Energy industry and climate advocates have shown up in force at the Republican National Convention this week, with messages tailored to the conservative audience.
Officials representing oil, natural gas, electric utilities, renewables and climate action worked at the Milwaukee event to push Republican delegates, politicians, staffers and others on how they fit into the “energy dominance” vision central to former president and presidential nominee Donald Trump.
While some of the advocates fit more naturally into the GOP’s pro-fossil-fuel agenda, observers noted the clean energy presence was much more prominent than past conventions.
“There’s always energy-related events,” said Luke Bolar, spokesperson for the conservative clean energy advocacy group ClearPath. “But from my experience, having been to several in the past, clean energy was much more prevalent.”
