Matt Gaetz (R-DUI) Introduces Useless Climate Document, But The Title Totally Owns The Libs
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is circulating a “Green Real Deal” resolution to counter the “Green New Deal” floated by Democrats, according to a draft copy obtained by POLITICO.
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The resolution acknowledges climate change as a threat to national security and says the government should promote innovation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it does not set any targets for future carbon cuts and calls for keeping the door open to all types of energy production. It would be the most detailed GOP response to the Green New Deal resolution that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced last month. Republicans say the Green New Deal would invite Big Government solutions and an expansion of public spending, but many in the party are increasingly acknowledging the reality of climate change and looking for alternative approaches.
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The draft Green Real Deal resolution highlights the National Climate Assessment’s findings that “Climate change creates new risks and exacerbates existing vulnerabilities in communities across the United States, presenting growing challenges to human health and safety, quality of life, and the rate of economic growth.” The resolution proposes a “commitment to innovation” as part of an effort to “achieve robust, economywide greenhouse gas emission reductions” and “to position the United States as a global leader in clean energy and capture global markets as countries invest in low- and zero-emissions technologies.”
It suggests spurring investment in carbon capture and storage technology to potentially reach net-zero emissions from fossil fuels, zero-emissions sources such as renewable energy and small modular nuclear reactors, changing the National Environmental Policy Act to clear obstacles for building transmission lines needed to bring renewable power onto the electric grid and creating a voluntary reporting system to track emissions reductions, renewable energy procurement and energy efficiency investments, among other things.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/22/gaetz-green-real-deal-1290463
