In this episode, Auto Asphyxiation unpacks the 2025 Climate Week NYC theme, “Power Up,” through the lens of New Jersey’s public transit crisis, the creeping influence of authoritarian governance, and the limitations of market-centric climate strategies. We explore how superficial “green” overlays on status quo systems fail to deliver justice or resilience—and why Newark and people outside a very specific demographic continue to be excluded from mainstream elite climate conversations or shuttled off to the segregated panels. Is it time for The Climate Group and other conveners to expand their vision of who is doing the work to solve the climate crisis and who should be at the table.