GOP Edges Gingerly Toward Climate Plan After Sowing Doubts
- House GOP leader to unveil climate proposals as pressure grows
- Carbon capture, trees, nuclear energy among solutions eyed
A section of State Highway 38 is destroyed after Hurricane Michael hit in Mexico Beach, Florida, in 2018.
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It’s not quite the Green New Deal, but House Republicans began revealing on Wednesday their plan to combat climate change that comports with conservative principles of less regulation and increased domestic energy development.
The move comes as the GOP stance on the issue shifts from sowing doubt about climate change -- or ignoring it all together -- to grappling with how to best address it in the face of pressure from young voters and public alarm over deadly storms and wildfires linked to global warming.