Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) was the lone office-holding Republican included in this year’s Time 100 Climate List.
According to Time editors, those included in the list were chosen after editors evaluated “measurable, scalable achievements over commitments and announcements. We favored more recent action.”
“These 100 people represent the power of individuals to make significant progress in influencing the climate economy,” Time editors wrote in a statement.
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This most recent release is the third of its kind. Curtis is the first Republican politician to be included. Time cited the Conservative Climate Caucus Curtis founded in 2021 while a member of the House of Representatives, among the reasons Curtis was included.
“In the House, [Curtis] introduced legislation to study the carbon intensity of U.S. industry, with an eye
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