Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Oct 17, 2024
The real global warming we have to worry about is nuclear

Tim Walz on Energy & Oil : Oct 2, 2024
Reducing our impact is absolutely critical on climate change

JDV: This idea that carbon emissions drives all the climate change. Well, let's just say that's true, just for the sake of argument, so we're not arguing about weird science. Let's just say that's true. Well, if you believe that, what would you, what would you want to do? The answer is that you'd want to reshore as much American manufacturing as possible and you'd want to produce as much energy as possible in the United States of America because we're the cleanest economy in the entire world.

JD Vance on Energy & Oil : Oct 2, 2024
We should produce as much energy as possible in the USA

TW: Senator Vance has said that there's a climate problem in the past, Donald Trump called it a hoax and then joked that these things would make more beachfront property to be able to invest in. So the solution for us is to continue to move forward. Reducing our impact is absolutely critical. But this is not a false choice. You can do that at the same time you're creating the jobs that we're seeing all across the country.

Tim Walz on Energy & Oil : Oct 1, 2024
Let's harvest wind and produce more clean energy

WALZ: Donald Trump called it a hoax, [but Minnesota] farmers know climate change is real. They've seen 500 year droughts, 500 year floods, back to back. But what they're doing is adapting, telling me, "Look, I harvest corn, I harvest soybean, and I harvest wind." We are producing more natural gas and more oil at any time than we ever have. We're also producing more clean energy.

VANCE: The real issue is that if you're spending billions on solar panels that are made in China, you're going to make the economy dirtier. We should be making more of those solar panels here in the United States.

WALZ: We are. In Minnesota.

VANCE: Some of them are, Tim, but a lot of them are being made overseas in China, especially the components that go into those solar panels. So if you really want to make the environment cleaner, you've got to invest in more energy production.

JD Vance on Energy & Oil : Oct 1, 2024
Build more clean energy, like nukes and natural gas

VANCE: What the President has said is that if Kamala Harris believes that climate change is serious, they would be doing more manufacturing and more energy production in the US, and that's not what they're doing. The real issue is that if you're spending billions of dollars of American taxpayer money on solar panels that are made in China, you're going to make the economy dirtier. We should be making more of those solar panels here in the US. p>WALZ: We are. In Minnesota.

VANCE: Some of them are, Tim, but a lot of them are being made overseas in China, especially the components that go into those solar panels. So if you really want to make the environment cleaner, you've got to invest in more energy production. We built [only one] nuclear facility in the past 40 years. Natural gas--invest more in it. Kamala Harris has done the opposite.

WALZ: We are producing more natural gas and more oil at any time than we ever have. We're also producing more clean energy.

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Jul 23, 2024
2010s: Sued Big Oil; no climate change disinformation

JD Vance on Energy & Oil : Jul 16, 2024
Scrap federal tax credits for Electric Vehicles

JD Vance on Energy & Oil : Jul 15, 2024
Drive American: Chinese-made EVs don't solve climate crisis

He has sought to put significant blame on China for greenhouse gas emissions. In a 2023 hearing, Vance dismissed carbon offsets in aviation as "climate reparations": "Why are we effectively penalizing the American aviation while we don't require, or even attempt, to force the Chinese to do the same to their aviation industry?"

Vance last year introduced the "Drive American Act," S. 2962, which would repeal the federal tax credit for electric vehicles and instead offer tax credits for U.S.-made vehicles powered only by gasoline or diesel.

Bernie Sanders on Principles & Values : Jul 7, 2024
I'd feel awful if America lost our 250 year old democracy

SANDERS: Well, I would feel awful, as somebody who has opposed virtually all of Trump's policies. And I would feel awful if the American people lost the democracy which we've had for 250 years. And I would feel awful if we turned our back on the existential threat of climate change.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Jun 27, 2024
The only existential threat to humanity is climate change

Nikki Haley on Energy & Oil : Jan 18, 2024
Climate change is real, but no extreme transitions

HALEY: You know, it's interesting, because I think that this has been made to be a partisan issue. And it shouldn't be. We all want clean air. We all want clean water. We all want a world for our kids that we know is going to be strong and healthy for them. And so, if you look at that, then it's, how do we get there, right? I do think climate change is real. I think that's acknowledging a fact. We need to acknowledge our facts to know where we go. The problem is, we have seen extremes. So we have seen some people who say, "oh, climate change doesn't exist." And then we see others who say, like Biden, "everybody's got to drive an electric car by 2033." You don't live in extremes. But you also look at, what's the transition? Rather than demonizing producers, partner with the producers, because you will find a lot of the energy producers want to do innovation.

Ron DeSantis on Energy & Oil : Jan 10, 2024
Kneecapping reliable energy means rolling blackouts

DESANTIS: On day one as President, we take Biden's Green New Deal and we throw it in the trash can. It is bad for this country. We have to have reliable energy. You're going to end up having rolling blackouts if they kneecap reliable energy production in this country. Florida's had a massive decline in emissions--wasn't because of a single mandate. It was because of innovation, because a lot of natural gas has replaced coal. We do have market-based solar, but we cannot walk away from reliable energy. The left wants you to pay more for everything. We need you to pay less for energy. We cannot have these mandates and they'll be gone the day I'm President.

Q: Would you do anything to deal with the underlying cause?

DESANTIS: Innovate, and here's the thing. China is building two coal plants a week. So, why would we be cutting off our nose to spite our face? China is the problem here, and so hold them accountable.

Dean Phillips on Environment : Oct 20, 2023
Restore EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

Vivek Ramaswamy on Energy & Oil : Aug 23, 2023
Climate change agenda is a hoax

Gov. Nikki HALEY: Is climate change real? Yes, it is. But if you want to really change the environment, then we need to start telling China and India that they have to lower their emissions.

Sen. Tim SCOTT: If we want the environment to be better, the best thing to do is to bring our jobs home from China. If we create 10 million new jobs in my Made in America Plan, we will have a better economy and a better environment. America has cut our carbon footprint in half in the last 25 years. Why do we put ourselves at a disadvantage, devastating our own economy? Let's bring our jobs home.

Nikki Haley on Energy & Oil : Aug 23, 2023
Ask China and India to lower their emissions

Gov. Nikki HALEY: Is climate change real? Yes, it is. But if you want to really change the environment, then we need to start telling China and India that they have to lower their emissions. That's where our problem is. And these green subsidies that Biden has put in, all he's done is help China because he doesn't understand all these electric vehicles that he's done, half of the batteries for electric vehicles are made in China. And so, that's not helping the environment. You're putting money in China's pocket. And Biden did that. We need to acknowledge the truth, which is these subsidies are not working. We also need to take on the international world and say, 'okay, India and China, you've got to stop polluting.' And that's when we'll start to deal with the planet.

Francis Suarez on Energy & Oil : Aug 18, 2023
Climate change is a serious threat; reduce emissions

Cornel West on Energy & Oil : Jun 16, 2023
Remove oil and gas subsidies, invest in clean energy

Marianne Williamson on Energy & Oil : Jun 6, 2023
I will treat global warming problem holistically

JD Vance on Energy & Oil : Nov 1, 2022
Climate is changing; solution is nuclear power

Climate Change: Should climate change be a top priority? Tax or limit the output of greenhouse gases, or support renewable energy?
• Tim Ryan (D): Yes. "The threat of global climate change is one of the most critical issues facing our nation." Voted for infrastructure bill offering Ohioans "historic investments in cleaner, more convenient transportation."
• J.D. Vance (R): Mostly no. "Certainly the climate is changing. I think the big question is, how much is man causing it?" If people were serious about addressing climate change, they should turn to nuclear power.

