I support a federal clean energy standard that incentivizes investor-owned electric utilities to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions while creating millions of good-paying jobs to build the clean energy infrastructure necessary to make this transition
Support a federal clean energy standard that incentivizes investor-owned electric utilities to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions while creating jobs to build clean energy infrastructure.
Occurrences
Evidence
McGarvey said the EPA was rolling back pollution restrictions on coal-burning power plants and called the move shameful, saying the administration was bragging about polluting air and water while utility bills rose.
McGarvey announced $72 million in DOE funding to reduce CO2 emissions at Cane Run, said the project would create up to 100 union jobs, and said he would keep working in Congress to support green energy projects.
Assessments
The available evidence shows McGarvey backing emissions reductions and clean-energy job creation in office, including public opposition to weaker coal-plant pollution rules and support for DOE-funded carbon-reduction projects in his district. That demonstrates meaningful alignment with the promise’s goals, but it does not show that he secured, passed, or clearly advanced a federal clean energy standard for investor-owned utilities specifically. On the current record, he appears to have supported adjacent clean-energy actions rather than delivered the promised federal standard itself, so partial credit fits best.