College Republicans launch campaign calling for GOP to take action on climate change

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/473946-college-republicans-launch-campaign-calling-for-gop-to-take-action

By Rebecca Klar - 12/11/19 06:00 AM EST

College Republicans across the country are calling on the GOP to back a conservative climate action plan, arguing that failing to do so will hurt both the future of the earth and the Republican Party.

The new group, Young Conservatives for Carbon Dividends, is lobbying Republicans to embrace a “Carbon Dividends” plan which aims to reduce carbon emissions with a free-market-based solution.

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“There’s a lot of single-issue young voters; I think that climate change is one of those moving forward,” Mears, a senior at Wabash College, added. “I think a lot of people will vote for the candidate they believe will best fall into their line of thinking when it comes to climate action."

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