Opinion: It’s time for the GOP to set aside denialism and come to the table on climate change, writes Hudson Institute research fellow Nate Sibley
suggests that Millennial and Gen Z conservatives are more concerned than their baby boomer counterparts about climate change, back the shift to cleaner energy and even want the federal government to do more. Indeed, it was a youth organization, the American Conservation Coalition, that put forward theJohn Curtis, a Republican from Utah, speaks at an event on Nov. 6, 2021, at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Former President Donald Trump’s approach to climate largely began and ended with withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. In fact, the United States looks stronger for being at the table alongside allies and partners, especially when its main rivals for global influenceto show up.
U.S. law enforcement has unique jurisdictional reach to extradite and hold accountable the world’s worst criminals, from druglords to money launderers, but this has yet to be tapped for polluters. A future Republican administration could even supercharge President Joe Biden’sto combating kleptocracy with Trump-style “maximum pressure” enforcement campaigns against regimes engaged in the most environmentally harmful forms of illicit activity.
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