silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agoYoung Republicans tried to focus GOP presidential contenders to act on climate changewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkYoung Republicans tried to focus GOP presidential contenders to act on climate changewww.npr.orgsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareSkyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThe closest anyone got to getting republicans to do anything about the climate was when AoC introduced the Green New Deal. They lost their minds for a minute at being called out.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThat’s not quite true; it used to be possible to get an about-to-retire Republicans to endorse legislation. Francis Rooney endorsed carbon fee-and-dividend legislation back in 2019 (It did not pass)
The closest anyone got to getting republicans to do anything about the climate was when AoC introduced the Green New Deal. They lost their minds for a minute at being called out.
That’s not quite true; it used to be possible to get an about-to-retire Republicans to endorse legislation. Francis Rooney endorsed carbon fee-and-dividend legislation back in 2019 (It did not pass)