The Three Great Lies About Climate Change

Summary

The article debunks three common myths about climate change: that it is not happening, that mitigation is quick, easy and cheap, and that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is the primary barrier to essential infrastructure projects. It cites recent winter storms that forced reliance on coal and expensive fuel oil in the Midwest, Mid‑Atlantic and New England, highlighting the unreliability and limited storage capacity of solar and wind. The piece argues that state and local permitting delays, not NEPA, are the main obstacle to building pipelines and transmission lines needed for low‑carbon energy, and calls for federal pre‑emptive permitting to address the crisis.