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Podcast: Energy Gang
Episode: Is the Republican Party Incapable of Addressing Climate Change?
Description: After Pope Francis issued his strongly worded encyclical on climate change and the environment, many wondered how it would influence skeptical conservatives.
It didn’t take long to get an answer. “I don’t think we should politicize our faith,” said Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who brushed off climate change as an inherently political issue.
So what would it take to get Republicans more engaged on climate and cleantech?
This week’s guest, Vox staff writer David Roberts, believes change won’t come from some kind of utopian post-partisan framework.
“The other strategy is to beat the other side. If you can’t w...