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The closest anyone got to getting republicans to do anything about the climate was when AoC introduced the Green New Deal. They lost their minds for a minute at being called out.
That's not quite true; it used to be possible to get an about-to-retire Republicans to endorse legislation. Francis Rooney endorsed carbon fee-and-dividend legislation back in 2019 (It did not pass)