Delays on climate action could hurt the economy
Eli Lehrer, president of the R Street Institute, another panelist at the Brookings announcement, said Republicans will probably spend a year attacking President Obama and the new rules, before there’s a chance of pursuing legislation to supersede the regulations.
“At that point, we’ll be past the [2014] elections and people will have to do something,” said Lehrer, who supports a revenue-neutral carbon tax that cuts income tax rates.
