It also didn't note that one source quoted, David Ropeik, has consulted for some of the very polluters that are trying to undermine action on the climate crisis.
Abandoning globalisation for protectionism would undermine action on climate change; regional blocs would compete with each other, and focus on energy security by prioritising access to fossil fuel reserves.
While many made bold pledges in 2015 in the run up to the Paris talks (Ikea, for example, promised €1bn to fight climate change), the continued existence of cosy, secretive lobbying threatens to undermine action we need to avoid catastrophic climate change.
"One of the biggest threats to the economy is climate change - airport expansion would undermine action to tackle it.
"Really, the recession in many ways undermined action over the past five or six years," Stern said.
And they undermine the actions of the vast majority of taxpayers, who pay more in tax as a consequence of others enjoying a free ride".
Undoubtedly, we must take responsibility as individuals for making the world a better place, but too often, governments and companies undermine individual actions by doing too little themselves.
And if the Fed looks ineffective, it could undermine future action by the central bank.
How many Americans understand the extent to which their country, especially during the Bush presidency, strives to undermine collective action on a number of fronts?
At one point, Mr. Bradley referred, rather obliquely, to a page in the book "All Too Human," by George Stephanopoulus, Mr. Clinton's former senior aide, to assert that Mr. Gore had worked in the administration to undermine affirmative action.
