As the 60th anniversary of the Storm King hydro verdict approaches, the conversation on Indian Point has re-started, and energy prices are higher than ever, a new documentary by a Kingston filmmaker dives into the history and consequences of America’s environmental law industrial complex, and how it reshaped our nation’s energy future.

The film, America’s Green Counter-Revolution, traces a throughline from Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the subsequent DDT ban, to the legal warfare that blocked New York’s Storm King hydro project, and culminates with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to shut down the Indian Point nuclear plant and the larger MAHA movement.

The filmmaker Fox Green argues that these landmark battles weren’t about the environment, but about cultural indoctrination and the loss of American sovereignty; a counter-revolution that traded affordable energy and human flourishing for ideology.

Between the Storm King anniversary, the recent news about the possibility of re-opening Indian Point, RFK Jr.’s rise to prominence, and the tensions between environmentalism and the “Abundance” movement, this film uncovers a lot of interesting historical nuggets.

“This is great, did not know that RFK has such dark green past,” said Adam Blazowski, chairman of the board of WePlanet.

You can watch it on Youtube here.