{"id":317464,"date":"2016-01-20T02:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grist.org\/?post_type=grist-50-profiles&amp;p=317464"},"modified":"2016-01-20T02:30:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T07:30:08","slug":"angel-garcia","status":"publish","type":"grist-50-profiles","link":"https:\/\/grist.org\/grist-50\/profile\/angel-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Green cred:<\/strong> Politically active since college, this gregarious lawyer is a newly minted energy activist. In 2013, the former Romney delegate and past president of the Chicago Young Republicans became an organizer for<a href=\"http:\/\/yc4er.org\/\"> Young Conservatives for Energy Reform<\/a>, which encourages lawmakers to support clean energy in the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/climate-change-is-a-security-threat-make-it-a-foreign-policy-priority\/\">national security<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think [clean energy] is an issue the Democrats should own,\u201d Garcia says. \u201cWe have Republicans who want clean air too, and want to make America energy-independent. We might not all agree on why we\u2019re investing in solar or wind, but<a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/series\/conservatives-and-climate-change\/\"> we&#8217;re working toward the same goals<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating when people think the only way to get the message across is by talking about climate change.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What to expect in 2016:<\/strong> YCER will push for tax credits for renewable energy companies and urge more candidates to address clean energy ahead of the election. For his part, Garcia will keep trying to demonstrate that there\u2019s more than one way to advance this agenda. \u201cIt\u2019s frustrating when people think the only way to get the message across is by talking about climate change,\u201d he says, noting that a motive like keeping soldiers out of a distant war is more likely to resonate with conservatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Break time:<\/strong> Born, raised, and living in Chicago, the Bears fan knew as he approached 40 that he needed a change. He shuttered his solo firm for three months and volunteered as a teacher in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite movie:<\/strong> Garcia names the patriotic <em>Rocky IV<\/em>. After all, he points out with residual child-of-the-\u201980s glee, that\u2019s the installment in which \u201cRocky Balboa singlehandedly beats Communism.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the leaders shaping green in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54839989,"featured_media":490348,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[1],"class_list":["post-317464","grist-50-profiles","type-grist-50-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grist-50-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Angel Garcia - Grist 50<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Angel Garcia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" 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