Oh Goody! Now We Can See What Conservative Climate Leaders Like John Curtis And Lisa Murkowski Are Planning To Do

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Heather Reams is the president and CEO of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, a right-of-center organization promoting conservative solutions to reduce emissions and advance clean energy policy. She has also served as the chair of National Clean Energy Week since its inception in 2017. The event brings together industry voices and lawmakers from across the political spectrum for rounds of speeches and panel discussions on the industry’s top priorities.

This year’s speakers ranged from one of the leaders of the conservative climate movement, U.S. Sen. John Curtis of Utah, to Democratic U.S. Rep. Scott Peters from California and executives from across the clean energy sector. From hydropower to permitting reform, the two-day policymakers symposium in mid-September highlighted ways in which industry stakeholders and lawmakers across the political divide could cooperate to advance shared energy goals.

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The event’s sponsors also notably included fossil fuel companies like ExxonMobil and BP, and many of the symposium’s speakers spotlighted natural gas as a “clean” energy source, despite significant controversy over its true impact on the climate. Although natural gas produces less carbon dioxide when burned than coal, critics say that leaks of the climate super-pollutant methane during extraction and transportation make it just as harmful for the climate as other fossil fuels.

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"Normally, energy in our country has been additive. I don’t really see that changing. But what we do see a lot of changes is with the innovations that can help improve this technology. So that’s why we’re looking at natural gas plus carbon capture plus methane capture, and giving those policies a voice at the table. So we did have people talking about carbon capture, for instance, as part of a solution—innovative technologies. So right now, we believe in a bigger tent—a tent that is going to allow entities to be able to share their perspectives and their solutions. Another piece that often goes unnoticed is that fossil fuel companies are funding a lot of R&D on lower-carbon technologies. Hydrogen, for instance, or like [carbon capture and storage] and [carbon capture utilization and storage]. So they’re putting a lot of money into this, and they deserve to have a seat at the table, because they are trying to reduce emissions."

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Ed. - Nice niche, Heather. Already small and shrinking by the day, but as long as the ExxonMobil sponsor money keeps flowing, you can keep smarming your way down Low-Grade Hopium Lane.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01102025/heather-reams-conservative-climate-action/