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Harley Rouda on Energy & Oil |
Dana Rohrabacher (R): No. "Manmade global warming, as a theory, is being pushed by people who believe in global government. looking for an incredible freedom-busting centralization of power." Voted to bar EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.
Harley Rouda (D): Yes to both. "Climate change doesn't just mean melting ice caps & rising oceans. It means the weather patterns that all of civilization has been predicated on. will be increasingly unpredictable--where we built our cities, where we grow our crops, where we live."
Q: Renewable Energy: Support government subsidies for renewable energy?
Dana Rohrabacher (R): No. Voted against tax credits & incentives for renewable energy production & conservation.
Harley Rouda (D): Yes. Prioritize green energy "over the fossil fuels of the past."
Congressional Summary:This bill requires the Department of Energy to award grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, and designing energy storage and microgrid projects that rely on renewable energy. (A microgrid is a group of interconnected energy resources that acts as a single controllable entity and that can disconnect from the grid to operate in island mode.)
SciPol statement in support: HR4447 would establish a microgrid grant and technical assistance program for rural electric cooperatives. Rural electric cooperatives are non-profit consumer-owned electric cooperatives that came into being in the 1930s to serve the needs of rural areas otherwise ignored by investor-owned (for-profit) utilities. Most rural electric power is still provided by rural electric co-ops.
Trump's Statement of Administration Policy (against): HR 4447 would implement a top-down approach that undermines the Administration's deregulatory agenda. HR 4447 would lead to higher energy costs and discourage innovation. It would create a "green bank" that would subsidize projects similar to wellknown failures like Solyndra. Finally, HR 4447 would interfere with our own energy destiny free from the reins of the Paris Climate Accord and international organizations that ignore the clear lessons that have led to American energy independence.
Common Dreams (against): Over 100 groups--including major environmental, climate and progressive organizations--oppose HR 4447. The heaviest burdens of the climate crisis fall on low-income communities and communities of color. "We applaud the environmental justice measures in this bill, but cannot support legislation that extends our country's reliance upon fossil fuels," said the Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America.
Legislative outcome: Passed House 220-185-24, Roll #206 on Sep. 24, 2020.