Oh, No Problem, Plenty Of Time: House Energy & Environment Unveils 2050 Carbon "Plan"

An influential group of Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday set an ambitious target for United States greenhouse gas emissions, calling for a reduction to net-zero by 2050.

The goal, intended to slow the pace of global warming, does not include either a legislative or regulatory plan. It would very likely require rigorous new curbs on fossil fuels over the coming decades and steep increases in wind, solar and other renewable sources of power. The initiative does not go as far as the Green New Deal. That Democratic plan calls for achieving carbon neutrality within a decade and supplying 100 percent of the country’s electricity from clean energy sources while also creating millions of high-wage jobs.

Analysts described the announcement Tuesday as an effort by centrist Democrats to reclaim the climate agenda while treating global warming with the urgency that scientists say it demands.

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Representative Greg Walden of Oregon, the top Republican on the energy committee, expressed support for climate action but also declined to say whether he backed the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. “Climate change is real,” he said. “If we’re serious about tackling this challenge, we need to continue to offer serious, bipartisan answers that protect our economy and our environment.”

One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is not the same . . . .

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