Here's a simple solution that solves all those problems without reinventing the wheel: another form of the New Deal's Tennessee Valley Authority program. Create steady, well-paying jobs in renewable energy and environmental services like replacing the power grid, building green infrastructure, planting forests, and researching new technology. And before anyone squawks "but socialism is un-American!," consider that the Greatest Generation did this 100 years ago in the face of a climate crisis. We're facing an even worse one now. Time to get ExxonMobile out of the halls of Congress and start thinking about our future as a planet.