Six ways Biden's historic climate bill has succeeded — and fallen short.

The shortcomings are not Biden's fault. He had to negotiate a compromise with senators working for plutocrats, including planet roasters, and Senator Manchin was not the only one.

I criticize Biden for weakness on other decisions, including some that are climate-related, and he is certainly no Bernie Sanders, but not for this compromise. I don't see a basis to conclude that anyone else could have done better on this.