Dems cautiously optimistic for clean energy following midterms sweep
Democrats’ sweep of Congress doesn’t mean a seamless victory for clean energy over the next two years, California Gov.
Key points
- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham promised “a new era of British leadership,” while Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez insisted her country has a “sovereign right” to produce more oil, and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said the US should pay compensation for environmental damage caused by the war in his country.
- Together they’re the only US elected officials to attend COP31, which has no federal representation.
- Meanwhile, other world leaders expressed a wide range of views on the main podium.
I don’t expect they’ll do anything but double down,” Newsom said, adding that state and local leaders need to “hold on” and continue working on their own clean energy initiatives for the next two years.
Walz was more optimistic: “They need to just get out of the way, and it will be much more difficult for them to put up barriers now,” he said.
Additional details
- Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI., and a group of House members led by Rep.
- Sean Casten, D-Ill., will attend the summit tomorrow.
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