The public deserves to which politicians are actually fighting for affordable energy.
E&E News (9/17/20) reports: "The Great American Outdoors Act may be the most consequential environmental legislation signed into law during the Trump presidency, but it's also serving as a drag for Senate Republicans on a free-market energy group's latest ranking of energy votes. Of the 28 Republican senators who voted for the bill, H.R. 1957, signed into law in August by President Trump, 25 received 67% scores on the voting scorecard released yesterday by the nonprofit American Energy Alliance (AEA). Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), who replaced Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) in January and supported the bill, is not included on AEA's tally. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who backed the outdoors act but missed another key vote, received a 50%, while Sen. Susan Collins of Maine received a 33% score. By contrast, the 25 Republicans who opposed the bill received perfect 100% scores from the group, which has financial ties to the Koch network and has long espoused free-market principles in energy and environmental policies. This year's scorecard, which covers the 116th Congress, may be a reflection of the lack of Senate floor debate on major energy proposals."
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"Whether it’s climate change or whether it’s not climate change, how stupid is it to leave this tinder there to just create infernos?"
– John Cox, Change-CA
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