In countries such as Germany (see recent post), climate change regulation proceeds by idiotic, popular and partisan consensus. Stateside, there’s less enthusiasm for post-carbon fantasies. Thus, climate regulation must be and has been put on autopilot. Two recent D.C. Circuit decisions (described below) illustrate the point. They also illustrate the need to think a bit harder about the administrative state. Today, the decisions; tomorrow, the lessons.

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