Opinion: Federal Regulators Finally Get Out of the Climate Business

February 12, 2026

Which is the greater public menace: ubiquitous greenhouse gases or the contraction of economic liberty necessary to limit their emission? For over 15 years, the federal government chose to target the former at the seemingly limitless expense of the latter. But not anymore.

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