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There’s about 95% overlap between people who got everything wrong about COVID and man-made climate-change alarmists.
Every time they got something completely wrong about COVID, they told you “science changes,” but with respect to climate change they will tell you “the science is settled!”
www.politico.com
excerpts:
The president who entered the White House last year with the most ambitious climate agenda in history is struggling to notch major wins.
And his progressive base is losing patience.
Many on the left, who rallied behind Biden during the 2020 campaign as he embraced aggressive climate action, are losing hope — noting both the galloping spread of climate-linked disasters around the world, and the strong possibility that Democrats could lose control of Congress in November’s midterm elections.
“Voters are looking at us and shaking their heads with frustration,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told POLITICO. “In order for us to animate all parts of our base including climate voters we have to be able to show them what we’ve done. A lot of the big things they wanted to see action on, like climate, haven’t happened yet.”
Perhaps most ominously, EPA’s ability to regulate the carbon emissions from power plants will face a big test this spring, when the Supreme Court hears arguments about the scope of the agency’s power under the Clean Air Act. The Supreme Court in 2016 blocked the original Obama-era regulation, while an appellate court last year struck down the Trump administration’s version. An adverse ruling from the Supreme Court — which has moved to the right since it blocked the Obama rule — could hamper EPA’s power to target the sector that emits one-third of the nation’s energy-related greenhouse gases.
So far, the Democratic base is largely unimpressed with his performance. In fact, a recent poll showed climate change may be the only issue where Biden gets higher marks from conservative voters than Democrats — but mostly because he’s been legislatively constrained. In the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in December, 26 percent of self-identified right-leaning Americans said Biden had done the right amount to combat climate change, compared with only 10 percent of left-leaning respondents. And 80 percent of those on the left said he’s done too little.
“We have already done more than anyone has ever done in history in terms of climate,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) told POLITICO.
As their legislative ambitions flag, some Democrats are urging Biden to more aggressively use executive action to curb emissions.
Jayapal said her caucus is working with outside green groups to present to the White House a list of actions that Biden and his agencies can take without Congress, but she acknowledged those won’t replace the need for climate legislation.
Administration defenders say Biden has faced a herculean task just to undo the setbacks from the Trump administration that kept the U.S. from engaging on climate change internationally and weakened emissions regulations domestically.
“A lot of work that gets less attention and less credit went into undoing the Trump damage,” said Dan Reicher
But Democrats in Congress acknowledge they are falling short and that the unforgiving political calendar could soon close any legislative path for climate action.
“It doesn’t get easier to do this. It gets harder,” Sen Tina Smith said
Every time they got something completely wrong about COVID, they told you “science changes,” but with respect to climate change they will tell you “the science is settled!”
Biden’s climate agenda stalls, and progressives fume
Many on the left are losing hope — noting both the galloping spread of climate-linked disasters around the world, and the strong possibility that Democrats could lose control of Congress in November.
www.politico.com
excerpts:
The president who entered the White House last year with the most ambitious climate agenda in history is struggling to notch major wins.
And his progressive base is losing patience.
Many on the left, who rallied behind Biden during the 2020 campaign as he embraced aggressive climate action, are losing hope — noting both the galloping spread of climate-linked disasters around the world, and the strong possibility that Democrats could lose control of Congress in November’s midterm elections.
“Voters are looking at us and shaking their heads with frustration,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told POLITICO. “In order for us to animate all parts of our base including climate voters we have to be able to show them what we’ve done. A lot of the big things they wanted to see action on, like climate, haven’t happened yet.”
Perhaps most ominously, EPA’s ability to regulate the carbon emissions from power plants will face a big test this spring, when the Supreme Court hears arguments about the scope of the agency’s power under the Clean Air Act. The Supreme Court in 2016 blocked the original Obama-era regulation, while an appellate court last year struck down the Trump administration’s version. An adverse ruling from the Supreme Court — which has moved to the right since it blocked the Obama rule — could hamper EPA’s power to target the sector that emits one-third of the nation’s energy-related greenhouse gases.
So far, the Democratic base is largely unimpressed with his performance. In fact, a recent poll showed climate change may be the only issue where Biden gets higher marks from conservative voters than Democrats — but mostly because he’s been legislatively constrained. In the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in December, 26 percent of self-identified right-leaning Americans said Biden had done the right amount to combat climate change, compared with only 10 percent of left-leaning respondents. And 80 percent of those on the left said he’s done too little.
“We have already done more than anyone has ever done in history in terms of climate,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) told POLITICO.
As their legislative ambitions flag, some Democrats are urging Biden to more aggressively use executive action to curb emissions.
Jayapal said her caucus is working with outside green groups to present to the White House a list of actions that Biden and his agencies can take without Congress, but she acknowledged those won’t replace the need for climate legislation.
Administration defenders say Biden has faced a herculean task just to undo the setbacks from the Trump administration that kept the U.S. from engaging on climate change internationally and weakened emissions regulations domestically.
“A lot of work that gets less attention and less credit went into undoing the Trump damage,” said Dan Reicher
But Democrats in Congress acknowledge they are falling short and that the unforgiving political calendar could soon close any legislative path for climate action.
“It doesn’t get easier to do this. It gets harder,” Sen Tina Smith said
