New Lobbying Group Targets GOP to Back Green Policies They Opposed
Lobbying effort looks to rebrand lefty ‘Green New Deal’ policies as America First.
by Nick Pope Mar 21, 2025 in Energy, News, Politics, Waste and Fraud
A new lobbying push will look to pitch Biden-era green corporate welfare and carbon tariffs as America First-aligned to the Trump administration and lawmakers, Axios reported Friday. [emphasis, links added]
The Cleaner Economy Coalition (CEC) is a newly formed 501(c)(4) entity that “sees an opening in the Trump era” to pursue carbon tariffs and save the 45X tax credit, a costly subsidy for green energy manufacturing unleashed by a bill — the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — that did not receive a single GOP vote on its way to becoming law, according to Axios.
The CEC is hiring lobbyists who formerly worked for President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and it will have a seven-figure budget at its disposal to try to convince Republicans to back policies long favored by greens and liberals.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/new-lobbying-group-targets-gop-to-back-green-policies-they-opposed/
