Washed-Up Hacks Gale Norton, Ed Schaefer Have A Sad Re. Bad GOP Reputation On Environment
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Monica Trauzzi: Secretary Schafer, do you think that there is confusion within the conservative movement on how to handle some of the environmental challenges that the United States faces? And are you trying to sort of seek some clarity on that?
Ed Schafer: Yes. I think among conservatives, a lot of us feel that we've been branded as not caring about the environment, it doesn't matter, just say no to everything, and recognize its impact on citizens. But many of us have very strong feelings about conservation and about our environment and how we can make policies better. So it is an effort to say, here is a private sector, market-based, voluntary effort to put public policy on the table that conservatives, liberals, everybody can accept, and make that brazen, make the broader application, so that you can generate the public will to actually get some projects done.
Monica Trauzzi: So what are the top-tier issues, Secretary Norton, that you think are best handled through this approach?
Gale Norton: We've released a report today that has a number of papers in it outlining some specific proposals, some specific policies. It's not so much that we have a policy agenda as we have ideas that we want to offer, and so the papers that have been made public today are ones that outline some proposals that can apply. One of the things that we think is quite interesting is a proposal for retrofitting buildings to conserve energy. It doesn't happen as much as it should right now, because the owners of the building don't necessarily pay the utility bill, and so they don't really have an incentive to do that investment. And so one of our authors has proposed a way that philanthropic organizations can help with that investment and reap a reward for themselves. I mean, it's one of those win/win/win things that can apply and appeal to anybody across the board.
Ed. - Retrofitting buildings! What a good idea!
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