A SOFT FORK š± THE GREEN ENERGY STORY
THE DECK | HIDING IN THE CHAOS Issue #173 ā Inspired by the clarity of Heather Cox Richardson
THE SOFT FORK | š± The Green-Energy Story Hiding in the Chaos
While the federal government collapses into corruption and war-crimes investigations, American businesses are quietly choosing something radical:
Survival.
And survival is green.
This is the part no oneās talking about ā the surprising, encouraging pivot hiding in plain sight. 1 4 321 Black hole bends light behind me
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ā 1. Trump pulled the U.S. out of climate leadership.
COP30 in Brazil should have been the moment America re-entered the global climate conversation.
Instead, the administration:
reversed climate policies
walked away from global agreements
mocked climate science
empowered cartels and corrupt leaders
destabilized supply chains
minimized climateās economic impact
and postured for military aggression instead of energy planning
The result was a vacuum ā a federal void.
But thatās only half the story.
ā 2. U.S. businesses did not follow him.
Despite the collapse in Washington, an unexpected thing happened:
60 Fortune 100 companies showed up at COP30.
More than last year.
Including:
Microsoft
Google
General Motors
Occidental Petroleum (yes ā an oil giant)
PepsiCo
and even Exxonās CEO
If Exxon is breaking from Trumpās climate position, the game has fundamentally shifted.
This tells the truth:
Sustainability isnāt political anymore ā itās economic self-preservation.
Businesses see:
extreme weather
collapsing crop yields
spiraling insurance losses
heat emergencies
broken supply chains
investor pressure
and skyrocketing financial risk
They arenāt following Trump because they literally canāt.

ā 3. Farmers and food companies are screaming the truth.
PepsiCoās sustainability chief said it simply:
We need farmers to keep farming.
Our entire business depends on this.
Thatās Community Farm energy.
Thatās the heart of your movement.
What theyāre really saying:
crops are failing
soil is dying
water is unstable
heat is killing harvests
global food systems are fragile
Without regenerative farming, entire industries fall.
So ironically ā
Big Food is becoming a climate ally out of necessity.
ā 4. Clean-energy jobs are exploding.
Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy:
Clean-energy jobs grew three times faster than the rest of the U.S. economy last year.
This isnāt politics.
This is workforce mathematics.
Green energy =
jobs + security + independence + resilience.
Thatās why:
states
cities
corporations
universities
and global supply-chain giants
ā¦are pushing climate plans forward without waiting for Washington.
ā 5. Businesses have effectively become the climate adults.
Analysts are clear:
The most meaningful U.S. emissions cuts today
are being driven by non-federal actors.
The federal government fractured.
The military is compromised.
War-crimes investigations are cracking open.
And the noise is deafening.
Yet ā
the climate transition kept going.
Not because of Washington.
But because:
businesses
farmers
investors
municipalities
scientists
engineers
and the global marketplace
ā¦all know the truth:
The economy dies without climate stability.
This is the green-energy story hiding inside the chaos:
The government fell apart,
but the climate transition didnāt
because survival became bipartisan.
š§ THE FLOOD AT THE END OF THE YEAR
Todayās panic-signals, noise storms, and desperate zone-flooding arenāt signs of strength ā theyāre signs of collapse.
Authoritarians flood the zone when:
institutions are wobbling
narratives are collapsing
scandals are stacking
allies are slipping
immunity is cracking
and control is dissolving
The flood isnāt dominance.
The flood is fear wearing a megaphone.
And thatās exactly when you look for the real story underneath.
This time?
The real story is green.
The real story is quiet.
The real story is local.
The real story is communal.
The real story is regenerative.
The real story is Community Farm energy finding its moment.
The noise is chaos.
But the signal is growth.
š± Soft Fork complete.
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