SOMEHOW, I DOUBT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WILL NOTICE. This is a great post by Kevin. Over the past couple of decades, California’s per capita energy usage has actually declined, even while the nation’s shot up. Our smog levels have fallen and our air is cleaner. Why? Because we passed laws — regulations — making it so. And while the corporate community howled and promised us economic Armageddon if we dared regulate their activities, the state’s done just fine. What a shocker.

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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.