Declaring a "national emergency" on climate change is basically what Barry Obama did when he committed the U.S. to the terms of the Paris Climate Accord without Senate ratification.
IMO, the problem with Bret and other "journalists" is that they have not experienced life beyond the NYC/Wall Street/Beltway corridor. It skews their perceptions and heightens their sense of self importance to an alarming degree.
In my life, I've experienced the wrath of liberals, and at a very young age. These liberals are now in the halls of power at the highest level, the same people who castigated and ostracized me during my last two months of HS. My crime was to accept an Army ROTC scholarship (HS is 15 miles south of Berkeley). I even encountered teachers who told me to my face how "disappointed" they were with me. lol
BTW, that same high school graduated Rachel Maddow...lol.
It helped turn me into the PITA I am today.
And yes, Bret Stephens is an effing idiot. lol
Stay well, my FRiend.
So is one of the other troskyites, Johna Goldberg he is already on the list.