Chase Oliver on Energy & Oil : Oct 18, 2022
No carbon caps; no magic legislation

CHASE OLIVER: It sounds great to say that we could just magically pass a bill and stop using less carbon and lower the carbon output. But that's just not the way it's going to work. Government involvement stifles innovation. We need to let the marketplace innovate: quit over-regulating green technology. We can fight climate change; that doesn't require massive government action; it doesn't require carbon caps or new government programs. It just requires us to buckle down and American innovation will develop the technologies. In the meantime, government doesn't really have a role in deciding what technology is going to be developing in the next few years.

RAPHAEL WARNOCK: In the church, we call it "Creation Care": we ought to be kind to the earth because it's the only place that we have. I'm glad that we passed the Inflation Reduction Act which represents record investment in a green energy future.

Chase Oliver on Technology : Oct 18, 2022
Let innovators reduce carbon; not federal-chosen technology

A: Government involvement stifles innovation. We need to let the marketplace innovate. It just requires us to buckle down and American innovation will develop the technologies that will power us into the future not using carbon-based fuels. In the meantime, government doesn't really have a role.

Q: Can you name a market-driven innovation that reduced carbon emissions without a government incentive?

A: It's very hard to get that because of the Big Government world we live in. Every major company is reaching out for every subsidy and giveaway they can. But we need to bring market competition back to it, [not] a scramble for who can get the next federal dollars. Elon Musk would've developed the Tesla [electric car] with or without subsidies. Of course he'll take the free money, but that's your money going into Elon Musk's pocket. We don't need to give money to Green billionaires to develop new technology; they'll do that on their own.

Larry Elder on Energy & Oil : Jul 22, 2021
Against radicals for whom climate change is a religion

JD Vance on Energy & Oil : Jul 2, 2021
Subsidizing electric vehicle technology helps China, not US

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Apr 22, 2021
Convened "climate world summit"; cut US emissions in half

PROMISE KEPT: (NPR, 4/22/21): Emphasizing US commitments on climate change, Pres. Biden kicked off the first international summit during his presidency. He announced that the US would cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, from 2005 levels, by the end of the decade. Biden was joined by 40 heads of government on Earth Day, focused entirely on lowering greenhouse gas emissions quickly in order to prevent the worst outcomes of a rapidly warming planet.

ANALYSIS: Much of the substantive work on cutting GHGs has yet to be done; only plans & proposals have been announced. However, the 2-day summit, which included Russia & China, fulfills Biden's pledge, within his first 100 days.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Jan 27, 2021
Appoint Special Envoy for Climate; recognize climate crisis

PROMISE KEPT: (Executive Order on Climate Crisis , 1/27/21): It is the policy of my Administration that climate considerations shall be an essential element of U.S. foreign policy and national security. I have created a new Presidentially appointed position, the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, to elevate the issue of climate change and underscore the commitment my Administration will make toward addressing it.

OnTheIssues ANALYSIS: Biden's order acknowledges primacy of climate change as a matter of national security (which the Trump administration did not). Former Secretary of State John Kerry was appointed as the first "special envoy."

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Oct 22, 2020
My plan fights climate change and creates jobs

TRUMP: The [Paris Climate Accord], I took us out because we were going to have to spend trillions of dollars and we were treated very unfairly. I will not sacrifice tens of millions of jobs, thousands and thousands of companies because of the Paris Accord, it was so unfair.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Oct 15, 2020
Weatherize 4 million buildings and 2 million homes

The reason is that they have not, that has not been mastered yet. I met a lot of people in Silicon Valley. The battery technology is increasing significantly so you're going to be able to have, for example, solar on your home and a battery in your basement. So when the sun doesn't shine for five days, you still have enough energy. So, we're making significant progress.

The other thing we're going to do is provide an awful lot of work. It's estimated to put close to a million people to work by weatherizing four million buildings and two million homes, because we'll save tons and tons of energy or billions of barrels of energy over time. And at the same time provide significant employment and a good union wages, prevailing wages.

Mike Pence on Free Trade : Oct 7, 2020
Vote against USMCA was a vote against jobs

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Sep 29, 2020
Rolled back Clean Power Plan; it increased energy prices

TRUMP: If you look at the Paris Accord, it was a disaster from our standpoint. And people are actually very happy about what's going on because our businesses are doing well.

Q: Do you believe that human greenhouse gas emissions contribute to the global warming of this planet?

TRUMP: I think a lot of things do, but I think to an extent, yes. But I also think we have to do better management of our forest. Every year I get the call, "California's burning!" If you had good forest management, you wouldn't be getting those calls.

Q: If you believe in the science of climate change, why have you rolled back the Obama Clean Power Plan which limited carbon emissions?

TRUMP: Because it was driving energy prices through the sky.

Mike Pence on Energy & Oil : Sep 22, 2020
Global warming is a myth; treaty is a disaster

[Star Press, 1/7/10]: "On nuclear power: 'I think we ought to build 100 new nuclear plants in the next 20 years.'"

Mike Pence on Energy & Oil : Sep 22, 2020
Cap and trade would raise home utility rates more than $3100

[Federal News Service, 4/20/09]: "Now, you've got the EPA essentially saying that carbon dioxide represents a threat to the environment and that's going to set into motion, Democrats on Capitol Hill and this administration, bringing forward a cap and trade bill, which literally could see the utility rates of every American household go up by more than $3,100 per year."

Joe Biden on Education : Sep 17, 2020
$100B for school ventilation; part of $1T for infrastructure

BIDEN: I have laid out in detail what I'll do, and I'm going to see to it that I said we get to a net zero power grid by 2035. No president can [instantly] turn around and change what we're doing. We're going to get to net zero emissions by the year 2050 before. In the meantime, there's so much we can do and still make it better for people. We're going to invest in close to a trillion dollars over time in the near time for infrastructure. We're going to build green infrastructure. For example, I propose that we spend $100 billion on making sure our schools have the right the right ventilation, [to ensure that] your schools, in fact, are safe. Making sure schools are in a position where they are not generating the use of more energy. We're going to build back buildings that vastly cut down on the amount of fossil fuels that we use.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Sep 17, 2020
When I hear global warming, I think jobs

Joe Biden on Principles & Values : Aug 21, 2020
I believe America ready to face difficult crises

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Aug 20, 2020
Climate change not only a crisis but an enormous opportunity

Joe Biden on Principles & Values : Aug 20, 2020
Four historic crises, all at the same time: a perfect storm

I will be a Democratic candidate, I will be an American president. I will work as hard for those who didn't support me as I will for those who did. That's the job of a president. To represent all of us, not just our base or our party. This is not a partisan moment. This must be an American moment. America isn't just a collection of clashing interests of red states or blue states. We're so much bigger than that. We're so much better than that.

Donald Trump on Corporations : Jun 9, 2020
OpEd: replaced scientific fact with profit-driven opinion

The weakening of our public administration infrastructure has reached its pinnacle in the Trump administration. Trump and his cabinet have consistently derided the very institutions they lead. Americans have become inured to the churn of cabinet officials and staff officials and staff departures. Trump's steady stream lies has half of the country turning a deaf ear and the other half ingesting false information. Trump's actions have built on the GOP's intentional destruction of institutions, and has left America weakened in a time of international crisis.

Dean Phillips on Energy & Oil : Apr 28, 2020
Expand incentives for clean-energy production

Dean will work to incentivize renewable energy from wind and solar, and for infrastructure investments to develop a clean and reliable electrical grid. He supports extending the 30% federal tax credit for solar and other renewable energy, rather than letting the credits decrease after 2019 and disappear altogether after 2021, as they will under current law.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Mar 15, 2020
I wrote the first climate change bill in the Congress

My plan takes on the fossil fuel industry and it unites the world. I'm saying we bring them together, make them live up to the commitments. If they don't live up to the commitments, they pay a financial price for it. They pay an economic price for it. Because we can do everything, my state is three feet above sea level. I don't need a lecture on what's going to happen about rising seas. I wrote the first climate change bill that was in the Congress, which PolitiFact said was a game changer.

