Dec 12, 2016 2 min read

An editorial opinion from triblive.com:

Reports that President-elect Donald Trump is backtracking on his skepticism of man-made global warming and his criticism of the Paris climate accord are unfounded, insists his incoming chief of staff. Rather, “He’ll have an open mind about it,” said Reince Priebus.

Good. He can begin by opening the door that President Obama slammed shut when he bypassed Senate ratification of the international climate agreement. Make no mistake: This is a treaty with costs and ramifications. As such, it should be submitted to the Senate for “Advice and Consent” under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.

In taking a unilateral route, Mr. Obama and the Democrats “overstepped their bounds and cement as legitimate the reasons for skepticism” of an accord that’s been foisted on this nation, wrote Thomas Lifson for the American Thinker.

Never mind Obama’s egregious approval, by executive fiat, of what proponents admit is a legally binding agreement.

Aside from the accord’s altruistic emission-reduction goals – and lingering doubts as to whether these would make any meaningful difference in world temperatures – there’s an unambiguous financial commitment for those countries that have signed on: reportedly $100 billion per year by 2020 to help developing countries meet their “climate goals.”

That consideration, alone, should have sent this entangling pact before the Senate, where it belonged. It is now Mr. Trump’s responsibility to restore constitutional order.