When it comes to the Trump administration’s effort to scale back former President Barack Obama’s “Clean Power Plan,” much of the media would have us believe the administration is behaving immorally.

The BBC, for example, comforts itself in the assertion that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt “may not be able to hold back the tide. Renewable energy is cheaper than ever, natural gas is in abundant supply, and the US judiciary is firmly on the side of regulating carbon dioxide.”