NC Senator Thom Tillis at the Keep America Great rally in Fayetteville, NC on 9/9/2019 Dive Brief: Seven Republican senators on Thursday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., urging him to consider policies in future COVID-19 relief and recovery proposals that will bolster the clean energy sector. The letter was led by Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and included support from Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Chair Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and others. It calls for McConnell to consider policies that would boost “jobs and innovation” within the renewables, carbon capture, nuclear, energy efficiency, transportation and storage sectors, making the case that it is “fiscally prudent” to do so. Broad Senate Republican support for clean energy inclusion has thus far been lacking, though Murkowski has been pushing for it. “As with past measures, it appears at this point in […]