Republican lawmakers are tearing into U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm after she held up China as a model for the United States to emulate on climate change.
At the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, on Friday, Granholm praised China’s efforts to tackle climate change, saying the communist country “has been very sensitive, and has actually invested a lot in their solutions, to achieve their goals.”
“We’re hopeful that, you know, we can all learn from what China is doing,” Granholm said.
Her comments drew a heated response from GOP House members, who accused her of “siding with China against American energy producers.”
ENERGY SECRETARY GRANHOLM CLAIMS US CAN ‘LEARN FROM WHAT CHINA IS DOING’ ON CLIMATE CHANGE
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm claimed that the U.S. can learn from China’s climate change policies. (Screenshot/SXSW Studio)
“Unserious and harmful,” Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas., said.
Rep. Larry Buschon, a Republican from Indiana,…
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