Joe Biden on Environment : Mar 15, 2020
World should give $20B to Brazil to stop burning Amazon

In addition, I would immediately rejoin the Paris climate accord, which I helped put together. I would call on the 100 nations, the 100 major polluters, in the first 100 days, to up the ante and make it clear that in fact if they didn't, there'd be a price to pay.

And lastly, I would be right now organizing the hemisphere and the world, to provide $20 billion for the Amazon, for Brazil no longer to burn the Amazon, so they could have forests. They could have farming [but instead of burning, say], "This is what we're going to do." The region is burning out.

Bernie Sanders on Health Care : Feb 25, 2020
International cooperation on coronavirus, and full funding

What do we have to do? Whether or not the issue is climate change, which is clearly a global crisis requiring international cooperation, or infectious diseases like Coronavirus, requiring international cooperation, we have to work and expand the World Health Organization.

Obviously, we have to make sure the CDC, the NIH, our infectious departments, are fully funded. This is a global problem. We've got to work with countries all the over the world to solve it.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Feb 19, 2020
Invest in batteries to transmit solar power

And what I would do is, number one, work on providing the $47 billion we have for tech and for making sure we find answers--to find a way to transmit that wind and solar energy across the network in the United States. Invest in battery technology.

I would immediately reinstate all of the elimination of what Trump has eliminated in terms of the EPA. I would secondly make sure that we had 500,000 new charging stations in every new highway we built or repaired. I would make sure that we once again made sure that we got the mileage standards back up which would have saved over 12 billion barrels of oil. And I would invest in rail. Rail can take millions of cars off the road if we have high-speed rail.

Bernie Sanders on Homeland Security : Feb 8, 2020
FactCheck: $1.8 trillion on all military, not just weapons

That $1.8 trillion represents spending on more than just weapons. The figure is the 2018 total world military expenditure, as calculated by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. "Military expenditure" refers to all government spending on current military forces and activities, including salaries and benefits, operational expenses, arms and equipment purchases, military construction, research and development, and central administration, command and support.

Bernie Sanders on Free Trade : Feb 7, 2020
Not one word in USMCA that deals with climate change

Bernie Sanders on Homeland Security : Feb 7, 2020
We spend $1.8T on collective military; spend it on climate

Bernie Sanders on War & Peace : Feb 7, 2020
I listened about Iraq; they were lying thru their teeth

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Jan 14, 2020
I introduced the first climate change bill in 1986

Look, what we have to do is we have to act right away. And immediately, if I'm elected president, I'll reinstate all the mileage standards that existed in our administration which were taken down. That's 12 billion barrels of gasoline to be saved immediately.

And with regard to those folks who in fact are going to be victimized by what's already happened, we should be investing in infrastructure that raises roads, makes sure that every new highway built is a green highway, having 550,000 charging stations.

We can create millions of good-paying jobs. We're the only country in the world that's ever taken great crises and turned them into great opportunity.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Nov 20, 2019
Prioritized climate for decades, as existential threat

Joe BIDEN: I think it is the existential threat to humanity. While I was passing the first climate change bill, while I managed the $90 billion recovery plan, investing more money in infrastructure that related to clean energy than any time we've ever done it, my friend was introducing more coal mines and produced more coal around the world, according to the press, than all of Great Britain produces.

Bernie SANDERS: If we don't get our act together within the next eight or nine years, we're talking about major cities going underwater, increased drought, increased extreme weather disturbances.

Corey Stapleton on Energy & Oil : Sep 24, 2019
Free-market capitalism is key to addressing global warming

Mike Pence on Technology : Sep 14, 2019
Questions scientific community on ozone & global warming

Joe Biden on Government Reform : Sep 12, 2019
Immediate focus on health care, education, climate change

Bernie Sanders on Government Reform : Sep 12, 2019
Power to the people, not the billionaires

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Sep 4, 2019
Shouldn't sell/lease public land for drilling

HARRIS: Ultimately, it's about empowering communities that are often ignored. All of those communities have been disproportionately impacted by the change that we are seeing in our climate, not to mention the kind of behaviors by the fossil fuel industry that have been about pollution, about dumping and all that. It should be our responsibility to make sure that we leverage the incredible power we have in a way that is about empowering the communities that have been long overlooked and ignored.

Q: What about public lands?

HARRIS: We should not be selling or leasing public land for the purposes of drilling. One of my greatest priorities on this subject will be about preservation of public lands.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Sep 4, 2019
Start on climate change now; do more as things change

BIDEN: Yes, I think it is aggressive enough. It has gotten good reviews from most of the environmental community. But science and technology are going to change. We learn more, we can do more. We have to start and do things we know can be done immedia keep moving. There's a lot we have to do by 2030 just to set in place a set of institutional structures that mean you can't turn it around, like this president has done. It is an existential threat. There is no doubt about that. We make up 15% of the problem. The rest of the world makes up 80%, 85% of the problem. We still have to get the rest of the world to come along. I have great experience in leading coalitions both at home and internationally. I think I can do that better than an

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Sep 4, 2019
Undo what Trump has done, from CAFE to other standards

BIDEN: First of all, we have to turn back all of the changes that the president has made, from CAFE standards to moving in a direction that we deal with providing people who get displaced opportunities to have jobs. Whole range of things. I would see to a standard that we provide efficiency for appliances, that saves billions of gallons of gasoline--$500 billion in savings and two billion metric tons of CO2 going into the air. We should do it across the board. I propose we have 500,000 charging stations in the new green economy. We should own the electric vehicle market. I think we should raise the CAFE standards, bring them back to where they were. It goes on from there. But the bottom line is, to set in place standards that cannot be walked away from when the next president does what Trump tries to do.

Bernie Sanders on Health Care : Sep 4, 2019
We lose 30,000 people a year due to not going to the doctor

SANDERS: Keep going. You're doing great!

Q: What is the priority on climate change compared to all these others, if you have to choose?

SANDERS: Well, I have the radical idea that a sane Congress can walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. And, you know, there are so many crises that are out there today. I worry very much that we lose 30,000 people a year because they don't have the money to go to a doctor when they should and that 87 million people are uninsured or underinsured. And I will implement as president a Medicare-for-all single-payer program. So to my mind, it's not prioritizing this over that. It is finally having a government which represents working families and the middle class rather than wealthy campaign contributors. And when you do that, then things fall in place.

Bernie Sanders on Homeland Security : Sep 4, 2019
Cut military spending to pay for fixing climate change

SANDERS: We have a moral responsibility to act boldly, and to do that, yes, it is going to be expensive. This is how we get the money.

1. Insanely, right now we are giving the fossil fuel industry approximately $400 billion every single year in subsidies and tax breaks. Obviously, we end that.
2. We believe that the federal government is the best way to move aggressively to produce sustainable energy, like wind and solar. We will expand public power concepts like the TVA.
3. We are not going to have to spend money on the military defending oil interests around the world. We can cut military spending there, as well.
4. Our program will create up to 20 million good- paying jobs over the period of the 15 years. And when we do that, you're going to have a lot of taxpayers out there who will be paying more in taxes

Joe Biden on Jobs : Sep 4, 2019
Working on climate change can create 10 million jobs

Bernie Sanders on Jobs : Sep 4, 2019
Help transition for miners: income for 5 years, & education

SANDERS: The coal miners in this country, the men and women who work on the oil rigs, they are not my enemy. My enemy is climate change. We have built into our $16 trillion plan, tens of billions of dollars for a just transition. If some worker loses their job because we're moving away from fossil fuel, we're going to guarantee them an income for five years, the education they need, because those workers are not our enemies. They should not be punished because we're trying to save the planet.

