Legal Experts Draw Parallels Between Trump’s Virus, Climate Responses

Legal experts and those that back robust climate policy are drawing a host of parallels between President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and how he addresses climate change and other environmental challenges, though conservatives are strongly rejecting the comparison. Environmental law professors and economists say Trump’s playbook for both crises is similar: deny the problem exists, question the science, endorse voluntary-only approaches, seek to benefit industry and leave it up to states to address while simultaneously attacking certain...