Voters are clear. It's time for lawmakers to declare independence from the climate agenda.
The Hill (6/30/23) reports: "While posturing as a champion of American freedom during his tour of Southern states this past spring, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) left out that part about how his own administration is attempting to force an expensive climate agenda onto a public that really just does not want it. In fact, news coverage of Newsom’s visits to Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama suggest that he steered clear of energy policy altogether while lecturing his fellow governors about what he describes as the 'authoritarian' tendencies of certain other governors who are running for president. That might be because the average citizens whom Newsom claims to represent reject his climate schemes and the government mandates that go with them, at least when they are asked clear questions. Two free-market advocacy organizations — the American Energy Alliance and the Maryland-based Committee to Unleash Prosperity — released a straightforward survey of 1,000 likely voters last month. It showed that, by a wide margin, respondents favored affordable energy over climate policies that raise energy costs and limit consumer choices. When voters were asked the open-ended question of what the 'most pressing issue' is facing the U.S., climate change barely registered. Most people were chiefly concerned about practical questions, such as inflation and the economy."
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