Forum: Arctic conditions in U.S. show climate change is here
By Sam Saltonstall and Mark Reynolds
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Sometimes it seems like certain politicians won’t support climate action until hell – or Texas – freezes over. Well, after last month, the climate threat is as clear as can be, and it’s time for Congress to act.
On Feb. 13, a winter storm began sweeping across the U.S. Within days, the frigid conditions and ensuing infrastructure challenges led to dozens of deaths, massive power outages and millions without clean water. Texas came within minutes of catastrophic failures that would have caused months-long blackouts.
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SMITH SETS EXPECTATIONS: Democrats should look to pass a clean electricity standard as part of a forthcoming infrastructure bill and consider using reconciliation to ease passage through a simple majority if Republicans won’t play ball.
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Tina Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota, laid out this expectation at an event with the liberal climate groups Evergreen Action and Data for Progress today, in which she endorsed pursuing a clean electricity standard as a mechanism to achieve
Gen Z climate activists continue to grow their voices: As always, we applaud when the rising generation of conservative leadership makes news. Kiera O’Brien was published in the Indy Star right before Christmas with the op-ed
I’m a young conservative and an environmentalist: here’s what that looks like. “Young Americans care about climate change,” she writes. “With the elevation of figures like Greta Thunberg on the left, that statement likely surprises no one reading this. But what may surprise you is that much closer to home, including in Indiana, young conservatives are leading the charge as we rally behind our own policy solutions.”