Behind on 2030 Climate Goals, States Are Cutting or Even Scrapping Them | Ambitious aims have given way to political anxiety over rising costs for consumers.

False narrative. The cost of the petro-economy is skyrocketing. That has nothing to do with measures to prevent the climate disaster getting even worse.

Why even set goals if you are not going to bother meeting them?

As if anyone in charge gave a rats ass about the fears of the consumers.

Replace ambitious with necessary

And the actual cost to consumers as climate change proceeds will be? Already food production has been impacted, insurance costs are going through the stratosphere, people are dying of heat and floods. Obviously these don’t matter.