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Most in the party accept that climate change is real, but many are retrenching from their commitments to action in fear of angering the vindictive former president.
People walk by a projection of flames and commentary on the side of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC.
After decades of refusing to acknowledge the link between human activity and a warming planet, most conservatives no longer deny that climate change is real. Republican-led states have advanced proposals for developing renewable energy and are investing in clean fuel technology. Southern governors have embraced the green jobs boom created by President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act by proudly taking credit for it while cutting ribbons at new electric vehicle and battery manufacturing plants.
But as it becomes clear that Donald Trump will win the Republican presidential nomination, there has been a notable retrenchment in the commitment of many GOP clean-energy advocates. Republicans across the country are now reversing course for fear of triggering Trump, who has repeatedly called climate change a “make-believe problem,” even suggesting that the concept was a “hoax” concocted by China.