Mike Mann flagged the bizarre editorial above from this week (that’s right, 2023) in the Wall Street Journal.
The relentless John Mashey added context.
Also, there’s this.
“Freedom”.
More Evidence: Tobacco Denial is the Gateway Drug to Climate Denial
Is catering to prohibitionists a necessary part of climate communication ?
The most conspicuous connection between the two debates is that many of the advertising agencies and law firms that won lucrative victories in the smoking wars rolled over into climate advocacy as the the 21st centuries next big thing- ad did many politicians including Vice President Gore..
Schools of government unsurprisingly favor regulatory expansion because their student’s career prospects depend upon it, but that view is far from universal – President Obama shrewdly remarked that a lot of “Americans don’t cotton to being governed.”
It’s advice Sunak should heed in the light of the UK’s growing disaffection with alternative power.