Their new alliance, officially launched on Aug. 6,
represents a bridge between political parties in support of clean energy
policies. In the state of Georgia, the coalition includes members of
the Sierra Club,
Georgia Watch, Occupy Atlanta, the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Atlanta Tea Party
Patriots.
Many Republican politicians that align themselves closely with the Tea Party have been vocal opponents of renewables, energy efficiency and climate action in
order to reduce government intervention in the free market. Tea Party
activists in the Green Tea Coalition maintain the same conservative
political commitment, but find no contradiction between valuing the free
market and supporting renewable energy.
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