Democrats have basically convinced themselves that they will lose seats if they vote for any kind of price on carbon. Alana Afzel You’re specifically talking about the shock collar? Kate Morris Yeah, that’s right. The Dems want to spend money but they’re nervous about trying to actually keep carbon in the ground. They don’t want to use the best tools because they view those tools as making them politically vulnerable. So, what was being proposed in Congress was middling investments in renewables and frontline communities, but as we’ve seen, that doesn’t get the job done with decarbonization,
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