Solar and wind firms call the 'Green New Deal’ too extreme

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES - U.S. solar and wind power companies may have the most to gain from the Green New Deal, an ambitious proposal backed by several Democratic presidential candidates to end U.S. fossil fuel consumption within a decade.

It also underscores a new reality for U.S. solar and wind power companies long associated with the environmental left: As they have improved technology and lowered prices, their growth is shifting from politically liberal coastal states to the more conservative heartland, where skepticism of climate change and government subsidies runs high.

The Green New Deal was introduced last month by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat Congresswoman from New York, along with fellow Democrat Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts. It has since become the center of a renewed debate in Washington about how vigorously the government must act to address climate change.

So far, at least eight Democratic presidential hopefuls – including senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota – have endorsed the plan as they seek to stand in stark opposition to the pro-drilling policies of President Donald Trump. Another concern is the fact that the plan extends beyond energy and climate policies to include guarantees of jobs, training and healthcare for communities affected by climate change, said Greg Wetstone, president of the American Council on Renewable Energy, a non-profit organization promoting renewable energy industries.

That has helped strengthen the industry’s appeal to Republican lawmakers, allowing it to rebrand as a jobs engine in addition to a tool for combating global warming. And during the last election cycle in 2018, solar and wind companies contributed significantly more money to Republican candidates than to their traditional Democratic allies.

Duh! It’s all a joke and climate change doesn’t exist. It’s all fake. crazybugeyedbitch

Let's be clear, it's not because the companies don't support the principles, it's because they want to avoid political controversy as they expand production and installation in red states. Completely understandable.

Wonder what Nebraska farmers think.

AOC has good intentions but her ideas are too extreme. She’s like the kid running for President of student council promising 3 day weekends year round for everyone. Sure everyone wants it, but her stuff isn’t even possible and the Dems know it.

No ! Really?

If you aim at nothing you’re bound to hit it. Extreme? Probably. Let’s hope the dialogue isn’t just yelling at each other and blaming China or India or third world countries for not doing their part. The US has been a world leader for all of my life. Lead now

Wow... job well done AOC (with helping Trump).

Since when can’t men and woman not cooperate instead just compete?!?

That lady is getting a lot of air time, media is really pushing her profile for some reason?

AS LONG as MITCH controls the Senate---WE might as well 'DREAM TOO EXTREME'

The thing is its a work in progress, we need to do something before we run out of fossil fuels and destroy the planet in the process!

It’s ineffective is what it is

A deal to protect the envoronment and wean ourselves off fossil fuels is a good idea, but the GND as it’s proposed is not. It’s too radical and would require an almost complete overhaul of American day to day life in a short period of time costing trillions of dollars.

Wind and Solar firms are more concerned about short term profits instead of pushing a bold agenda that could make them tons of money in the long term as well as making sure the human race survives.

They need to be reminded it's just a list of ideas, not an actual bill.

Going to the moon was extreme too.

Too extreme in allowing limited fossil fuels to be used at all.

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