The two major political stories of this week could not be more different, with the EU trying to get all 28 countries to commit to a zero emissions 2050 target, while Donald trump’s US administration plans to roll back rules from the Obama era couched in changes to the Environmental Protection Agency Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The Trump maneuver does little more than allow coal plants to pollute more. The sad fact is that neither of them will have much effect whatsoever. The thing about Europe is that it works only on a 100% vote basis, in that any single country can veto. It effectively becomes a barter system. Those disadvantaged by a new rule, ask for some cash,…