Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion Why are both Biden and the GOP sabotaging clean-energy technologies?

Leaders of both parties are all too willing to turn away solutions to climate change.

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May 16, 2024 at 6:45 p.m. EDT
President Biden speaks during an event at the White House on Tuesday. (Samuel Corum/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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America has gambled that human ingenuity, rather than painful measures such as carbon taxes, will rescue the planet from climate change. Yet Luddite American politicians are crushing the clean-energy technologies that could save us.

This month alone, high-profile members of both parties — including President Biden — have taken steps to sabotage innovations that would reduce the carbon footprint of some of the biggest sources of emission: agriculture, power utilities and cars.