![]() The GOP’s crusade against renewable energy goes well beyond Congress. The Republican plan exempts defense cuts. (Analysis published Sunday by the Financial Times finds that, since last summer alone, Republican districts have secured over five times the investment in clean energy projects that Democratic ones have.) Second, if fiscal responsibility were really the point, then it would make sense to cut some of the biggest federal spending categories-like defense, next to which energy spending is minuscule. First, as TNR’s Kate Aronoff pointed out several weeks ago, these tax credits overwhelmingly will benefit Republican districts because that’s where most renewable energy installations are located. Taken at face value, this is a nonsensical position for two reasons totally unrelated to climate change. ![]()
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