"Biden's triumph was no triumph for climate activism. Far from it. Climate change, despite appearances to the contrary, was something of a loser in the 2020 election."
ICYMI, me in @dcexaminer on Joe Biden's climate agenda, now out from the paywall. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
ICYMI, me in @dcexaminer on Joe Biden's climate agenda, now out from the paywall. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
"Biden's climate proposal would transform the economy. It is sweeping in its reach and scope. And it is almost certain never to see the light of day. Voters made sure of that a month ago when they gave Republicans at least 50 seats in the Senate." washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
"Given Democrats' reduced majority in the House, there’s no guarantee it could pass Congress’s lower chamber either. Republicans won't provide a single vote for it, which means that, for all practical purposes, Biden's climate plan is already dead." washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
"The centerpiece of Biden's climate plan: a pledge to spend $2 trillion over four years on what is, in effect, an enormous jobs program for unions (that it would 'create millions of good-paying' unionized jobs is one of its selling points)." washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
I don't go into specifics, but Biden's "climate plan" is nothing but a gigantic spending boondoggle: all it does is throw out cash for more wind turbines, solar panels, vacuous commitments to public transportation, charging stations, etc. It's really bad.
https://twitter.com/varadmehta/status/1340015341339078656?s=20
I also discuss some of the executive actions Biden is contemplating, since Congress will be a dead end: new fuel economy standards, banning fossil fuel drilling on federal land, rejoining the Paris accord, undoing Trump's regulations, etc. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
Undoing Trump's rules and regulations is easier said than done. For one thing, it takes years to go through the regulatory process. For another, what one president does can also be undone by the next guy with a pen and a phone. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
The courts are likely to be less hospitable to new climate and environmental litigation than they were four years ago. Trump transformed the lower courts. And the Supreme Court now has ACB on it instead of RGB. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
A Congress with at best bare Democratic majorities, a regulatory process that will take years to navigate, and a judiciary more skeptical of environmental rules and regulations - all three will pose major obstacles to Biden's climate change agenda. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
One thing that I didn't get into here is how Republicans' keeping the Senate would make it next to impossible to use the Congressional Review Act to repeal the new regulations Trump pushed out this year, including one limiting new environmental rules. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/green…
My thanks to @jgrantaddison for editing the article and to @SethAMandel for accepting it.
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