Kamala Harris on Technology : Sep 4, 2019
All electric cars and school buses by 2045

HARRIS: I'm not saying there won't be any change but part of my perspective on this is I've actually seen what's possible when leaders lead. I've seen how in California we put in place some of the toughest, smartest laws and required changes in behavior and we saw outcomes. And I don't think anybody who has lived in California over all those years would say there was any drastic change to their lifestyle. Yes, they may say "well, I'm now driving a car that I can't really hear sometimes." You know, that Prius, right?

Q: S

Tulsi Gabbard on Energy & Oil : Jul 31, 2019
Off Fossil Fuel Act: plan to deal with climate change

Bernie Sanders on Jobs : Jul 30, 2019
Ain't nobody in Congress more pro-worker than I am

SANDERS: Look, Steve, there ain't nobody in the Congress who's more strongly pro-worker than I am. So when I talk about taking on the fossil fuel industry, what I am also talking about is a just transition. We can create what the Green New Deal is about. We can create millions of good-paying jobs. We can rebuild communities in rural America that have been devastated. So we are not anti-worker. We are going to provide and make sure that those workers have a transition, new jobs, healthcare and education.

Kamala Harris on Environment : Jul 17, 2019
Develop new nuclear technologies

TWO CANDIDATES HAVE SIMILAR VIEWS: Joseph Biden, Jr.; Jay Inslee.

Utilities and scientists are developing nuclear power reactors that are much smaller than the massive facilities that have been used in past decades. The new reactors, called Small Modular Reactors that the Energy Department's national labs are helping to develop, would produce perhaps 50 to 100 megawatts.

Joe Biden on Environment : Jul 17, 2019
Develop new nuclear technologies

TWO CANDIDATES HAVE SIMILAR VIEWS: Kamala Harris; Jay Inslee.

Utilities and scientists are developing nuclear power reactors that are much smaller than the massive facilities that have been used in past decades. The new reactors, called Small Modular Reactors that the Energy Department's national labs are helping to develop, would produce perhaps 50 to 100 megawatts.

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Jun 27, 2019
Climate crisis represents existential threat to our species

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Jun 27, 2019
Scientists say "12 years before damage is irreversible"

Mike Pence on Energy & Oil : Jun 23, 2019
Fighting climate change should not increase utility rates

Pence: We will always follow the science on that in this administration. What we won't do -- and the Clean Power Plan was all about that -- was hamstring energy in this country, raising the cost of utility rates for working families across this country while other nations like China and India absolutely do nothing or make illusory promises decades down the road to deal with it.

Howie Hawkins on Environment : May 28, 2019
Convert corporate agribusiness to organic agriculture

Howie Hawkins on Homeland Security : May 28, 2019
Cut military budget 75%; withdraw from 800 foreign bases

Kamala Harris on Free Trade : May 12, 2019
Trade agreements should address climate change

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Apr 22, 2019
Green New Deal sets agenda for dealing with climate change

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Apr 18, 2019
Keep US in Paris Climate Agreement & increase targets

A: Sanders's campaign confirmed that he would keep the United States in the Paris Agreement and increase emission reduction targets, but did not provide an on-the-record quote.

Q: Would you restore Obama-era climate change regulations that the Trump administration has reversed, like the Clean Power Plan, methane limits and vehicle emissions standards?

A: Sanders's campaign said he would restore Obama-era regulations.

Q: Do you support new regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions beyond what was in place under President Obama?

A: Sanders's campaign said he would go beyond Obama-era regulations, but did not elaborate or provide an on-the-record quote.

Q: Do you support a national renewable energy standard? If so, what would it be? If not, why not?

A: Sanders's campaign reiterated his support for the Green New Deal, which calls for 100 percent renewable energy.

Tulsi Gabbard on Energy & Oil : Apr 18, 2019
2017: Short-sighted to withdraw from Paris Climate Accord

Ms. Gabbard's campaign responded with a 2017 statement: "President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, making us just one of three countries in the world not to participate, is short-sighted and irresponsible. Without global action to drastically curb carbon pollution, climate change threatens the safety and security of the planet, especially in places like Hawaii where we are already experiencing its devastating effects. The US should be leading by example, leveraging innovation through science and technology, investing in clean energy, creating renewable energy jobs that cannot be outsourced, growing the economy, enhancing U.S. energy independence, and lowering energy costs for families and businesses, while reducing carbon emissions. We must continue to persevere and do our part to support efforts in the private sector and at all levels of government to combat climate change."

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Apr 18, 2019
Restore Clean Power Plan and Clean Car Standards

A: Yes, she wants to return the U.S. to the Paris deal.

Q: Would you restore Obama-era climate change regulations that the Trump administration has reversed, like the Clean Power Plan?

A: Harris's campaign said she wanted to "restore the Clean Power Plan and fully implement the Clean Car Standards."

Q: Do you support a national renewable energy standard?

A: She is for a national goal for renewable energy.

Q: Do you support increasing federal funding for clean-energy research?

A: Harris's campaign said that as president, she would "invest in clean energy research and infrastructure."

Tulsi Gabbard on Free Trade : Apr 18, 2019
Ban oil & gas exports; end fossil-fuel subsidies

Gabbard: I have long been an advocate of aggressive climate change legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions, including:

• Renewable energy mandate, zero-emission vehicle mandate, electrification of transit, electric vehicle rebate program for consumers.
• Moratorium on new major fossil-fuel projects, banning fracking, ending fossil-fuel subsidies, low-income weatherization and retrofit assistance.
• Extension of tax credits for wind and solar energy.
• Ban on crude oil and LNG [liquefied natural gas] exports.
• Environmental justice provisions for a clean energy future.
• Identify the employment potential of the energy efficiency and renewable energy industry and the skills and training needed for workers in those fields to support career transition period.

Marianne Williamson on Energy & Oil : Apr 14, 2019
Climate change biggest crisis of our time

Bernie Sanders on Corporations : Apr 12, 2019
Break up big agriculture corporations

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Apr 12, 2019
Co-sponsor of Green New Deal

Marianne Williamson on Energy & Oil : Apr 8, 2019
Supports Green New Deal and green jobs program

Tulsi Gabbard on Energy & Oil : Mar 10, 2019
Address climate change; US must lead worldwide effort

Howie Hawkins on Energy & Oil : Feb 25, 2019
Claims to be the "original Green New Dealer"

Howie Hawkins on Energy & Oil : Feb 22, 2019
I'm the original Green New Dealer, since 2010

Hawkins says he was the first American political candidate to run on the promise of a Green New Deal. During his run for NY governor in 2010, he proposed a plan to fight climate change "with the same urgency, speed, and commitment of resources that our country demonstrated in converting to war production for the mobilization for World War II." To reduce carbon emissions to net zero over ten years, Hawkins's plan would "devote resources to and create jobs in renewable energy, public transit and organic agriculture." And those resources would come from progressive tax reform.

Hawkins thinks the Green New Deal is being unfairly co-opted. But he's happy that it's become mainstream, because "it's our opportunity to explain how the Democratic establishment chopped away the pieces," he said.

Joe Biden on Foreign Policy : Feb 19, 2019
US can't do it alone: stay engaged in the world

Kamala Harris on Free Trade : Feb 11, 2019
Opposed TPP for invalidating California environmental laws

Kamala Harris on Crime : Feb 5, 2019
Ex-felons re-enter society, instead of broken justice system

We need an America where no mother or father has to teach their son that people may stop him or kill him because of the color of his skin.

The strength of our union is in our diversity and our unity. We see the State of our Union in the formerly incarcerated individual who re-enters society looking to contribute and in the DREAMer who pursues her future in the face of uncertainty.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Feb 5, 2019
We have 12 years to transform to sustainable energy

How can a president of the United States give a State of the Union speech and not mention climate change when the leading scientists of the world tell us that climate change is real, is caused by human activity, and is already causing devastating harm in the United States and in much of the world. Further, they tell us that we have a very short 12 years in order to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel and into energy efficiency and sustainable energy if we are going to have a planet that is healthy and habitable for our kids and grandchildren.

