About the Film

The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.

The Story of Cap & Trade was made by The Story of Stuff Project & Free Range Studios, in partnership with Climate Justice Now! and the Durban Group for Climate Justice, two leading international networks of climate justice advocates.

 

Annotated Script

Right-click the image below to download the PDF of the annotated script

 

Credits

Written by



Produced by

Executive Producer

Director
Camera
Gaffer
Sound

Best Girl
Hair/Make-Up
Production Coordinator


Animation Script

Animators

Animation Assistant
Editor
Sound Design

Website Project Manager
Website Developer
Website Designer
Flash Developer

Story of Stuff Project



Viral Outreach

 

Annie Leonard
Jonah Sachs
Louis Fox

Free Range Studios

Erica Priggen

Louis Fox
John Chater
Charles Griswold
Dan Gleich
Lauren Stocker
Kathleena Gorga
Wen Lee

Louis Fox
Ruben DeLuna
Ruben DeLuna
Lyla Warren
Ben Johnson
Mike Farley
Ray Sutton

Liz Kuehl
Ross Nover
Kate Purcell
Todd Madere

Michael O'Heaney
Allison Cook
Christina M. Samala

Heidi Quante

 

Support provided by

Wallace Global Fund
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Solidago Foundation
Lia Fund


Content Advisors

Dr. Patrick Bond
Director, Centre for Civil Society
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


Dr. Michael Dorsey
Director, Sierra Club National Board

Tamra Gilbertson
Carbon Trade Watch, Transnational Institute

Larry Lohmann
Researcher, Author, The Corner House and
Founding Member, Durban Group for Climate Justice

Janet Redman
Co-Director, Sustainable Energy & Economy Network

Oscar Reyes
Carbon Trade Watch, Transnational Institute



Daphne Wysham
Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies