“Climate Pragmatism”: The New Retreat
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- September 26, 2025
“I’ve yet to meet a blue-collar worker at a cleantech conference, nor have I met one at cleantech dinner tables. The industry needs to ditch its self-righteous virtue signaling and stop relying on handouts.” (- a Cleantech veteran, below)
“Is this really the climate movement’s next chapter?” asked Stephen Lacey, cofounder and executive editor of Latitude Media, a publication “covering the new frontiers of the energy transition.”
If so, it will end in nothing more than further alienating voters. The progressive approach to climate mobilization has largely failed to build durable coalitions and policies. The election of Trump clearly showed that kitchen table issues matter most. We are in an extraordinary moment where people are struggling to pay their energy bills — and this is the answer? I agree with Michael Liebreich that we need a deep, pragmatic climate reset.
Bravo: And ultimately the reset will have to reconsider (ouch!) the case for climate alarmism and forced (governmental) energy transformation.
https://www.masterresource.org/climate-politics-retreat/climate-pragmatism-new-retreat/
