Key Democrats Float 2050 Net Zero GHG Target, Promising Legislation

Key House Energy & Commerce Committee Democrats are endorsing an ambitious goal achieving a 100 percent clean economy -- defined as “net zero” greenhouse gas pollution -- by 2050, pledging to launch a process to develop a comprehensive climate legislative package by the end of the year to achieve that goal. Those same lawmakers are also acknowledging their plan is less ambitious than what some backers of the Green New Deal (GND) are advocating, while also citing major political roadblocks...