My idea is that even if you don’t think human activity is contributing to climate change (an increasingly, and amazingly, political question), you can still support No Regrets, and the worst-case scenario is that we’ll all save ourselves some money.

Here’s another way to think about it: Even if you think you have to prove your partisan political bona fides by being against emissions reductions as a general rule, why wouldn’t you reduce emissions if you can save dough?

I mean, surely people don’t favor emitting greenhouse gases and pollution just because they really like emissions or something. It’s pretty extreme to think that being in favor of emissions is cool. Emissions aren’t really something in need of protection.

So let’s save some money.

— Texas State Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin) on his “No Regrets” climate bill for Texas. If anything, Texas has the ability to lead the nation in clean energy policy and technology. Kirk Watson gets it.

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