Carefully crafted press releases—designed to instill fear and loathing into impressionable minds—were distributed en masse to schools across the nation.

They wanted to patent it. Carefully crafted press releases—designed to instill fear and loathing into impressionable minds—were distributed en masse to schools across the nation. The message was simple: fear your carbon footprint, repent through carbon credits. An entire generation of self-sacrificial youth bought into the bullshit, unaware they were playing directly into elite hands. Thanks to the No Child Left Behind Act, signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 8th, 2002, the federal government had gained unprecedented control over the curriculum in schools across every state.