Climate change fight has new obstacle

Ethan Elkind writes for Daily Journal (registration required), Nov. 15, 2016

The presidential election results will make the global fight against climate change more difficult. President-elect Trump has pledged to withdraw the United States from the landmark international Paris accord that commits the world to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. … He may appoint judges sympathetic to arguments that could preempt or invalidate some of California’s environmental laws.