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2024 Republican candidates shrug off climate change plans
Unprecedented heat has gripped much of the U.S. this summer, but the 2024 Republican presidential field has little in the way of policy proposals on the issue.
While few candidates outright deny the existence of climate change, their energy prescriptions largely call for more development of fossil fuels, and none of the candidates told The Hill they would remain in the Paris climate agreement as president.
Three candidates — former Vice President Mike Pence, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy — confirmed to The Hill they’d leave the agreement.
Former President Trump, the front-runner for the GOP nomination, stands out from the rest of the Republican field on the issue for his active minimization of the threat of climate change.
As president, Trump withdrew from the Paris agreement, has misrepresented the pace of sea level rise and suggested without any scientific basis that climate change may end on its own.
Welcome to The Hill’s Energy & Environment newsletter, we’re Zack Budryk and Rachel Frazin — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains.
A majority of Americans believe that climate change will have a “significant negative effect” on the globe during their lifetime, according to a new poll.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Wednesday unveiled a $4.5 million pilot program that will provide free immigration assistance to undocumented farmworkers involved in state labor investigations. The …
The Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up its energy and water funding bill, which funds the Energy Department.
The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee will hold a hearing on the Water Resources Development Act of 2024.
The House Natural Resources Committee‘s Subcommittee on Federal Lands will holdlegislative hearings.
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Join The Hill on July 26 as we convene lawmakers, clean energy experts and executives to discuss renewable energy infrastructure deployment, clean energy goals and the outlook for greater reforms.
Guests include:
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee
Maria Robinson, director, Grid Deployment Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah), vice chair of the Energy, Climate & Grid Security Subcommittee and vice chair of the Federal Lands Subcommittee
Xan Fishman, director of energy policy & carbon management at the Bipartisan Policy Center
Shannon Baker-Branstetter, senior director, domestic climate & energy policy, Center for American Progress
Heather Reams, president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)
Jesse Simons, co-founder & chief commercial officer at SOLARCYCLE
President Biden’s video featuring clips from a Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speech to tout his legislative accomplishments reached more than 30 million views in 12 hours after it was posted Tuesday evening, according to statistics first shared with The Hill. Read more
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is slated to hold a hearing Wednesday afternoon with the IRS whistleblowers on the Hunter Biden criminal investigation. Read more
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