State of Kansas Archives: on Energy & Oil
Barbara Bollier:
Invest in green energy opportunities to create jobs
Climate change and extreme weather are some of the most significant challenges facing all Kansans. The window for addressing this crisis is quickly closing. The more we delay, the more our way of life will be permanently changed. Barbara will:-
Support a comprehensive plan to reduce carbon emissions;
- Invest in green energy opportunities to create jobs & accelerate the economy;
- Advocate for investment in infrastructure to make communities more efficient & resilient to climate change.
Source: 2020 Kansas Senate campaign website BollierForKansas.com
May 28, 2020
Barbara Bollier:
Opposed repealing state renewable energy standard
Q: Address as a top priority by taxing or limiting output of greenhouse gases?Barbara Bollier: Yes. Supports "a comprehensive plan to reduce carbon emissions." Opposed efforts to repeal state renewable energy standard. Would harness state's wind
energy potential.
Roger Marshall: No. Voted for a resolution opposing a carbon tax. "Innovating our way to solutions has been a trademark of the American spirit since our country's inception."
Source: CampusElect on 2020 Kansas Senate race
Oct 10, 2020
Chad Taylor:
Wind cowboys maintain fields of windmills in west Kansas
Energy is the 800-pound gorilla in the room. Without an intelligent domestic energy infrastructure, our country is set up for failure. As Kansans, we need to invest in a patchwork solution and abandon the notion that one energy source will meet our
demands indefinitely. It is critical to consider every option before us in determining how to responsibly generate power and prosperity, and incorporate the potential of our economy.We have highly-skilled engineers and tradesmen in
Wichita who can build new turbines, and new economies. The "wind cowboys" (and cowgirls) being trained at our state's technical schools can service and maintain the fields of windmills in western Kansas.
The farmers of our state will reap the rewards of land leases that pay for these natural power plants in the short term.
And we are not even close to fulfilling our potential. Kansas has the second-highest wind potential of any state in the country.
Source: 2014 Kansas Senate campaign website, TaylorForUSSenate.com
Jun 17, 2014
Derek Schmidt:
Suing Biden for trying to implement Green New Deal
When President Obama's administration overreached in regulating Kansas farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, Schmidt fought back in court--and won. He defended President Trump's America First policies. Schmidt is suing President Biden for trying to
implement the Green New Deal by executive order and has put the Biden administration on notice that it should reconsider its decisions to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and to end a program that deports illegal alien sex offenders.
Source: 2021 Kansas Gubernatorial campaign announcement speech
Mar 9, 2021
Jerry Moran:
Support an all-of-the-above domestic energy strategy
On high gas prices: "We could help increase supply and cuts costs at the pump. But instead, President Biden chooses our foreign adversaries for assistance. The United States has the resources, the expertise and the domestic demand to be an
energy-independent nation, and Kansas has the opportunity to be a participant in that." Moran noted that a more enduring and affordable solution would be for the President to support an "all-of-the-above domestic energy strategy."
Source: WIBW TV-13 on 2022 Kansas Senate race
Jul 21, 2022
Joan Farr:
Don't prioritize green energy
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Prioritize green energy"?
A: OPPOSE
Source: OnTheIssues.org interview on 2022 Kansas Senate race
Dec 10, 2021
Kris Kobach:
Develop traditional energy resources, plus ANWR
Kobach supports the following principles regarding the energy- Support increased development of traditional energy resources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil).
- Support opening a select portion of the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration.
- Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
- Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel.
- Allow energy producers to trade pollution credits.
Source: 2004 Kansas Congressional National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2004
Laura Kelly:
For alternative energy that benefits the state, like wind
[WFK]: Would you support or oppose policies at the federal level to encourage the growth of alternative energy systems in the United States, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their effect on climate?
[Kelly]: I would support policies at the federal level that benefit Kansas to encourage the growth of alternative energy systems. I have supported efforts in Kansas to expand the wind energy industry.
