Opinion | Climate Policy Meets Cold Reality in Europe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Increased global demand has caused the price of coal to triple and the price of natural gas to increase fivefold over the past year.
53% : Yet demand for these fossil fuels is also surging across Asia and South America, where drought has crimped hydropower.
52% : But renewables don't provide reliable power around the clock, and wind power this summer has waned across Europe and in the U.K., forcing them to turn to gas and coal for backup power.
50% : Instead the U.S., like Europe, will need more gas and coal to back up renewables, and the U.S. will become dependent on adversaries like Russia for energy.
46% : European leaders at the United Nations last week applauded themselves as they doubled down on their pledges to slash CO2 emissions.

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