Commentary The advent of the Biden administration was supposed to signal a new era for climate policy. The bevy of climate executive orders issued during his first week in office—along with grandiose promises at the United Nations climate summit—seemed to support his campaign pledges. But now Biden is slow-rolling the release of his “national climate strategy” detailing how to eliminate America’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, leaving many activists frustrated and wondering where the administration’s priorities really lie. I suspect Biden’s radio silence on his emissions plan has less to do with priorities and more to do with taking America to net-zero being plain impossible—not to mention utterly fruitless at stopping climate change. Modern society’s standards of living are unattainable without greenhouse gas emissions. We need only consider the stark difference between the extreme poverty and daily danger faced by people living in developing countries without electricity and the luxurious …