clean energy – Meanderthals https://internetbrothers.org A Hiking Blog Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:32:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 21607891 What’s actually driving opponents of the Clean Power Plan? https://internetbrothers.org/2015/08/02/whats-actually-driving-opponents-of-the-clean-power-plan/ https://internetbrothers.org/2015/08/02/whats-actually-driving-opponents-of-the-clean-power-plan/#respond Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:32:32 +0000 http://internetbrothers.org/?p=16508 The Washington Post reports that Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has already organized a boycott of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, even before it’s released. Never mind the fact that Kentucky state officials expect to meet the plan’s requirements to cut pollution from power plants “with relatively little effort.”

In fact, the newspaper’s analysis reveals that most states won’t have trouble meeting the plan’s targets. So, if Sen. McConnell and others are not really standing up for their home states, what’s actually behind the opposition to the Clean Power Plan?

The motives vary, but most opponents of the Clean Power Plan seem united in their belief that solving climate change is either unnecessary or should be very low on the list of national priorities. Drivers of the opposition can be broken down into three familiar categories: money, partisanship and ideology.

The financial interests of the highest-polluting electric utilities are a key element of the opposition. While some forward-thinking companies are switching to cleaner energy, big players in the industry are refusing to adapt.

As with most things in Washington, partisanship is playing a very big role in the opposition to the Clean Power Plan. Because President Obama proposed it, it must be wrong.

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