Republican Senators in Tight Races Try to Look Just Green Enough

Maine Sen. Susan Collins touts herself as the only Republican to vote against both of President Donald Trump’s picks to head the EPA.

Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner brushed aside the president’s request for deep cuts for the Energy Department’s renewable energy initiatives and attempt to zero out next-generation energy research by ARPA-E.

Arizona Sen. Martha McSally, though a new arrival to the Senate, sided with Democrats in several high-profile showdowns over climate change as a House member, including a vote to scrap requirements that the Pentagon assess its vulnerability to rising sea level and other climate impacts. ...