[Washington Post subscription required to read this article.] Climate scientists are dealing with a strange new feeling now that Joe Biden is president: optimism.
General Motors Co.’s plan to become carbon-neutral by 2040 and drop gas and diesel engines in all new light-duty vehicles by 2035 reflects a newly Democratic-controlled capital pivoting to an aggressive climate agenda.
What a recent flurry of executive orders shows about the drawbacks of executive fiat. Building a presidential legacy out of executive actions can be like building castles out of sand—both risk being wiped out by the changing tides…