The tide appears to be turning with Republicans warming up to the idea of tackling climate change ahead of the November elections and amid broad support from millennial GOP voters.
How does the party refrain from alienating its hardline base members who don't believe climate change is caused by human activity—or who believe government should play a small or nonexistent role in the problem—while also appeasing a younger generation that calls for immediate remedies to a problem that could have major implications for them later in life?Republicans have been slow to tackle climate change.
"One of the fears that Republicans have had is that acknowledging climate change means you're advocating for big government and you're throwing out the free market. But that's not the case.
To Reams, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and several of his GOP colleagues last week took the significant step to unveil the first part of a three-pronged initiative centered on carbon capture, conservation and clean energy. The idea is to essentially plant more trees, make it easier to achieve carbon tax credits and invest in new technologies.
Kildea declined to elaborate about the general types of legislation his group could get behind. He said they were in the process of relaying the information to another media outlet, which would release the information at an unspecified later date. Gaetz's plan, which has not received a vote and is co-sponsored by only Rep. Francis Rooney , to drive down greenhouse gas emissions is multi-pronged: slash regulations, specifically those barring federal lands from being used for renewable energy research; modernize the electric grid; invest in cleaner technologies, like nuclear energy, hydropower and carbon capture; and protect American innovators' intellectual property.
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