BLOOMBERG • December 20, 2023
The Biden administration signed into law the most ambitious climate legislation in the history of the U.S., arguably of the world. And he did it at a time of high inflation, when most voters would probably have preferred he focus on making energy as cheap as possible. His reward from environmentalists? Calls for the COP 28 gathering to be more ambitious, demands that the US be less friendly to natural gas, complaints that he’s approving too many oil and gas leases. Trump’s opponents are putting constant pressure on Biden to enact more of the progressive agenda. They undermine the message that Trump is an existential threat. Progressives mean what they say about Trump. They need to start acting like it. ~ Matthew Yglesias