Pa. Conservatives Say They Embrace Clean, Renewable Energy At Forum

As former Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley sees it, environmental friendly policies are concepts conservatives have allowed to slip away from the party platform in more recent times.

“We, as Republicans, we, as conservatives, can continue to let others define who we are, or we can step forward boldly,” Cawley, who served as lieutenant governor from 2011-15, said this week at the Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum in Harrisburg.

Cawley was one of multiple speakers, including former Homeland Security Secretary and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who discussed how conservatives in Pennsylvania a...