Democrat Governors Ignore Global Realities, Cling to ‘Green’ Policies

Originally published by The Daily Signal.

As global corporations and governments increasingly shed ideologically driven policies that raise energy prices and undermine supply, governors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic cling to counterproductive agendas of contradiction and equivocation.

Programs that prioritize dubious environmental goals over economic growth and basic human needs have been losing support. In the U.S., the Trump administration promotes fossil fuels and nuclear power over so-called “green” energy, suspending leases for five offshore wind projects Christmas week while offering loan guarantees to nuclear operators and promoting coal as a  “clean” stocking stuffer.

Half a globe away, Japan has ended its financial support for large-scale solar projects. Meanwhile, the island nation plans to restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant, which was shuttered a decade ago as an overreaction to a tsunami-induced disaster at another plant.

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