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Blueprint for Bipartisan Climate Action
In the wake of the most recent update from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we have two choices: continue to debate climate science and hope a piecemeal policy approach will work or accept the science and start discussing economy-wide solutions to reduce our emissions.
There may be a path forward in the recent bipartisan Senate vote to pass the infrastructure package.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act makes much-needed investments in American roads, railways, bridges, the electrical grid and broadband internet. While I can’t say whether I fully agree with the bill mainly because I don’t have time in my day to read the entire 2,702-page bill, I do applaud the process which resulted in the bill’s development. Given today’s divided and frenetic political climate, the bill’s passage serves as a reminder of what bipartisanship can achieve; even in these divided times,it doesn’t need to be elusive.
Sadly, bipartisanship is rarely rewarded anymore even though the issues facing our nation cannot and should not be solved by one party alone. The post-partisan cooperation displayed by the working group of Senate Republicans and Democrats who put country over party to methodically lead on the infrastructure package should be the norm, not the exception.
