Headline: "Where Are The Climate Republicans?" Answer - They Never Gave A Shit In The First Place [View all]

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After Joe Biden beat Trump in 2020 and Democrats regained control of Congress, then-House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) created a task force to deal with climate and conservation issues. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, now the Republican whip, five years ago talked up “climate resilience” and at one point said of GOP lawmakers, “We all believe climate change is real. We believe mankind is certainly contributing to that.”

Asked last week about action on climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Barrasso said, “Finally, the Republicans are doing the right thing to become energy dominant for this nation in spite of the fact Joe Biden put our head in the noose in the fight against China by shutting down American energy and prioritizing climate over energy that’s available, affordable and reliable.” Trump himself has repeatedly called human-made climate change a hoax. And Energy Secretary Chris Wright called the international Paris climate agreement “silly.”

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Clean energy Republicans are not gone, said Anne Kelly, vice president of government relations at the sustainability group Ceres. They are just “shell-shocked” by administration actions. Heather Reams, president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, a group that works with Republicans on climate and renewable energy issues, said: “No one has successfully gotten in Trump’s bull’s-eye and withstood it.” She said, “House members being singled out by the president, in any administration — that’s tough. In this administration, that could be the end of a congressional career: ‘Why should I stick my head out on something that’s not a top voter issue?'”

Ed. - Yes, what could possibly be more important than "Muh Political Career!!!"?

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GOP moderates, particularly in the House, ceded ground on renewable energy, allowing the near-immediate phase-outs of wind and solar tax credits. The Senate eased but didn’t prevent the incentives’ demise. Even though the megalaw preserved credits for geothermal, hydrogen and nuclear, House moderates caved when it came to extending tax credits for wind and solar — even after 21 GOP members signed letters urging leniency. The night before the House voted on its version, Garbarino stormed out of the speaker’s office saying he was “not happy.” Garbarino, co-chair of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, ended up missing that early morning roll call but said he would have supported the legislation. “They all folded like origami,” Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) said of the 21 Republicans. “Even to the detriment of their own districts, where these investments have been made. It just hasn’t grown into a policy-making effort. It seems it’s maybe political cover for them.”

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https://www.eenews.net/articles/where-are-the-climate-republicans-2/