John Kasich in Axios.com political coverage

On Energy & Oil: I've evolved on climate change: stop denying it

Republicans should stop denying humans' impact on climate change and start putting forth policies to address it, Kasich says. "This is like a call to arms. Let's have conservatives have a discussion instead of being in denial that this is a problem. You can't just be a science denier."

Kasich himself has evolved from when he was running in the 2016 GOP presidential primary. He said then that the overall human impact on climate change is unclear and that "we don't want to destroy people's job, based on some theory that is not proven."

When presented with those comments, Kasich responded: "Yeah, well you know what, we all evolve." He went on to cite a federal government report, issued under the Trump administration, that laid out humans' impact on climate change and the impacts of it. "As I see more and more evidence, especially from our government and scientists, you learn more. Let's step it up."

Source: Axios.com on 2020 presidential hopefuls Feb 26, 2019

On Energy & Oil: Subsidies for electric vehicles and renewables

In his speech at the University of British Columbia, Kasich laid out what he is describing as a "centrist" climate policy, including:

A price for carbon dioxide emissions, including possibly a system called "cap-and-trade" that caps allowed emissions and compels companies to trade credits to comply. It was the type of policy Congress considered but ultimately rejected a decade ago.
Subsidies for certain technologies, including electric vehicles and renewables. (Kasich says he took advantage of an existing tax credit for electric cars last year and bought a Tesla.)

He's opposed to the Green New Deal, a broad progressive plan that includes drastically cutting emissions along with other policies like universal health care and a federal jobs guarantee. "But it's not enough to say you don't like that and not have something you can be for," Kasich said. Source: Axios.com on 2020 presidential hopefuls Feb 26, 2019

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