Washington Post: This is the first installment of a weekly column on energy and the environment -- Planetary. This column will try to draw together major trends in this sphere and provide analysis and perspective that extend beyond our daily reporting. We welcome ideas from readers about major topics I should write about -- click on my byline to email me, or tweet @chriscmooney.
Back in 2009, there was an exceedingly weird idea afoot -- that President Obama would sweep into office, get a climate change bill...