David Harsanyi on the Climate Change Debate

The National Climate Assessment is here, and it
portends catastrophe; floods, clouds and other assorted weather
events are imminent! The United States, it asserts, has already
incurred billions of dollars in damages from severe weather-related
disruptions because of climate change. But, says the report, “there
is still time to act to limit the amount of climate change and the
extent of damaging impacts.” Environmentalists’ political hope
is that some of this ugly weather will move President Barack Obama
to unilaterally enact carbon dioxide regulations, writes David
Harsanyi. But really, after all these years, admitting that
executive power is the only way to move (tepidly) forward on
climate change policy is basically admitting defeat.

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