OPINION: Republicans have ignored the environment for far too long


OPINION: Republicans have ignored the environment for far too long


The appreciation and respect for the natural world and our environment shouldn’t be a partisan issue. It’s well known that we need a healthy environment with functioning ecosystems to provide life as we know it on Earth. Whether it be clean water and air, stable land for food production, healthy oceans, thriving wildlife or plentiful forests, each and every one of us relies on this habitable planet...


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Ken Notes: This is an interesting read. The environment should not only be nonpartisan, it should be an everyone issue. The problem is many do not understand business or economics and they believe punishment, delay, and unnecessary expense is the answer so business throws up its guard. We need to invite business to the table and work on solutions moving forward together. This goes well beyond partisanship.

Here is an issue we need to work on today - energy companies need to restructure their production facilities including decommissioning coal, increasing solar and wind, and adding peaking capacity which until storage is affordable may include natural gas.

Today some environmentalists are making it impossible to close a coal plant, oppose natural gas at every turn, and suggest mandates - that businesses fear - are necessary to move the ball forward when economics are already pushing it forward. We have a great opportunity to work together yet we are committed to cause rather than solution. This is not just a Republican problem it is our problem.

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