Another green energy domino is falling, and we have bipartisanship to thank for it!
Eight Democrats voted with the House GOP to overturn a Biden administration rule that forces automakers to make a significant portion of their fleet electric.
The Democrats who voted in favor of overturning the rule were Reps. Yadira Caraveo (Colo.), Henry Cuellar (Texas), Don Davis (N.C.), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Jared Golden (Maine), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), and Mary Sattler Peltola (Alaska).All eight Democrats represent districts that are highly competitive in this fall’s election.One Republican, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), voted with the rest of the Democrats against axing the rule. Fitzpatrick also represents a competitive district, though it is rated as likely Republican by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
The action comes as EV sales, a keystone of compliance with this nonsense, have begun to slow.
“The EPA’s latest tailpipe emissions rule is not really about reducing air pollution. It’s about forcing Americans to drive electric vehicles,’’ said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.She called the rule “unreasonable” and “just another example of how the Biden-Harris administration’s rush-to-green agenda is handing China the key to America’s energy future, jeopardizing our auto industry and forcing people to buy unaffordable EVs they don’t want.’’
The effort is not expected to eliminate the rule. If the resolution that passes makes it past the Senate, Biden (or his designated minder of the day) will veto it.
However, it is still a positive sign that real climate science is chipping away at “consensus” science. In fact, The New York Times recently ran a story about how green-energy activists were fine with Vice President Kamala Harris’s silence on climate change during the campaign.
Unfortunately for Harris, the paper did remind readers she was the deciding vote for the poorly named “Inflation Reduction Act”, which Biden admitted was essentially the Green New Deal in disguise.
In fact, they used a quote from Obama’s toxic EPA chief, Gina “Animas River” McCarthy, to support Harris’ silence.
Gina McCarthy, President Biden’s former climate change adviser and a former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said activists are not demanding more details on climate from Ms. Harris and Mr. Walz because they each have well-known accomplishments.As vice president, Ms. Harris cast the tiebreaking vote for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in United States history. Mr. Walz signed a law requiring Minnesota to get all of its electricity from wind, solar and other carbon-free sources by 2040.“Nobody’s worried about how many times she talks about climate change,” Ms. McCarthy said, calling Ms. Harris and Mr. Walz “climate champions.”
The New York Post offered this analysis of Harris’ climate silence.
If you’re wondering why, there’s a one-word answer: Pennsylvania.“I think they are worried if [Kamala Harris] takes a strong position on climate, even it fits the same position that Biden took, it will make her look too progressive,” Kevin Book, managing director of Clearview Energy Partners, told reporters.“It’s a divisive issue and they need both sides as much as possible to win Pennsylvania.”For Democrats, talking about climate and its flip-side issue, fracking, is a lose-lose proposition just now.If Harris pushes anti-carbon policies, she might lose Pennsylvania.If she supports fracking, she risks alienating young climate voters.But Pennsylvania is clearly the more important prize.
Hopefully, Pennsylvanians will learn from Californians.
It will take a long time to chip away in piecemeal fashion all the economic damage done under Harris and her green energy minions. But the House vote is a good sign that even more dominoes will fall.
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