Liam Denning, Columnist

'Popularism' on Climate Won't Help Biden or the Planet

Climate change may favor the GOP as a political issue right now, but the money is moving in the other direction.

October 19, 2021 at 1:00 PM UTC

Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column.

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We all buy insurance, but as a product it’s still a tough sell. Paying for the intangible risk of the unthinkable happening might be necessary. But popular? That would be a stretch.

Climate policy is similar. Americans’ concern about climate change has risen over time, and most favor measures to address it.