Republicans Launch Plan to Tackle Energy Crisis, Climate Change

Last week Congressional Republicans from the House of Representatives, led by the man who will become the Speaker of the House after November's coming tsunami election, Kevin McCarthy, introduced a road map describing how they will mitigate rising gasoline prices and address so-called climate change if the party wins control of the House in November’s midterm elections (which they will). The Republican plan arises from the task force established last year by McCarthy, called the Energy, Climate, and Conservation (ECC) Task Force. The task force rolled out a six-part "plan" (more like a framework than a fleshed-out plan) to tackle the ongoing energy crisis and the challenge of "global climate change."

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