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The American left’s chronic nimby problem
Progressives like to embrace worthy causes but not often at the cost of having their lives disrupted.
Edward LuceColumnistJoe Biden’s clean energy bill rightly hit the headlines when it was passed in August. It was America’s biggest move by far to tackle global warming.
Alas, there were few headlines last week to mark the torpedoing of that bill’s substantive hopes. An unholy alliance of left-wing Democrats and Republicans sank an accompanying bill that would have cut through red tape to ensure the clean energy projects can go ahead.
Financial Times
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