Some Republicans Do Understand the Need for a Comprehensive Climate Bill
by AlwaysGreen - February 8th, 2010. Tagged as: Climate Policy, Green Collar Jobs.I know it may seem impossible but some Republicans do understand the need for comprehensive climate and energy legislation.
Given, some may not entirely believe the climate change thesis, many do understand the national security, oil, and job creation aspects of it.
The most outspoken Republican is Sen. Lindsey Graham who has been working with Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman to develop a comprehensive energy bill that all parties can agree on. He was recently quoted as saying that an energy bill that does not regulate carbon would be “half-assed”.
Sen. Graham continued to emphasize the importance of regulating carbon since it will lead to the investment in alternative technologies that will create new jobs, reduce our dependency on foreign oil, and allow us to be come a leader in such technologies.
Sen. Graham also expressed his concerns of China’s continued push into alternative and green technologies and stated that the longer the U.S. waits the further we will fall behind.
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