John Kerry’s recent PBS NewsHour remarks should wake every American to the reality we can no longer afford to ignore: climate inaction is far costlier than the clean-energy transition he described. Solar and wind are not distant ideals — they are now cheaper than many fossil fuels, and they are creating jobs, cleaner air, and economic opportunity. To treat this as anything less than an emergency is fiscal negligence and moral failure.
We must stop subsidizing yesterday’s fuels and start treating clean energy as the national priority it is. That means defending and expanding smart investments like the Inflation Reduction Act, ending subsidies and permits that prop up unabated fossil fuels, and directing public capital to scale renewables, grid modernization, and climate resilience — especially for vulnerable communities and developing nations who did the least to cause this crisis.
Kerry is right: we face a race against time. Reliance on speculative fixes like unproven carbon capture cannot be our excuse for delay. Leadership requires choices — choose jobs, choose health, choose the livable planet our children deserve. If our elected officials continue to hedge, we must hold them accountable at the ballot box.
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