As climate backlash builds around the world, the left is courting disaster

President Donald Trump re-took the White House on campaign promises aimed at upending the global climate debate.He vowed to dismantle climate legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act and recommit the United States to fossil-fuel-based energy independence.Now it’s clear his strategy wasn’t just an American story, but part of a global pushback.Just look at the United Kingdom, where a full-scale revolt against extreme green policies is exposing the dangers of net-zero mandates that favor virtue-signaling over affordability and innovation.The UK’s net-zero law, enacted in 2019, committed the country to zero carbon emissions by 2050. It was hailed as bold leadership, but the reality has been economic sabotage.Since climate policy began in earnest in 2003, UK inflation-adjusted electricity prices for households and industries have increased 140% to 2024.They are now nearly three times higher than US electricity costs.The Labour government’s renewable-heavy plans will only inflate costs further.At a recent parliamentary hearing, top energy executives laid bare the facts: Even if wholesale prices were to plummet to zero, consumer bills would remain just as high as today due to escalating policy-driven expenses.Now, public fury has shattered the cross-party net-zero consensus.Britain’s Conservative Party has long publicly backed climate legislation.

But with polls putting its support at just 18%, even lower than its catastrophic 24% showing in last year’s elections, the Conservatives have pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act and its 2050 target, finally recognizing that it fuels higher costs.Not coincidentally, the surging Reform UK party echoes this stance, decrying poorly designed green policies.Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer might quietly scale back or delay key green targets, according to reports, in a belated, tokenistic effort to keep energy bills down.Even the Tony Blair Institute, hardly known for climate skepticism, now urges suspending ...