Young Republicans Boldly Call For Undefined Climate Action That Would Something Something By 2050

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The young conservatives' contract makes no mention of the 2016 Paris climate agreement, with its goal of limiting rising global temperatures to well below 2 degrees Celsius. Nor does it share the sense of urgency expressed by scientists, who, in 2018, concluded that the world had about 12 years to get on a path toward zero carbon emissions by 2050. Instead, the contract merely acknowledges the need to "move towards the goal of global net-zero carbon emissions by 2050."

The Green New Deal envisions a rapid transition to a carbon-free economy, promising jobs and economic security and explicitly supporting an economic transition in communities that have long lived on incomes from fossil fuel industries.

By contrast, the contract modestly calls for "targeted investment and regulatory streamlining;" increasing clean transportation; creating a more energy-saving electrical grid; maximizing carbon storage in forests and farms; planting trees; supporting nuclear power; and establishing private-public partnerships.

"We would rather not get caught up in debates on targets that are too much for one side of the aisle or the other," said Danielle Butcher, chief operating officer of the American Conservation Coalition. "We view this not as a silver bullet to climate policy." The contract also does not recommend a carbon tax, which some moderates and Republicans have begun to embrace as a way to put a price on carbon and steer the economy toward a lower-carbon future. "We want to focus on the steps we can take right now," Butcher said.

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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052020/young-republican-conservative-climate-activism-green-new-deal

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1. Good luck...the GOP is becoming a party of fundies and gunners

And it’s not going to take until 2050.