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Dems did 'sleight of hand' in midterms, in control of Congress will push green energy agenda: Morano

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Severi, M. (2026, November 12). Dems did 'sleight of hand' in midterms, in control of Congress will push green energy agenda: Morano. Just The News. https://justthenews.com/index%2Ephp/politics-policy/energy/morano-predicts-dems-will-bring-climate-back-congress-next-year-despite?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators

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Marc Morano, a former Republican political aide and Climate Depot executive editor, argues that Democrats are executing a "sleight of hand" by prioritizing a trillion-dollar green energy agenda over their campaign promises of affordability. Speaking from the UN Climate Change Conference in Turkey, Morano claims the party avoided climate rhetoric during the midterms to focus on costs but now plans to push wind and solar energy as a mandate. He highlights specific legislative goals, such as restoring production tax credits for renewable energy facilities that were scheduled to expire after December 31, 2027.
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Morano, speaking Wednesday from the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Turkey, told the Just The News, No Noise TV show that Democrats will push an agenda of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, over fossil fuel, despite saying little, if anything, about such plans, while primarily running on a platform of making life more affordable for Americans.
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Dems did 'sleight of hand' in midterms, in control of Congress will push green energy agenda:

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Dems did 'sleight of hand' in midterms, in control of Congress will push green energy agenda: asserted
Dems → do → agenda
Morano Morano spoke from the UN Climate Change Conference, also said Democrats' climate, renewable agenda willl cost U.S. taxpayers trillions Climate Depot executive editor Marc Morano is predicting that Democrats will try to bring back their climate, green energy agenda now that they have control of Congress, costing taxpayers trillions of dollars. asserted
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Morano, speaking Wednesday from the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Turkey, told the Just The News, No Noise TV show that Democrats will push an agenda of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, over fossil fuel, despite saying little, if anything, about such plans, while primarily running on a platform of making life more affordable for Americans. asserted
life → speak → Americans
"They are completely at odds with each other," said Morano, a former Republican political aide. asserted
Morano → say → other
"You cannot have a climate agenda and at the same time have an affordability agenda. asserted
You → have → agenda
I feel like I need to apologize because I had been declaring climate a dead issue." asserted
climate → feel → ?
He also said President Trump has done "so many unbelievably good things, but what's happened here is the greatest sleight of hand in climate history that I've been following for 25 plus years." asserted
I → say → years
The former Senate staffer argued Democrats were forbidden by climate activists from talking on the campaign trail about climate, saying it was mentioned in only 2% of Democratic Senate and House press releases. "Now you have Al Gore saying the first thing Congress should be doing is climate action," Morano said. asserted
Morano → argue → releases
"John Kerry says it's a mandate for the climate agenda for green energy." asserted
it → say → energy
"They are really going to push this," he continued. asserted
he → go → this
"Of course, 2028 is going to be the key year and where that goes with elections. asserted
that → go → elections
But the Democrats think that, you know, Trump's second term never existed by the way they're acting here." asserted
they → think → way
Rolling back Trump administration changes Democrats are expected to try to roll back some of the major changes that Trump's second administration has made to U.S. energy policy. asserted
administration → roll → policy
One area they are expected to focus on is restoring the production tax credits for renewable energy, which the One Big Beautiful Bill scheduled to end for facilities put into service after Dec. 31, 2027. asserted
Bill → expect → Dec.
The credits were originally intended to be a temporary program to incentivize the building out of wind and solar farms by providing a federal tax credit per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced. asserted
credits → intend → electricity
While supporters of such credits say they will bring down electricity rates, critics argue they create a disincentive to produce affordable, reliable energy, undermining the reliability of the country's power grid. asserted
they → say → grid
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