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Jan 22, 2019
Climate change important, but not only issue

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Jan 21, 2019
Don't withdraw from the Paris climate accord

• California's attorney general, Harris launched an investigation into Exxon Mobil in 2016, after reports that the oil and gas giant lied for decades about the risks of climate change.
• Harris criticized President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.
• Additionally, Harris opposed the Trump administration's proposal to reverse Obama-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks.

Tulsi Gabbard on Energy & Oil : Jan 14, 2019
No more fossil fuels for electricity by 2050

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Jan 8, 2019
Climate change is a national security threat to America

For example, climate change will lead to droughts. Droughts will lead to famine. Famine will drive desperate people to leave their homes in search of sustenance. Massive flows of displaced people will lead to refugee crises. Refugee crisis will lead to tension and instability across borders.

The hard truth is that climate change is going to cause terrible instability and desperation, and that will put American national security at risk. That's why as part of President Obama's national security strategy, climate change was identified as a national security threat of the highest priority.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Nov 25, 2018
No more debate on climate change; it's here & costs $100Bs

SANDERS: Well, what Congress should do is move aggressively in listening not only to this report from the Trump administration but from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which tells us that climate change is already doing irreparable harm all over this planet. What Congress has got to do is take Trump on, take the fossil fuel industry on, and transform our energy system away from fossil fuel, to energy efficiency and sustainable energies like solar and wind.

Q: The report estimates knocking as much as 10% off the size of the U.S. economy by the end of this century because of related costs.

SANDERS: The debate is over about the reality of climate change and the incredible and costly harm it's going to do to this country. We are talking about hundreds of billions of dollars in damage that we're going to have to pay for.

Marco Rubio on Energy & Oil : Oct 14, 2018
Address rising sea levels by using natural gas & nuclear

RUBIO: I would say that that's not true. We are. We have funded this study in Congress to better understand sea level rise and changes in the climate, those are measurable. From a policy-maker [perspective], the question is, what policies can we change to deal with that human activity? If you look at U.S. today, we're cleaner than we used to be. Natural gas is a clean source. Nuclear energy is very clean. But you have to fight the same people to approve of that.

Marco Rubio on Energy & Oil : Oct 14, 2018
Climate change is reality, but we're a country, not a planet

RUBIO: Climate & sea level rise, these are measurable things. So it's not even a scientific debate. At some point, it's just a reality debate. You can measure whether sea levels are higher than they used to be, warmer than used to be and the like. As a policymaker, the fundamental question is, what can we do about it? And if, in fact, humans are contributing to that, what public policy can we pursue that does not destroy your economy and can be effective.

Q: Are there are mitigation efforts you can take with greenhouse gases?

RUBIO: The increases come from the developing world and in other places. We're not a planet, we're a country. The debate has not been always about whether or not it's human contribution. It's about whether the public policies that are being advocated would be effective, in light of the fact that in other places carbon emissions continue to grow.

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Oct 14, 2018
Climate change isn't a hoax, but don't spend trillions on it

Trump called climate change a hoax in November 2012 stating, "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." He later said he was joking about the Chinese connection, but in years since continued to call global warming a hoax.

As far as climate "changing back," temperature records kept by NASA show that the world hasn't had a cooler-than-average year since 1976 or a cooler-than-normal month since 1985.

Marco Rubio on Energy & Oil : Oct 14, 2018
Solar panels are not realistic; focus on mitigation

RUBIO: We're cleaner than we used to be. Natural gas is a clean source. Nuclear energy is very clean. But no matter what we do with laws--if, tomorrow, let's say we went to all solar panels and did all that stuff, which is not realistic, this trend [of rising sea levels] would still continue. And so we're going to have to do something about the impact that it's having on low-level coastal areas. And that means mitigation, hardening--how we manage water. We have been working on that very hard and continue to, strategies to mitigate against those factors that are going to be in place no matter what happens with our energy policy. But I'm also not going to destroy our economy. There's a reality here and there's a balance on that end of it that we need to be focused on.

Ron DeSantis on Energy & Oil : Oct 9, 2018
No carbon tax; no wind energy subsidy

Ron DeSantis (R): Mixed. "I don't know if it's because of my activity, your activity, but.we've got to deal with it." Opposed resolution saying greenhouse gases contributed to climate change.

Andrew Gillum (D): Climate change is a real & urgent threat. Transition Florida to clean energy.

Q: Limit or tax production of greenhouse gases?

DeSantis: No. Voted against any potential carbon tax as negatively impacting economy, voted against greenhouse gas emission standards, & to cut EPA funding.

Gillum: Yes. Sees Trump withdrawal from Paris Climate accord as "disturbingly reckless."

Q: Government support for renewable energy?

DeSantis: No. Opposed continued wind energy subsidy, calling it "anti-competitive & economically harmful."

Gillum: Yes. "Transition Florida to clean energy as rapidly as possible."

Tim Walz on Energy & Oil : Oct 9, 2018
Climate change is real and urgent

Jeff Johnson (R): No. Says climate is changing naturally and human involvement is debatable.

Tim Walz (D): Yes. Sees climate change as real and urgent.

Q: Should the government limit the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

Johnson: No. Believes that a single country's efforts to mitigate climate change would have only a "small effect" & "we don't need to reorder our economy based on climate change."

Walz): Yes. Supported legislation to restrict carbon emissions. Opposed Trump's decision to withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement.

Q: Support government subsidies for renewable energy?

Johnson: Questions Minnesota's mandates on producing renewable fuels like ethanol & biodiesel, but promises not to end them if elected.

Walz: Yes. Wants to expand the Renewable Energy Standard, so Minnesota will get at least 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030, up from 21% now.

Marianne Williamson on Energy & Oil : Jul 24, 2018
Massive effort to combat effects of climate change

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : May 29, 2018
OpEd: US is only country out of 197 to reject Paris accord

Bernie Sanders on Environment : Apr 1, 2018
Leave a planet to our kids that is healthy & habitable

SANDERS: The issue goes well beyond that problem. Climate change is already devastating, and yet we have a president and a head of the EPA who do not even recognize reality of climate change. And over the last number of years we have made success against air pollution and against water pollution. We have made some success in transforming our energy system. And the idea to go back and listen to the short term needs of the coal industry or the oil industry makes no sense to me at all. Look, here is the truth. What the scientific community is telling us is that climate change is one of the great environmental crises facing this planet. And if we don't get a handle on that, we're going to leave a planet to our kids that is not healthy or habitable. We've got to address that. The Trump administration is moving in exactly the wrong direction.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Sep 21, 2017
Climate change is issue for entire international community

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Mar 28, 2017
Revive the coal industry; end efforts to curb carbon

Trump made clear that the United States had no intention of meeting the commitments that his predecessor had made to curb planet-warming carbon dioxide pollution, turning denials of climate change into national policy. Trump directed the Environmental Protection Agency to start the complex and lengthy legal process of withdrawing and rewriting the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, which would have closed hundreds of coal-fired power plants, frozen construction of new plants and replaced them with vast new wind and solar farms.

"C'mon, fellas. You know what this is? You know what this says?" Trump said to the miners. "You're going back to work."

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Nov 15, 2016
Cut carbon 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2050

We have a short window of time to dramatically cut the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. I have laid out a plan to cut U.S. carbon pollution by at least 40 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels by establishing a tax on carbon, aggressively implementing energy efficiency efforts, quickly moving away form fossil fuels, and deploying historic levels of new renewable energy like wind, solar, and geothermal. This is an absolutely and necessarily achievable goal. It is also a huge opportunity in terms of strengthening our economy and creating jobs.

