

Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeWhy has modern environmentalism failed to build a real mass politics? In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War, to talk about why mainstream climate politics has so often been trapped in consumer guilt, lifestyle moralism, and elite discourse, instead of building power through class politics, labor, energy, and production. We discuss why carbon footprint politics became such a dead end, how the PMC shaped green ideology, why so much environmental messaging alienates ordinary people, and what a serious socialist approach to climate change would actually look like.In this week’s Backroom episode on Patreon, I go further into degrowth, the degrowth debate, and the conflict between ecological limits, abundance, socialism, and industrial modernity.Timestamps:00:00:00 Intro00:03:45 Why climate activism failed00:07:00 Climate change as class war00:09:10 Production, not consumption00:16:58 Carbon taxes and backlash00:19:43 Agriculture and emissions00:33:45 The left, growth, and electrification00:39:27 Oil, Canada, and industrial politics00:41:06 Degrowth vs abundance00:49:03 The PMC problem00:56:21 Why green politics alienates workers01:24:00 Farmers and the working majority01:31:12 Environmental health and populism01:40:28 Nitrogen, industry, and decarbonization01:45:56 Electrification and climate jobs01:49:46 Backroom previewGUEST:Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class WarBook: Climate Change as Class WarFOLLOW 1Dime:• Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial• Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman• Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeOutro Music by Karl CaseyLeave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.