gop tiptoes toward climate plans as ocasio-cortez turns up heat - energy storage solutions

(Bloomberg)--
Texas Senator John Coning has voted against the Climate Change Act.
It is helping Republicans to develop legislation to tackle global warming through "energy innovation.
"Reducing emissions is a good thing," Cornyn said in an interview . ". He’s not alone.
In addition to President Donald Trump, Republicans have largely ignored or expressed doubts about climate change, turning to recognition and pressure in the face of increasing public vigilance against deadly storms and wildfires, come up with an alternative way to progress on behalf of Alexander okasio
Cortes's "Green New Deal"
This forced them to respond to policies that would not alienate fossil supporters --
The fuel industry or the long run conflict with them
Emphasis on increasing energy production.
On Thursday, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lisa murkovski, a Republican from the oil industry, may make some suggestions.
Rich Alaska held a hearing on "potential solutions to help tackle global climate change.
"A significant shift is taking place," said Alex Flint, executive director of the market Solutions Alliance, a conservative group that advocates a tax on carbon to reduce emissions from the planet. warming gas.
"Several Republicans have worked sincerely to develop policy proposals to address climate change.
"The ideas in the discussion are clean --
Promoting the use of alternative energy sources and energy authorization and tax credits spent on new energy technologies and electric vehicles ---
The party evaded the idea a few years ago.
Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, said: "It is up to Republicans to decide our purpose . " He recently proposed a new clean energy project in Manhattan in the Senate ---
Endorsed the massive mobilization of the construction of the atomic bomb during World War II.
"The goal of this new Manhattan Project is not to end the war, but to minimize the damage caused by climate change to our lives and our economy.
He proposed spending $6 billion a year on energy research and making great progress in nuclear power technology, electric cars and batteries, as well as solar, natural gas and carbon capture.
Alexander, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he believes that "almost all" can be achieved through congressional routine spending bill procedures, such as by increasing funding for the energy sector.
"We are moving forward," Alexander said in an interview . ".
Other Republicans are exploring the mandate to require states to produce a percentage of electricity from sources such as renewable energy and nuclear energy.
In a situation like this
As part of a bigger package for West Virginia's representative David McKinley, carbon capture technology will also be called the clean energy standard.
Although largely not confirmed on industrial scale, the purpose of carbon capture is to make coal climate-
Friendly by intercepting carbon dioxide emissions.
In an interview, McKinley said: "We have been doing things in Washington for too long: paying fines first and then innovating . " McKinley is a staunch advocate of the state's coal industry.
"Why don't we turn?
First innovation, and then once we innovate, we can set achievable standards.
Murkowski, who has long acknowledged climate change, said she may support clean energy standards.
"I would like to have a discussion about what this might look like," she said in an interview . ".
Polls and focus group studies show that voters respond well when energy and environmental initiatives are centered on innovation.
Christopher Guith, acting chairman of the Chamber of Commerce's Global Energy Research Institute, said: "The debate on the Green New Deal shows that there is a growing desire to deal with climate change . ".
But what is needed, he says, is a better way to take advantage of "America's energy advantages and sustained environmental progress" without threatening economic growth ".
Opinion polls released by the Institute on Thursday show that the vast majority of Americans support the "energy agenda to drive innovation, reduce emissions and boost economic growth", Gusi said ".
According to a chamber
Commissioned a telephone survey of 1,000 possible voters across the country, with 73% of voters supporting a "cleaner, more powerful" approach to energy, using more U.
The survey found that nearly 4 out of 5 possible voters-79 percent --
The best way to agree to tackle climate change is to invest in innovation and technology.
Critics of the "political dangers" of Republican climate measures questioned their sincerity and said they did not do enough.
"Republicans are under pressure because potential concerns are rising across the political spectrum," said David donigg, a senior official at the Natural Resources Conservation Committee . ".
"Maybe now they see the political risk of solving this problem.
It was not an easy transition for the party, which not long ago angered supporters with the slogan "Drill, baby drill.
One way to solve this problem is to embrace energy innovation ---
A broad term that covers more and more research and development, which critics say is equivalent to a delaying strategy.
The innovation bill that Cornyn is working on is designed to stimulate the development of new technologies to capture the carbon emitted by natural gas when it is used to generate electricity.
Trump's ally, Matt Gaetz, Republican representative of Florida, announced last week that he and New York's Ocasio-
Cortes and her new green deal ".
This is a climate resolution calling for a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by increasing "next generation" low emissions spending
Emission energy technologies including carbon capture, renewable energy and nuclear energy.
"Unilateral disarmament of the US economy by crushing regulations will give Washington power, but few other countries," Gaetz said . ".
"American innovators must drive the rise in our leadership in the global climate arena.
"Has politics affected this?
Of course, "said Carlos Curbelo, a former Florida Republican representative.
Campaign last year
"Many Republicans may realize that the way back to the House majority means a serious answer to climate change.
For Tom Reid, the Republican representative of New York, the answer is to adjust the tax law.
Members of the House tax writing committee said he plans to pass legislation to provide new "technologies"
Reward neutral tax credits for new energy and energy storage.
Similar to the bill Reid introduced at the end of 2018, credit value will shrink as the share of energy in production increases.
Republican Senator Tom Tillis from North Carolina, a member of the state's legislature, helped develop policies that would help the booming solar industry, he said, he is considering a measure that could help push forward solar power across the country.
One way it may do this is by promoting progress in energy storage. -
A technology that can provide solar energy to the grid, even if the sun does not shine.
Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah said he was working on a "climate plan" with Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina ".
"We are thinking about all the options," Romney said . ".
Environmental activists are mainly waiting. and-
Look at the way the Republicans are working, wait for more details, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will vote in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell, a Republican from the coal industry
He said last month that he believes humans are causing climate change.
"The problem is how you solve it," he said . ". (
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