Source: WomenForKansas.org interview: 2018 Kansas governor race
Jul 12, 2018
Mark Holland:
Needn't choose between vibrant economy and a livable planet
Working for the environment is a win/win for the planet and the people. Emerging environmental industries offer new jobs and better long-term sustainability. We need to stop the culture war between liberals and conservatives and work together for a
new, more sustainable economy that gives us the energy and resources we need. It is a false narrative that we must choose between a vibrant economy and a livable planet. America deserves both!
Source: 2022 Kansas Senate campaign website HollandForKansas.com
Jun 26, 2022
Mark Parkinson:
Bring wind farms and green jobs to Kansas
I want to propose that we continue to move forward with energy policy in Kansas. 2008 was about building wind farms in Kansas, 2009 was about bringing wind manufacturing jobs and transmission to Kansas. Let's make 2010 about making Kansas a national
leader. [I have appointed] a Cabinet team who will make sure that we take advantage of every opportunity to continue to bring transmission, wind farms and green jobs to Kansas. It is our destiny to provide clean energy to the rest of the country.
Source: 2010 Kansas State of the State Address
Jan 11, 2010
Milton Wolf:
No subsidies for wind and solar
Question topic: Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Wolf: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Kansas Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
Patrick Wiesner:
Support the Keystone Pipeline, with environmental safeguards
The federal government is the only body big enough to provide a modern transportation infrastructure, set energy policy, and oversee environmental protection. We can immediately start work on roads, bridges, and airports with new revenue generated
from fuel taxes and user fees. I support the Keystone pipeline and want it built in a way that doesn't repeat our past environmental mistakes. Energy security, jobs, and environmental stewardship are the benefits.
Source: Emporia Gazette on 2016 Kansas Senate race
Aug 2, 2014
Patrick Wiesner:
End tax credits for wind energy & biofuel--they're gimmicks
[We should] remove government subsidies out of the tax code. Washington incumbents and lobbyists prefer tax subsidies because these costs don't show up as expenditures in appropriations bills.
Stopping this accounting gimmick will end the politicians' avoidance of accountability for these special interest favors.
Further subsidies, such as tax credits for wind energy, railroad track maintenance, and agri-biodiesel fuels credit, as now written, are beyond the necessary expertise of both Congress and the Treasury to determine compliance.
The better policy is when a business or industry wants a federal subsidy, the House and Senate must publically approve by vote of an appropriation.
Source: 2016 Kansas Senate campaign website WiesnerForSenate.com
Mar 1, 2016
Patrick Wiesner:
Remove tax credits for wind energy & agri-biodiesel fuels
[The IRS and Congress need] to remove government subsidies out of the tax code. Washington incumbents and lobbyists prefer tax subsidies because these costs don't show up as expenditures in appropriations bills.
Stopping this accounting gimmick will end the politicians' avoidance of accountability for these special interest favors. Q
Further subsidies, such as tax credits for wind energy, railroad track maintenance, and agri-biodiesel fuels credit, as now written, are beyond the necessary expertise of both Congress and the Treasury to determine compliance.
The better policy is when a business or industry wants a federal subsidy, the House and Senate must publically approve by vote of an appropriation.
Source: 2016 Kansas Senate website, WiesnerForSenate
Apr 1, 2016
Patrick Wiesner:
Build Keystone pipeline without environmental mistakes
I support the Keystone pipeline and want it built in a way that doesn't repeat our past environmental mistakes.
Energy security, jobs, and environmental stewardship are the benefits.
Source: Topeka Capital-Journal voter guide: 2016 Kansas Senate race
Oct 1, 2016
Randall Batson:
Strongly opposes prioritizing green energy
Q: Do you support or oppose prioritizing green energy?
A: Strongly Oppose.
Source: Email interview on Kansas 2014 Senate race with OnTheIssues
Sep 19, 2014
Roger Marshall:
Voted for a resolution opposing a carbon tax
Q: Address as a top priority by taxing or limiting output of greenhouse gases?Roger Marshall: No. Voted for a resolution opposing a carbon tax. "Innovating our way to solutions has been a trademark of the
American spirit since our country's inception."
Barbara Bollier: Yes. Supports "a comprehensive plan to reduce carbon emissions." Opposed efforts to repeal state renewable energy standard. Would harness state's wind energy potential.
