So here we are again: the law commands New York to perform feats best left to wizards, demigods, and whatever bureaucratic deity people pray to when reality refuses to cooperate. Instead of demanding that the courts stop doing the one job they are constitutionally burdened with—upholding the law—New York’s exalted executives actually have a brutally simple and intellectually honest option available. They could walk back to the state legislature like adults, admit that what they tried to legislate belongs to fantasy literature rather than the physical world, explain why it cannot be executed outside the realm of unicorns and Marvel films, and then ask—politely or otherwise—to repeal it, rewrite it, or at least press pause before more damage is inflicted.
Or, if they’d like to attempt decency for once, they could do something even rarer: turn to the voters and say, “We lied to you. We promised miracles, and instead we drafted suicide notes disguised as policy. These laws cannot function, and if we force them through anyway, they will hollow out the very foundations ordinary people depend on to survive.” Then, yes—back to the legislature they go. That would, of course, require certain anatomical features generally found in mythological beasts and not in modern politicians: a spine, courage, or—on particularly ambitious days—a conscience.
Let’s not collectively suffocate while waiting for that evolutionary leap. Far more likely, they’ll continue stumbling forward, pleading with judges to stop being judges and to please, kindly, ignore the law so everyone can pretend this isn’t a slow-motion disaster. The problem isn’t the courts. It’s the politicians—and the eternally adolescent electorate that buys their fantasies and then cries when the bill arrives.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/12/12/new-york-must-reconsider-the-climate-act/