Over the last decade, an orchestrated climate agenda took hold across the U.S. that was built on aggressive emission reduction pledges, rapid transitions, and a coordinated climate lawfare offensive that recently celebrated it’s ten-year mark without a single meaningful win. Designed to remake the energy landscape and eliminate fossil fuels, it was championed by politicians who embraced the green vision. Now, reality is setting in. Cracks are forming as states pivot from climate alarmism toward common sense.

Massachusetts, for example – long touted as a national “climate bellwether,” – is failing to follow its own emissions reporting deadlines and is tripping over the very climate rules it wrote, all while scrambling to contain rising energy costs. Similarly, New York and New Jersey have done a climate about-face, as both states approved natural gas pipeline infrastructure and are reconsidering climate target deadlines. Governor Newsom in California quietly reopened the door to oil and gas after years of championing himself as the foe of the fossil fuel industry, while Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro has also pulled out of a pending cap and trade program. These are the latest hints that even the loudest climate champions cannot outrun affordability and reliability concerns forever.

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