Energy efficiency truly is a win-win-win in the fight against climate change, in terms of reducing energy use, saving consumers money, and creating jobs.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Nov 15, 2016
Pushed energy efficiency block grants

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Oct 9, 2016
Climate change is humanity's greatest existential threat

• Enact an emergency Green New Deal to turn the tide on climate change, revive the economy and make wars for oil obsolete.
• Enact energy democracy based on public, community and worker ownership of our energy system. Treat energy as a human right.
• Redirect research funds from fossil fuels into renewable energy and conservation. Build a nationwide smart electricity grid.
• End destructive energy extraction and associated infrastructure: fracking, offshore drilling, and uranium mines.
• Support a strong enforceable global climate treaty that limits global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius and provides just financial compensation to developing countries.
• Support organic & regenerative agriculture and sustainable forestry.
• Enact stronger environmental justice laws to ensure that low-income/communities of color are not disproportionately impacted.

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Oct 9, 2016
Focus on disease & clean water, not "climate change"

TRUMP: There is still much that needs to be investigated in the field of "climate change." Perhaps the best use of our limited financial resources should be in dealing with making sure that every person in the world has clean water. Perhaps we should focus on eliminating lingering diseases around the world like malaria. Perhaps we should focus on efforts to increase food production to keep pace with an ever-growing world population. Perhaps we should be focused on developing energy sources and power production that alleviates the need for dependence on fossil fuels. We must decide on how best to proceed so that we can make lives better, safer and more prosperous.

CLINTON: When it comes to climate change, the science is crystal clear. Climate change is an urgent threat and a defining challenge of our time.

JILL STEIN: Climate change is the greatest existential threat that humanity has ever faced.

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Oct 9, 2016
Halt any investment in fossil fuel infrastructure

Clinton: Yes on both: "an urgent threat and a defining challenge of our time." Supports EPA coal plant restrictions.

Trump: No on both. "Climate change is a hoax." "Cancel Paris climate agreement." Opposes EPA coal plant restrictions.

Johnson: Humans probably cause climate change, but not the role of government to regulate.

Stein: Yes on both. "Halt any investment in fossil fuel infrastructure."

Q: On Climate change: Support renewable energy subsidies?

Clinton: Yes.

Trump: No. Let market decide.

Johnson: Unclear. In 2012 endorsed a resolution for renewable tax credits, more recently said wouldn't subsidize wind energy.

Stein: Yes. Enact an emergency Green New Deal.

Jill Stein on Government Reform : Sep 27, 2016
No money from lobbyists; No money from SuperPACs

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Sep 26, 2016
America invested in solar panels and it was a disaster

TRUMP: I did not--

CLINTON: I think it's real. I think science is real.

TRUMP: I do not say that.

CLINTON: And I think it's important that we deal with it, both at home & abroad. Here's what we can do. We can deploy a half a billion more solar panels. We can have enough clean energy to power every home. We can build a new modern electric grid. That's a lot of jobs; that's a lot of new economic activity.

TRUMP: She talks about solar panels. We invested in a solar company, our country. That was a disaster. They lost plenty of money on that one. Now, look, I'm a great believer in all forms of energy, but we're putting a lot of people out of work. Our energy policies are a disaster. Our country is losing so much in terms of energy, in terms of paying off our debt. You can't do what you're looking to do with $20 trillion in debt.

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Aug 8, 2016
Green New Deal to turn the tide on climate change

• Enact an emergency Green New Deal to turn the tide on climate change, revive the economy and make wars for oil obsolete.
• Initiate a WWII-scale national mobilization to halt climate change, the greatest threat to humanity in our history.
• Support a strong enforceable global climate treaty that limits global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius and provides just financial compensation to developing countries.
• End destructive energy extraction and associated infrastructure: fracking, tar sands, offshore drilling, oil trains, mountaintop removal, natural gas pipelines, and uranium mines. Halt any investment in fossil fuel infrastructure, including natural gas, and phase out all fossil fuel power plants. Phase out nuclear power and end nuclear subsidies. End all subsidies for fossil fuels and impose a greenhouse gas fee / tax to charge polluters for the damage they have created.

Mike Pence on Energy & Oil : Jul 14, 2016
Climate change is not a resolved issue in science

Pence similarly stated on the May 5, 2009, edition of MSNBC's Hardball that "I think the science is very mixed on the subject of global warming."

In July 2014, Pence sent a letter to Indiana's congressional delegation encouraging them to defund the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, which fights climate change by placing the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants. Pence has since indicated that he will comply with the Clean Power Plan if it is upheld by the Supreme Court, but Indiana remains one of the states challenging the plan's legality. [The Hill, 7/10/14; Post-Tribune, 6/25/16; ClimateWire, 2/26/16]

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Jul 9, 2016
Tax carbon, methane, and other greenhouse gases

• Levying a tax on carbon, methane, and other greenhouse gas emissions to aggressively combat climate change;
• Making massive investments in wind, solar, and other renewable energy.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Mar 9, 2016
End fracking in the US

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Jan 12, 2016
Climate change causes record storms, floods, and drought

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Jan 12, 2016
All of the above policy puts fossil fuels above all

Jill Stein on Technology : Jan 12, 2016
Green New Deal for efficient public transportation

The Green New Deal will fund itself through massive health savings by ending pollution and improving food quality, with military savings from making wars for oil obsolete, and with savings from reductions in the cost of energy.

Bernie Sanders on Environment : Nov 15, 2015
Climate change will lead to international security crises

SANDERS: Well, that's what the CIA and the Department of Defense tell us. If we are going to see an increase in drought and flooding and extreme weather as a result of climate change, what that means is that peoples all over the world are going to be fighting over limited natural resources. When you have drought, when people can't grow their crops, they're going to migrate into cities. And when people migrate into cities, and they don't have jobs, there's going to be a lot more instability, a lot more unemployment. And people will be subject to the types of propaganda that al Qaeda and ISIS are using right now. I think, when we talk about all of the possible ravages of climate change, which, to my mind, is just a huge planetary crisis, increased international conflict is one of the issues that we have got to appreciate will happen.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Nov 14, 2015
Climate change partly causes rise of terrorist groups

SANDERS: Absolutely. In fact, climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism. And if we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, you're going to see countries all over the world--this is what the CIA says--they're going to be struggling over limited amounts of water, limited amounts of land to grow their crops ask you're going to see all kinds of international conflict.

Chris Christie on Energy & Oil : Nov 8, 2015
Keystone pipeline would have minimal environmental impact

CHRISTIE: Interesting, the president is interested in global leadership, and the only thing he's interested in global leadership on is a radical environmental liberal policy, which is what he's doing. Did anybody think for the last seven years he was ever going to approve it? Despite the fact that the State Department said it won't have a big environmental impact, and so does the EPA administrator. This president is a radical environmental liberal. And when I'm president, we'll build the Keystone pipeline if the Canadians are still interested.

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Nov 3, 2015
Green energy is just an expensive feel-good for tree-huggers

The most popular source of green energy is solar as several decades after installing solar panels to get your money back. That's not exactly what I would call a good investment. Even if that number is only half right, what kind of investment do you want to make that takes 20 years before you break even

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Oct 13, 2015
Climate change is a moral issue: tax on carbon

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Oct 13, 2015
Address climate change so we can leave planet to our kids

CHAFEE: It's certainly the chaos in the Middle East. And it all started with the Iraq invasion.

O'MALLEY: I believe that nuclear Iran remains the biggest threat, along with the threat of ISIL; climate change, of course, makes cascading threats.

CLINTON: I think it has to be continued threat from the spread of nuclear material that can fall into the wrong hands.

WEBB: Our greatest long-term strategic challenge is our relation with China.

Q: Senator Sanders, greatest national security threat?

