President Biden’s announced commitment to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half in just nine years is being viewed as nothing but a political document since it lacks any specifics for achieving the goal. More importantly, the U.S. Congress would not ratify the Paris Agreement itself and therefore would not enact the policies necessary to reach its goals. This leaves the Biden Administration solely dependent on regulating the complete conversion of the economy, a highly implausible approach. To put the limits of the presidency in perspective, Donald Trump used every bit of his authority and funding trickery and still managed to only impose new barriers on otherwise unfenced area to 4 percent of the border with Mexico. Most America...

TAGS – North America