Gosh, Young Republicans Are Concerned About Environmental Issues. What Will They Do 11/3?

[hatrack]

Gosh, I'm all . . . . concerned too . . .

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Only a decade ago, Abel's story might have been a novelty. Now, it's commonplace. From raging wildfires on the West Coast to Hurricane Sally's massive flooding in the South, climate disasters are politicizing young people across the ideological spectrum who have experienced them first hand.

Younger Republicans are much more engaged with climate change than their parents and grandparents, said Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The program's research shows young Republicans are more likely than older ones to believe in human-caused global warming and to support climate action. Frustrated by party leadership that doesn't represent their call for urgent climate action and public discourse that discounts their views, young Republicans also seem more willing to pose their own climate solutions. They don't want to see a World War II-style mobilization; they want pragmatic proposals advancing private sector innovation.

The 2020 presidential election poses a critical test of climate conservatives' willingness to put their environmental concerns before party politics. While some young Republicans who prioritize the issue of climate change remain loyal to Trump and others turn to Biden, a growing number like Abel are not supporting either candidate.

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Many don't want to split with their party to support a Democrat whose allegedly bipartisan intentions they doubt. If stymieing what they consider a radical green agenda means re-electing a climate change denying president, so be it. "I'm scared of climate change, but I'm also scared of the Green New Deal and what it means for America," said Ben Mutolo, a republicEN spokesperson and junior at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Ed. - Hey Ben. Fuck you.

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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20092020/young-republicans-climate-change-biden-trump-voting

[callous taoboy]

1. Guess it depends on where they live. I had a debate

with a Trumper on FB and he was concerned about Biden's stance on climate change. We live in Texas which has dodged the climate change bullet for the most part, though drought and wildfire dangers are worsening.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. They can always volunteer to be composted.

Probably the most productive thing they could offer.