Denial Ain’t Just a Dry Riverbed in Egypt

“Around the world, countries are racing to adapt to a rapidly warming planet, reduce pollution and build clean energy. China, the only other superpower, has made a strategic decision to adopt clean energy and then sell it abroad, dominating the global markets for electric vehicles, solar panels and other technologies. Even Saudi Arabia, the second-largest producer of oil after the United States, is spending heavily on wind and solar power.” But this is another area where the new American exceptionalism has emerged. It’s not just that America is shutting down many, many green energy initiatives. We’re also denying the environmental realities that make them necessary (and good business). NYT (Gift Article): The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial.