Summary: <p>As Biden-era climate policy begins to take shape, many corporations assure the public that they’re all-in on going green. This week, On The Media considers whether pledges from energy utilities, plastics manufacturers, natural gas providers, and fake meat wunderkinds are all they’re cracked up to be.</p> <p>1. Alicia Kennedy [<a href="https://twitter.com/aliciakennedy?lang=en">@aliciakennedy</a>], food, drink, and climate writer, on the overly-ambitious promises of alt-meat. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/fake-meat-really-future-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>2. Leah Stokes [<a href="https://twitter.com/leahstokes">@leahstokes</a>], energy policy expert at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on <a href="https://coal.sierraclub.org/the-problem/dirty-truth-greenwashing-utilities">“The Dirty Truth About Climate Pledges,”</a> specifically from energy companies. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/grading-electric-utilities-big-green-goals-on-the-media">Listen</a>. </p> <p>3. Rebecca Leber [<a href="https://twitter.com/rebleber?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@rebleber</a>], reporter at <em>Mother Jones</em>, on empty promises of "clean natural gas" for the home. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/fight-over-natural-gas-stoves-are-wedge-issue-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>4. Laura Sullivan [<a href="https://twitter.com/LauraSullivaNPR">@LauraSullivaNPR</a>], NPR investigative correspondent, explains why plastic recycling rarely works. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/how-petrochemical-industry-made-public-responsible-plastic-waste">Listen</a>.</p> <p><em>Songs:In The Bath by Randy NewmanHarpsichord by Four TetCrow Of Homer by Gerry O’BeirneAccentuate The Positive by Syd Dale Double Dozen & Alex GouldYoung At Heart by Brad Mehldau</em></p>