Source: CampusElect on 2020 Kansas Senate race
Oct 10, 2020
Sam Brownback:
New wind energy projects; make KS the Renewable State
We will build the expansion of the Holcomb power plant. Affordable energy and electricity exports will help underpin Kansas' 21st Century economy. We will expand and start new wind energy projects in the state. If we do this right, we will see
the development of a renewable energy corridor between Wichita and Salina that will provide jobs for rural Kansas and clean energy for the world. I want Kansas to be known as the not only as the Wheat state--but as the Renewable State.
Source: 2011 Kansas State of the State Address
Jan 12, 2011
Sam Brownback:
I dream of Kansas exporting wind power across America
I dream of a future Kansas exporting wind electricity across America.
A Kansas known as the Renewable State. It could well be that in the future, those who have the wind resource will flourish like those who now have oil. We are growing as an energy state.
Source: 2018 Kansas State of the State address
Jan 9, 2018
Cindy Holscher:
Eliminate subsidies for fossil fuel production, consumption
Our federal government needs to become more aggressive in addressing this, as our farmers are seeing the impact of climate change in regard to their harvests and the crops they plant. Important actions to take would consist of: setting local emission
goals as well as eliminating subsidies for fossil fuel production and consumption. Actions such as this would help our nation move to cleaner energy. Specific to Kansas, we are second in wind production, yet have not full harnessed this potential.
Source: Johnson County Post on 2026 Kansas Gubernatorial race
Oct 16, 2020
Patrick Schmidt:
Leverage tax credits so people can be more energy efficient
He said he thinks the state should leverage tax credits to help people take the steps to fix up older homes to make them more energy-efficient,
and to empower people to take advantage of energy that is cleaner, such as heat pumps and solar panels.
Source: Lawrence Times on 2026 Kansas Senate race
Jul 13, 2024
Adam Hamilton:
Supports all of the above energy production
Stop the war on domestic energy projects and restore energy production tax credits that increase our energy independence and create good-paying jobs. Adam supports all of the above energy production and believes Kansans should decide what happens on
their land. More than two dozen Republican members of Congress asked to protect these credits before they were repealed, threatening nearly 10,000 jobs and shrinking the state's economy by over $1 billion.
Source: 2026 Kansas Senate campaign web HamiltonForKansas.com
Aug 20, 2026
Adam Hamilton:
Stewardship includes changing your behavior to reduce carbon
One sermon [at Adam Hamilton's megachurch] saw Hamilton call on his congregation to repent over their carbon footprints. "That's what repentance means--I saw things differently, it changed my heart, and it changed my behavior," Hamilton said during a
January 2020 sermon called, "What would Jesus say about climate change?""So what I'm calling you to today, and I'm calling myself to it, because I've been wasteful, I've done things that wasn't, you know, I didn't think about it, how it wasn't
really good stewardship of the earth around me," he continued. "I'm calling us to repentance to say, 'I realize that this has impact, even if it seems small, it has an impact on the world and future generations. And I feel badly about that, and I'm going
to do something different from this time forward.'"
Hamilton's sermon was part scripture, part PowerPoint presentation on how greenhouse gases occur and their impact on the environment [including how eating] beef was a major contributor to the problem.
Source: Fox News on 2026 Kansas Senate race
Sep 28, 2026
Adam Hamilton:
Recommends reducing your usage of fossil fuels
Hamilton's sermon [at his megachurch in January 2020] was part scripture, part PowerPoint presentation on how greenhouse gases occur and their impact on the environment. And during his 44-minute talk, Hamilton suggested that one of
Kansas' staple economic drivers, beef, was a major contributor to the problem. "Some of the things that we grow, because we like to eat them, like cattle, end up producing more carbon dioxide than other crops that we could grow, other forms of
food that we could have," Hamilton said. "And so, in all of these ways, we are creating or adding to the amount of greenhouse gases in our world."
"Now, you got to do everything you can to reduce your own usage of fossil fuels, but maybe changing your diet so that the things that you eat are requiring less production that creates methane and carbon dioxide and everything else," Hamilton said.
Source: Fox News on 2026 Kansas Senate race
Sep 28, 2026
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