As major corporations appear to catch on to what individual scientists reported decades ago, the pressure on politicians will begin to shift. This is good news, but it isn’t clear that corporate comprehension will be accompanied by actions befitting the emergency conditions that have developed. With more than half of all wild animals gone and with increasing weather extremes, it does little good to say that clean air is better. Moreover, the petroleum industry will probably increase its political investments to counter any clean-energy attractions our politicians might feel.