Quoted: Romney fears ‘extraordinary’ failure on climate

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who is part of a core group of lawmakers negotiating a bipartisan infrastructure bill and has expressed openness to carbon pricing policies in the past, is warning that a political failure to address climate change would be “an extraordinary lapse in America’s judgment.” When people assess the legacy of the current generation in 50 years, they will be most critical of “our failure to act to prevent the warming of the planet and the climate change...