Interpreting GOP Responses to the Green New Deal

<p>This week, the Green New Deal ripples through Washington.</p><p>A few leading Republicans are responding to the progressive climate plan with some ideas of their own: the New Manhattan Project and the Green Real Deal.&nbsp;</p><p>They’ve gotten a mostly cold response from the left. But have we finally broken the ice for a legitimate cross-party policy discussion on climate? We’ll look at the GOP responses.</p><p>Then, Trump’s latest verbal convulsion. Speaking at a fundraiser, the president said wind noise causes cancer and kills property values. We’ll take this opportunity to review what the literature says about the impact of wind.</p><p>Finally, we’ll go to Virginia, where there’s been a ton of legislative activity on solar, efficiency, grid infrastructure and climate — some of which was blocked by the state’s mega-utility Dominion Energy. We’ll examine the politics.</p><p>Recommended reading:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-11/republicans-who-can-t-ignore-climate-change-seek-gop-solutions" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>: GOP Tiptoes Toward Climate Plans as Ocasio-Cortez Turns Up Heat</li><li><a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000169-a676-dc6b-a96d-b6f70e080000" target="_blank">Matt Gaetz</a>: 'Green Real Deal' Proposal</li><li><a href="https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2019/3/alexander-offers-one-republican-s-response-to-climate-change" target="_blank">Lamar Alexander</a>: The New Manhattan Project</li><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/wind-turbine-syndrome-a-classic-communicated-disease-8318" target="_blank">The Conversation</a>: Wind Turbine Syndrome, a Classic ‘Communicated’ Disease</li><li><a href="https://www.virginiamercury.com/2019/03/11/how-the-general-assembly-failed-virginia-again-on-clean-energy/" target="_blank">Virginia Mercury</a>: How the General Assembly Failed Virginia Again on Clean Energy</li></ul><p><em>Support for this podcast comes from PG&amp;E.&nbsp;Did you know that 20 percent of EV drivers in the U.S. are in