SANDERS: The scientific community is telling us that if we do not address the global crisis of climate change, transform our energy system away from fossil fuel to sustainable energy, the planet that we're going to be leaving our kids and our grandchildren may well not be habitable. That is a major crisis.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Oct 11, 2015
Opposed Keystone Pipeline from day one

Donald Trump on Health Care : Sep 22, 2015
Criticizes immunizations for children, and other science

Trump has denied facts others accept and pushed the limits of propriety throughout his long and hyperactive life. In his parents' home, at school, and in the worlds of business and politics, he has continually asserted his superiority with only the barest hint of doubt.

Donald Trump on Health Care : Sep 22, 2015
Ebola virus in America is Obama's fault

Marco Rubio on Energy & Oil : Sep 16, 2015
Addressing global warming would destroy our economy

RUBIO: Because we're not going to destroy our economy. We are not going to make America a harder place to create jobs in order to pursue policies that will do absolutely nothing: nothing to change our climate, to change our weather. So the bottom line is, I am not in favor of any policies that make America a harder place for people to live, or to work, or to raise their families.

Q: So would you call yourself a skeptic of climate change?

RUBIO: You can measure the climate. That's not the issue we're discussing. Here is what I'm skeptical of. I'm skeptical of the decisions that the left wants us to make. They will not do a thing to lower the rise of the sea. But what they will do is they will make America a more expensive place to create jobs.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Sep 5, 2015
Combat climate skeptics with overwhelming evidence

Bernie has repeatedly called climate skeptics out on their rejection of science. For example, during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in July 2014, Bernie said: "We have a major political party which is rejecting what the majority of the scientific community is saying."

It's no secret that large energy corporations fund scientists who work towards emphasizing the complexity of the knowledge surrounding climate change and its contribution to greenhouse-gas emissions. They also donate a lot of money to politicians. Bernie refuses to take money from any corporate donors.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Sep 5, 2015
Keystone pipeline transports the dirtiest fossil fuel

Bernie was a congressional leader in opposing the Keystone XL pipeline in 2014 and recently applauded president Obama's veto promise on the measure.

Bernie said about other 2016 presidential candidates' environmental policies: "It is hard for me to understand how one can be concerned about climate change but not vigorously oppose the Keystone pipeline. We must make significant reduction in carbon emissions and break our dependency on fossil fuels. That is why I have helped lead the fight in the Senate against the Keystone pipeline, which would transport some of the dirtiest fossil fuel in the world."

Bernie Sanders on Corporations : Aug 30, 2015
Wall Street business model is a fraud & led us to recession

SANDERS: People do not understand why the middle class of this country is collapsing at the same time as almost all of the new income and wealth is going to the top 1%. People do not like the idea that, as a result of Citizens United, our campaign finance system has become corrupt and politicians are dependent upon super PACs and billionaires for money. People want us to deal with climate change, make college affordable. Those are the issues I have been talking about.

Q: You also talk about taking on the billionaire class. Give us some specifics.

SANDERS: I think that the business model of Wall Street is fraud. And I think these guys drove us into the worst economic downturn into the modern history of America. I think they're at it again. I believe that, when you have so few banks with so much power, you have to not only reestablish Glass-Steagall, but you have got to break them up.

Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil : Aug 27, 2015
Innovate smart solutions to climate change

"Millions of Californians enjoy cleaner air and water because of our state's efforts to improve our environment. SB 350 and SB 32 build on this legacy by setting aggressive but achievable clean energy goals. These bills will ensure California continues to innovate smart solutions to climate change while growing our economy and improving public health."

Chris Christie on Energy & Oil : Jun 30, 2015
Anthropogenic climate change is real; but build Keystone XL

In May, Christie told a crowd in Keene, New Hampshire, that he believes climate change is real and caused at least in part by human activity. Previously, at a November 2010 town hall, the governor said he was not convinced about the role of mankind and needed more scientific proof. He opposes cap and trade--in 2011, Christie scrapped a regional cap and trade initiative that would have capped carbon dioxide emissions across 10 states.

On energy policy, Christie would approve the Keystone-XL Pipeline and has three times vetoed legislation geared to limit fracking. He signed a bill to expand renewable energy in New Jersey by bringing wind turbines to the state's coastline. A regulatory panel appointed by Christie has since blocked installation and there is debate over whether the governor still supports the idea.

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Jun 28, 2015
Maybe some climate change is manmade, but not all

A: Well, there could be some manmade, too. I mean, I'm not saying there's zero, but not nearly to the extent [others say]. When Obama gets up and said it's the number one problem of our country--and, if it is, why is it that we have to clean up our factories now, and China doesn't have to do it for another 30 or 35 years in their wonderful agreement, you know, our wonderful negotiators?

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Jun 25, 2015
Completely zero out climate emissions, as fast as possible

A: I transitioned into doing climate work because from my knowledge of science and how you read the data, I certainly share the perspective that we can't take a single day for granted--that we have to work as fast as humanly possible to completely zero out climate emissions, but we have to do more than that as well. Restoring ecosystem resilience is part of the Green New Deal, which we don't often talk about because we're usually focused on the headlines: energy, transportation and food. Those are the big three for climate emissions, and they're critical for economic security, so that's kind of where the focus is.

Jill Stein on Environment : Jun 25, 2015
Restore shorelines, deltas, forests, and grazing systems

Jill Stein on Environment : Jun 25, 2015
Moratorium on GMOs until they are proven safe

Mike Pence on Energy & Oil : Jun 24, 2015
Against Obama's plan to battle climate change

Mike Huckabee on Environment : Jun 21, 2015
Climate change is questionable; address other issues instead

HUCKABEE: Whether it's man-made or not, I know that when I was in college I was being taught that if we didn't act very quickly, that we were going to entering a global freezing. Go back and look at the covers of Time and Newsweek from the early '70s. We were told that if we didn't do something by 1980, we'd be popsicles. Now we're told that we're all burning up. Science is not as settled on that as it is on some things. I find it interesting. The Left has completely embraced the Pope's message on climate change.

Q: So what should be done?

HUCKABEE: Climate change is the wrong question. We should instead focus on good, stable energy prices and making America an exporter of energy not just for economic reasons but quite frankly to disrupt the balance of power with Russia, Iran, and the Saudis. This is a game changer. And America needs to be using the resources that it has to empower Americans, help poverty, and also change the global balance.

Donald Trump on Energy & Oil : Jun 16, 2015
Climate change is a hoax

Trump does not believe climate change is real, tweeting out his skepticism with strong language and calling it a hoax on Fox News in 2014. In a 2012 Twitter post which is no longer accessible, Trump charged that the concept of climate change was created by the Chinese to suppress the U.S. economy. In addition, Trump has expressed firm opposition to wind turbines, which he sees as an environmental and aesthetic problem.

Mike Huckabee on Energy & Oil : May 5, 2015
Scientific predictions on climate change are inaccurate

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Apr 30, 2015
Charge companies for carbon emissions; then fund renewables

Considered to be a "climate change hawk," Sanders argues that shifting global temperatures are a significant threat and caused by human activity. He has sponsored a bill which would charge companies for their carbon emissions and use some of the money raised to boost renewable energy technology.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Mar 21, 2015
Transform to sustainable system & away from fossil fuels

Unless we take bold action to address climate change, our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are going to look back on this period in history and ask a very simple question: Where were they? Why didn't the US lead the international community in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and preventing the devastating damage that the scientific community was sure would come?

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Feb 6, 2015
Make wars for oil obsolete: 100% renewables by 2030

• 20 million living-wage jobs, in an emergency Green New Deal to enrich communities not corporations, end climate change and make wars for oil obsolete;
• An emergency transition to a green economy powered by 100% wind, water and sun by 2030;
• And foreign policy based on diplomacy, international law and human rights, rather than global military and economic domination.

Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil : Jan 15, 2015
Weatherize millions of homes and buildings

Marco Rubio on Abortion : May 14, 2014
Consensus that life begins at conception; so no abortion

The debate, however, isn't nearly as clear-cut as Rubio claims. So-called personhood bills have sparked debate on when a fetus should be considered an individual with full legal rights.

Marco Rubio on Energy & Oil : May 11, 2014
Human activity is not causing climate change

RUBIO: I don't agree with the notion that somehow there are actions we can take today that would actually have an impact on what's happening in our climate. Our climate is always changing. And what they have chosen to do is take a handful of decades of research and say that this is now evidence of a longer-term trend that's directly and almost solely attributable to manmade activity, I do not agree with that.

Q: You don't buy it?

RUBIO: I don't know of any era in world history where the climate has been stable. Climate is always evolving, & natural disasters have always existed.

Q: You do not think that human activity, its production of CO2, has caused warming to our planet?

RUBIO: I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it. And I do not believe that the laws that they propose we pass will do anything about it. Except it will destroy our economy.

Bernie Sanders on Immigration : Oct 17, 2013
Climate change lays groundwork for mass migration

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : May 9, 2013
Pushed cap-and-trade early; but $90B tax credits passed

A: We have. In his inaugural address, the president said, "We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations." In the very beginning, we decided that we had to move on this. And we thought, cap-and-trade. But it got shut down, even when we had a Democratic Congress. So from that point on, the president has been trying to figure out how he can use his executive authority to make some real changes.

Q: Despite the congressional opposition, do you feel the Obama administration has made inroads in the climate fight?

A: The thing I'm proudest of that we were able to get done in the first term was the Recovery Act. It had $90 billion in clean-energy programs. We had a lot of money going into research and development, and also tax credits for wind and solar energy.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Feb 4, 2013
Set out vision for young people to deal with global warming

President Obama is committed to do that. And he is going to have an interlocutor in John Kerry. There is no one in my country who has been, over the period of time he's been in the Senate, more concerned with or knowledgeable about the issues relating to global warming.

Jill Stein on Environment : Oct 31, 2012
EPA should apply science, free from polluters' influence

Jackson decided to leave due to her frustration over constant fights with the White House over climate change and the rejection of key environmental proposals such as regulating ozone. Obama last year decided to suspend EPA's new rules to reduce smog.

Stein added, "We need an EPA committed to protecting the environment, and to a transparent, democratic process within the agency. This is essential if the EPA is to apply science in the public interest, free from the corrupting influence of industry that has historically had too much influence over EPA scientific decisions."

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Oct 22, 2012
Fight against climate change instead of fighting for oil

STEIN: Instead of fighting wars for oil, America will be leading the fight to put an end to climate change. In Afghanistan and Iraq, we have spent about $5 trillion. We have seen thousands and thousands of American lives lost, hundreds of thousands of civilian lives lost, about a trillion dollars a year being spent on a massive, bloated military-industrial-security budget. Instead, we need to cut that military budget, rightsize it to year 2000 levels, and build true security here at home, bringing our war dollars home.

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Oct 16, 2012
Weatherizing homes creates jobs & addresses climate change

Jill Stein on Health Care : Oct 16, 2012
75% of expenditures are sick care system, not healthcare

Marco Rubio on Energy & Oil : Jun 19, 2012
I dislike cap-&-trade, but it is inevitable as national law

[During the Senate primary], Crist falsely claimed I had supported cap and trade. He cited an interview in which I made the assumption that some form of cap and trade would eventually become national law. I suggested that Florida should prepare for the inevitable by adopting a policy of its own. But I didn't support cap and trade. I wrote an opinion piece denouncing the governor's executive orders shortly after he announced them.

Chris Christie on Energy & Oil : Jun 5, 2012
Pulled out of ten-state Regional Greenhouse Gas program

Critics saw a pattern developing. Christie scaled back renewable energy goals, scaled back rebates for solar panels at residences, vetoed a bill that would have banned fracking, a process of using pressurized fluid to release gas and petroleum for extraction.

Jill Stein on War & Peace : Feb 3, 2012
End the Oil Wars

Redirect the trillions wasted on Wall Street, war & tax subsidies for the wealthy to...
• Stop climate change by creating millions of jobs in green energy, manufacturing, agriculture & public transportation.
• End the Oil Wars that are killing soldiers and civilians, and draining our national treasury. Obama is leaving thousands of private forces in Iraq and has twice as many troops in Afghanistan as George Bush.
• End unemployment by investing in green jobs.

Jill Stein on Energy & Oil : Jan 29, 2012
We can't wait 4 more years to address climate change

A: This is another reason why we're running the campaign now--because if you follow the science, we don't have four years to wait. We really have to start tackling this now. It's really important for the climate and it's time that people put their politics where their values and science argue they ought to be. I think Obama supporters are really having a rude awakening right now. The US, as you know, is the largest per capita contributor to climate change and the direction the US pushes goes a long way toward determining what the rest of the world does, and from that perspective, dramatically downscaling carbon emissions goes a long way toward determining the global carbon budget and helps move global policy that way.

Jill Stein on Jobs : Jan 29, 2012
Stimulus spent $220K per job; I propose $20K per green job

We're talking about green manufacturing, sustainable local agriculture, public transportation and clean renewable energy that has the added benefit of making wars for oil obsolete. The cost for Obama's stimulus package worked out to be about $220,000 per job created, because the mechanisms were indirect and relied a lot on tax incentives, which don't always get used to create jobs. This, instead, would be money used directly to create jobs and would be more like $20,000 per job created.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Oct 2, 2008
Cause of global warming is clearly Man-made

PALIN: As governor of the nation's only Arctic state, Alaska feels & sees impacts of climate change more so than any other state. And we know that it's real. I'm not one to attribute every activity of man to the changes in the climate. There is something to be said also for man's activities, but also for the cyclical temperature changes on our planet. But there are real changes going on in our climate. And I don't want to argue about the causes. What I want to argue about is, how are we going to get there to positively affect the impacts?

BIDEN: Well, I think it is manmade. I think it's clearly manmade. If you don't understand what the cause is, it's virtually impossible to come up with a solution. We know what the cause is. The cause is manmade. That's the cause. That's why the polar icecap is melting.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Oct 2, 2008
Obama believes in investing in alternative energy

PALIN: I was the first governor to form a climate change sub-cabinet to start dealing with the impacts. We've got to reduce emissions. John McCain is right there with an "all of the above" approach to deal with climate change impacts. As we rely more on other countries that don't care as much about the climate as we do, we're allowing them to produce and to emit and even pollute more than America would ever stand for. It's all the more reason that we have an "all of the above" approach, tapping into alternative sources of energy and conserving fuel, conserving our petroleum products and our hydrocarbons so that we can clean up this planet

Joe Biden on Foreign Policy : Aug 27, 2008
The US is less secure and more isolated in recent history

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Nov 11, 2007
Supports cap-and-trade for greenhouse gases

Mike Huckabee on Environment : May 3, 2007
Follow Boy Scout rule: leave earth better than we found it

A: The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it. It's the old Boy Scout rule of the campsite: You leave the campsite in better shape than you found it. I believe that even our responsibility to God means that we have to be good stewards of this Earth, be good caretakers of the natural resources that don't belong to us, we just get to use them. We have no right to abuse them.

Joe Biden on Energy & Oil : Apr 26, 2007
Make every automobile sold be a flex-fuel automobile

We also have legislation in requiring we invest $100 million a year for the next couple of years in order to be able to find lithium battery technology to be able to power our cars.

We also have legislation talking about capping emissions. Cap them now; not wait. Cap them where they are now. Time's running out.

But you have to be willing to make multi-billion dollar investments over the next 10 years and set hard goals in order to be able to get to the point where we are no longer dependent.

Bernie Sanders on Principles & Values : Jun 3, 2005
Current administration has numbed American outrage