Former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich doubled down on his calls for a bipartisan, free-market solution to climate change on Monday, days after he touted his ownership of a Tesla electric vehicle and outlined his views on the divisive issue during an appearance at the South by Southwest.

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Kasich, who is mulling a presidential run in 2020, said the “Green New Deal” championed by progressive Democrats such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is “provoking a more vigorous level of public debate” on climate change, but could “dangerously centralize federal government power.” Instead, he called for moderates on both sides of the aisle to embrace market-driven policies to combat climate change, such as a carbon emissions tax and the return of subsidies for electric vehicles.

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