Article 22DEW Groups working with Republicans on climate are discouraged, but see a glimmer of hope | Dana Nuccitelli

Groups working with Republicans on climate are discouraged, but see a glimmer of hope | Dana Nuccitelli

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Dana Nuccitelli
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The 2016 US election was a bad sign for climate policy, but galvanized grassroots organizations

Because America is entirely governed by two political parties, passage of legislation usually requires bipartisan support in US Congress. However, the Republican Party is the only major political party in the world that denies the need to tackle climate change. Therefore, for several years any hope of passing climate legislation hinged upon breaking through the near-universal opposition among Republican legislators. A number of groups have focused on doing just that.

In the wake of the 2016 US election results, I contacted these groups to assess their feelings about the prospects of US government action on climate change in the near future. The general sentiment was understandably one of discouraged pessimism, but each group identified glimmers of hope.

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