In fact, the statement, issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, appears to be crafted specifically to justify Trump’s decision to roll back the fuel-economy mandate set by the Obama administration, dumping an addition 8 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere this century. “The amazing thing they’re saying is human activities are going to lead to this rise of carbon dioxide that is disastrous for the environment and society. And then they’re saying they’re not going to do anything about it,” Michael MacCracken, a former senior scientist at the U.S. Global Change Research Program, told the Post.

While U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned leaders this week that failing to “change course in the next two years” would be a mistake of epic proportions, the Team Trump’s take is more or less, there’s nothing more we can do here, might as well let the president’s buddies cash in.

The environmental impact statement cites “evidence of climate-induced changes,” such as more frequent droughts, floods, severe storms, and heat waves, and estimates that seas could rise nearly three feet globally by 2100 if the world does not decrease its carbon output. . . . The world would have to make deep cuts in carbon emissions to avoid this drastic warming, the analysis states. And that “would require substantial increases in technology innovation and adoption compared to today’s levels and would require the economy and the vehicle fleet to move away from the use of fossil fuels, which is not currently technologically feasible or economically feasible.”

Enjoy the planet for now, everyone! It won’t be long until it fully resembles the fiery depths of hell!

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Brett Kavanaugh may be out of multiple jobs

Should the one-week investigation that Senate Republicans and Donald Trump are so graciously allowing the F.B.I. to conduct turn up enough evidence to convince the G.O.P. not to give Georgetown Prep’s most illustrious alum a lifetime appointment, he’ll be out of the job he so clearly believes is his birthright. And probably his gig at Harvard Law, too: