This is so hilarious. A bunch of House Rs who want to appear to care about climate change signed on to the climate policy framework of the American Conservation Coalition, a conservative youth group. Only apparently none of them actually read the framework, which ...

... commits to the goal of net-zero US greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Hitting that goal would require actual, real climate policy, which would threaten the interests of fossil fuel companies. House Rs didn& #39;t want to appear to care *that* much! And so, today ...

... they rushed to clarify that they "did not sign on to or endorse the pledge itself." They were just, y& #39;know, vaguely indicating support, trying to do a little empty PR messaging, and things got out of hand. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/daily-on-energy-clearing-up-confusion-about-house-gop-stance-on-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-target">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/en...

"We would like to clear up any lingering rumors that we actually care about this shit."

Gotta add one more great quote to this thread:

“Setting the date and the targets is less important than the outcome we are looking for,” [said] Marty Durbin, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute.

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