A new tone from some in GOP on climate change -- but mostly behind closed doors

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🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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We're bringing you an episode of POLITICO's Global Translations, a show about big global problems that will take a certain amount of creativity to solve. Driven by a public clamoring for action and pressure from corporate CEOs, lawmakers are noting an evolution in attitudes toward climate action among some of their Republican colleagues – a subtle but significant shift in tone that could pave the way for modest legislation this year. Guests include:Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL)Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)Catherine McKenna, Canada’s first foreign minister for climate and the environmentDan Byers, U.S. Chamber of CommerceIf you like the episode, check out the show wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I would have been a lot smarter to listen to my team over here and call it a fee.
0:04.0	What's it like to be a Republican in Congress who supports big action on climate change?
0:09.0	It can be lonely.
0:11.0	Well, I wouldn't say that my decision to be the only Republican to push a carbon tax has been unanimously received in our district.
0:18.0	Representative Francis Rooney of Florida talks about that and why he doesn't fear
0:22.6	a primary challenge in the latest episode of Politico's Global Translations podcast.
0:27.6	That show looks at big global problems that don't respect political boundaries and that are going to take some creativity to solve.
0:34.6	The latest episode features Rooney, among many voices, talking about the politics
0:38.4	of climate change. I don't understand what it is about people in politics that they seem to be
0:43.9	immune from some of these large shifts in opinion out there in the real world. I mean,
0:50.4	almost all the large company CEOs are for taking reasonable steps to deal with climate change and sea level rise.
0:57.8	They're very concerned about CO2 and glacier melt.
1:01.1	They're for minimum wage.
1:02.6	I'm Politico Audio's executive producer Dave Shaw, in for Tim Alberta on OffMessage.
1:06.8	If you care about politics, care about climate change, care about both, we think you'll like this episode of Global Translations, which is why we're bringing it to you in your podcast
1:14.4	feed.
1:15.2	Check it out.
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1:20.0	player.
1:21.0	You might also want to check out our episode on The New Politics of Trade or about how
1:24.7	the U.S. is facing a Sputnik moment on artificial intelligence.
1:28.7	All right, here's the show.
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