“… the climate crisis clashed with the affordability crisis, and affordability won.”
“… the retreat of climate catastrophism has made room for a less strident but more sustainable climate realism, focused
“Inflation and energy security became the public’s and politicians’ priorities.”
“… worst-case scenarios don’t look so bad.”
“Yet as climate catastrophism gives way to climate realism, there’s a risk the pendulum swings too far, to climate denialism.”
“It would not be progress if, having parted ways with one ideological extreme on climate policy, we end up hostage to another.”
– Greg Ip, “The Climate Crisis Clashed with Affordability, And Affordability Won.” Wall Street Journal, December 13, 2025