Trump’s climate policy: Why strain out the gnat while swallowing the camel?

Published June 25, 2019 4:00am ET



President Trump has finally released the Affordable Clean Energy rule, his administration’s long-awaited answer to former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The idea in replacing Obama’s never-enacted policy is to create “achievable and realistic” standards for reducing the emissions of what remains of the coal-fired segment of the nation’s electrical generation capacity.

If you believe along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., that humanity has only 12 years left to stave off a world-ending climate disaster, then consider Trump’s new policy your cue to stop contributing to your 401(k). In fact, you might as well cancel your health insurance, too, since we’ll all be dead soon anyway.

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