Mercury News: President Barack Obama's opponents have derisively called his plans announced last week to combat climate change a "war on coal." It won't be clear for months or years if that's true, but Americans should sincerely hope that it is.
Obama's strategy is limited by the need to bypass a do-nothing Congress, but it is a sweeping one. It includes a slew of small measures -- such as increasing the gas mileage of heavy trucks and the energy-efficiency of appliances and encouraging the development and...