French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent visit to the U.S. offers a stern reminder that even as the Trump administration tries to withdraw our country from the global community, our friends and foes around the world continue to respond to climate change, and those responses will have long-lasting implications.

Economies both large and small have begun a shift from fossil fuels to renewable and low-carbon energy sources. Unfortunately, for ideological reasons, Republicans in Washington are blind to the economic opportunities this creates. Rather than embracing renewable energy as a tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect our environment, and spur job creation, Republicans are focused on a backward fossil fuel agenda that even many libertarian free market supporters consider wasteful.