Politicians are professing deep concern for the poor as they debate whether to raise the minimum wage. Meanwhile, few are willing to acknowledge the man-made poverty crisis of green energy. Missouri has made headway against poverty in recent years. The poorest of the state’s wage earners, who make less than $10,000 annually, dropped from 8.2 percent to 7 percent in 2015, according to U.S. Census survey estimates. But that same year, the Obama administration announced its so-called...