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Republicans plan to destroy the House of Representatives' climate crisis committee [1]
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Date: 2022-11-19
Republicans are planning to make the party even more unpalatable to young voters who cast their ballots massively in favor of Democrats last week. Fitting for the GOP where more than half congressional members (139 out of 271) are outright climate crisis deniers.
From Ari Natter at Bloomberg:
“The climate crisis committee will not exist,” Louisiana Representative Garret Graves, the top GOP member of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, said in an interview. “I don’t think that’s really consistent with what we are going to be focused on.”
The committee was resurrected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2019 when Democrats took back control of Congress. It’s served as a platform for the party to highlight the consequences of climate change and potential solutions to reduce emissions and increase clean energy. It held dozens of hearings and produced an action plan that called for limiting fossil fuel production, though the body lacks the power to advance legislation.
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