This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire

By Steven E. Koonin and Mark P. Mills
Real Clear Wire

The climate change debate continues to rage. Though the science remains "unsettled," what does seem settled is that President Trump will withdraw, again, from the now infamous Paris Climate Accords. Importantly, those accords are centered on pledges made to modify national energy policies.

A decision to exit the Paris Accords is no mere gesture. The central fact for citizens everywhere is that putative "climate solutions" would deploy trillions of dollars and implement mandates and diktats for the supply and use of energy in every aspect of society.