14 May 2021

“Plenty of members of the [Republican] conference are still in perpetual skeptic mode. When you talk to younger conservatives, the issue of climate is No 1 or 2, but for older generations that's not the case. It's important for the future of our country and the party we stop viewing it as a partisan issue. It's moving a very large ship a matter of degrees. It won't happen overnight. Climate is one of the areas I was concerned about in terms of the long-term trajectory of the party. We are seeing first steps in messaging and proposals. There's a recognition that we have not been on the right side of this and we need to get on the right side of this.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/m...
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Peter Meijer

   Politician

Member of the Republican Party - U.S. Representative for Michigan

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Climate change and politics

Climate crisis

Climate crisis and the environment needs to be taken seriously within the Republican party and the younger generation of conservatives are aware of this

US politics

Younger republicans concerned for Climate Crisis while the older generation remains more dismissive