For Earth Day, Congressional Republicans rolled out a suite of climate proposals intended to be their answer to Joe Biden’s proposals and the Green New Deal. Their plan, the Energy Innovation Agenda, was stitched together from an assortment of bills previously introduced by House Republicans.
Awesome work!! Fascinating after-work palate cleanser. It is cool to see Congressional Republicans finally coming around at least a little bit on the need for climate-focused policy, rather than just shoving their fingers in their ears and yelling "La-la-la-la!!". A point I found particularly interesting is the idea of LNG exports as a lever we could use for promoting technologies like carbon capture around the world. On it's face at least the concept is compelling - energy independence and surplus exports as a way of (1) maintaining global hegemony in the face of challenges from China, and (2) promoting the potential adoption of green energy in developing economies potentially with multi-lateral trade agreements.
Awesome work!! Fascinating after-work palate cleanser. It is cool to see Congressional Republicans finally coming around at least a little bit on the need for climate-focused policy, rather than just shoving their fingers in their ears and yelling "La-la-la-la!!". A point I found particularly interesting is the idea of LNG exports as a lever we could use for promoting technologies like carbon capture around the world. On it's face at least the concept is compelling - energy independence and surplus exports as a way of (1) maintaining global hegemony in the face of challenges from China, and (2) promoting the potential adoption of green energy in developing economies potentially with multi-lateral trade agreements.
Really nice read.
Really nice read.