He was talking about climate change. “Those who think we’re powerless to do anything about this greenhouse effect are forgetting about the White House effect. Bush senior’s “White House effect” – his phrase promising US leadership to address climate change from which the documentary takes its name – now means something very different. A new term, “climate change sceptics”, came into existence, and a group of them were soon invited into the Oval Office to meet Bush. Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House roof in 1979.
