Listen, I’m not necessarily against certain measures if done correctly. I’m not against solar, wind, geothermal, hydrothermal, as long as they are effective, reliable, and inexpensive, without destroying the landscape and waterways. I’m not against EVs, they do not need to be forced on citizens in a Free country. I’m dead set against measures that skyrocket the cost of living and give government more power over citizens. I’m not against doing more for clean air, land, and waters, but, that is an environmental issue, not a climate crisis scam issue. Unfortunately, there are some Republicans who are buying into the scam. This is written by
Ryan Costello, a Republican from Pennsylvania, served in the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019 and was a member of the Climate Solutions Caucus.
Francis Rooney, a Republican from Florida, served in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021 and was the co-chair of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus.
And they are no longer in Congress, because they suck
Opinion | How to Make Climate Change a Bipartisan Priority
As a divided Congress gets underway, the environmental movement must confront a fundamental, and perhaps uncomfortable, reality: The U.S. will not be able to successfully address climate change without bipartisanship.
This is not to discount last year’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which Democrats squeezed through Congress without any GOP votes. However, there is still much work to do on climate and likely a decade’s wait, or longer, until Democrats again secure unified control of government. In the last half century, neither party has recaptured full control of Washington, after losing it, in fewer than 10 years. In the post-World War II period, the average time it has taken is 14 years. At this pace, it will be 2033, 2035, or 2037 before Democrats again hold the House, Senate and White House.
They seem rather upset that no Republican voted for the IRA scam, and seem bummed that Democrats won’t control Congress anytime soon, where they can jam through climate BS like the IRA.
We simply cannot wait that long to pass additional climate legislation. The stakes are too high and the time is too short, especially in light of increasingly frequent and visible climate impacts. So relying exclusively on Democrats for continued climate progress would be a strategic blunder. Bipartisanship is the only assured path to decarbonizing at scale and speed.
See? And they are upset that Republicans won’t bend the knee, when Democrats never do.
Despite this reality, the climate movement has done far too little to lay the groundwork for bipartisan action. For years, philanthropists have poured money into progressive climate groups, while largely overlooking opportunities to engage right-of-center communities on this topic. The data bear this out. According to an analysis by Northeastern University, less than 2 percent of climate philanthropy has gone to engaging conservatives on climate change. On a very practical level, this imbalance misses an opportunity to build a broader tent and delays the elevation of climate as a bipartisan priority.
Because Conservatives haven’t drunk the climate koolaid, but, some squishy RINOs have. And there’s lots of whining by the two, especially in terms of why Republicans won’t just capitulate and Do Something, but, it’s short on recommending any actual solutions. They can both f*ck off with their climate cult crap.
From the nexus of climate and trade to pollution pricing to natural climate solutions, there are many promising areas for bipartisan progress. But unless the environmental community embraces this mandate, and dedicates resources and attention accordingly, we will fail to meet the responsibilities of our moment in history.
This is the environmental movement’s vulnerability, but also its opportunity. Building bipartisan routes forward on climate won’t be easy. But it is the work that can, and must, be done.
Funny how the climate emergency is being linked to pretty much everything, right? It’s almost like this has nothing to do with climate or science.
Show evidence that it’s a human-caused problem, and that we can actually affect it in a meaningful way. Hasn’t been done yet. As long as China and India are building coal power plants, any thing the US does is suicidal virtue-signaling.
Almost as if that was their true goal all along. I wonder why Republicans aren’t jumping in front of that bus to help fund democratic party activist groups. But also, it’s not just philanthropists. As the IRA shows us, Government can funnel money to those groups on a scale that dwarfs private “philanthropy”.