Elizabeth Warren on Energy & Oil Massachusetts Senator; former head of CFPB; Dem. Presidential Challenger

Stop all new offshore and public lands drilling

Don't think smaller on climate; it's about corruption

Environmental standards in trade agreements

WARREN: You know, we won't let you pollute here in the US. It can't be the case that you get to produce these products and sell them in the US when you created huge carbon emissions somewhere else around the globe, because it hurts us all. What are those trade policies always driven toward? Not American workers. Not American consumers. Not American values. What have they driven toward? "Make giant multinational corporations more profitable." That's been it. They don't want to hear that we could put other restrictions on trade, that we could use trade to lift standards all around the world, that we could use trade to lift regulatory standards all around the world. And the reason for that is we have not had a government that is working on behalf of the American people. We've had a government and a trade policy that has been all about giant multinational corporations. That is corruption, and I plan to change it.

No more nuclear plants; get off nuclear energy by 2035

WARREN: If you're going to be spewing carbon into the air, it's your responsibility to clean it up. But I actually have a more aggressive plan: By 2028, we don't have any more new building that has any carbon footprint. By 2030, we do the same thing on vehicles, on our cars and light-duty trucks. And by 2035, we do the same thing on electric generation. That will cut 70% of the carbon that we are curren into the air.

Q: What about nuclear energy to help replace fossil fuels?

WARREN: It's not carbon-based, but the problem is it's got a lot of risks associated with it, particularly the risks associated with the spent fuel rods that nobody can figure out how we're going to store these things for the next bazillion years. In my administration, we're not going to build any new nuclear power plants and are going to start weaning ourselves off nuclear energy and replacing it with renewable

Climate is the existential crisis for the world

Ten-fold increase in green research & green manufacturing

Co-sponsored Green New Deal

Renewable energy on public land or offshore; end drilling

Supports Green New Deal; invest in green infrastructure

Return to Paris climate accord, & build on it

Warren: "I believe we need to return to the Paris climate accord, and then we need to build on it. We need to do far more to reduce global emissions, but we can only do that when we're leading from the front."

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?

Warren: "I have strongly opposed the Trump administration's efforts to roll back the Clean Power Plan and other Obama-era methane limits and vehicle emission standards. As president, I would reverse these rollbacks."

Q: Do you support a national renewable energy standard?

Warren: "I am an original cosponsor of the Green New Deal resolution, which commits the United States to meet 100 percent of our power demand through clean, renewable and zero-emission energy sources."

Oppose subsidies for fossil fuel companies

Warren: "I oppose subsidies for fossil fuel companies and have spoken out repeatedly against the influence that Big Oil and carbon-based industries wield in Washington. My Climate Risk Disclosure Act would require companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and price their exposure to climate risk into their valuations, raising public awareness of how dependent companies are on fossil fuels and using market forces to speed the transition to clean energy."

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

A: Ms. Warren's campaign did not answer this question, but she wrote on Facebook, "We need to invest in clean energy."

Q: Do you think nuclear energy should be part of the U.S.'s decarbonizing toolbox?

A: Ms. Warren's campaign did not answer this question.

Perfect score on "350 Action's 2020 Climate Test"

Three candidates have made firm climate-forward commitments, issuing their support for the Green New Deal, vowing to keep fossil fuels in the ground and banning donations from Big Oil.

• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
• Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT)
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA)

• Sen. Cory Booker (NJ)
• Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI)
• Gov. Jay Inslee (WA)
• Andrew Yang (CA)

• Donald Trump (NY)
• Former Rep. John Delaney (MD)
• Former Gov. John Hickenlooper (CO)

America must lead in combatting climate change

Supports the idea of a Green New Deal

• Climate change: Supports reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• Warren favors forcing public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and any potential effects climate change might have on their businesses.
• She also supports "the idea of a Green New Deal," a broad package of proposals floated by some Democrats and environmental groups aimed at taking action against climate change.
• But while Warren fielded questions from voters about climate change at an Iowa event this month, she did not focus on the issue the day she announced she was forming a presidential exploratory committee.

BP fined $42B for 2010 explosion, then deducted it on taxes

Cannot support export bill just cause big oil does

Invest now in 21st-century energy

Invest in our kids instead of subsidizing Big oil

But I wasn't the only one under attack: an environmental group had already gone after Scott Brown for his votes supporting Big Oil.

The League of Conservation Voters made a $1.9 million ad buy in the Boston media market in late October 2011, criticizing Brown for his vote to support Big Oil.

Invest in energy technology instead of subsidizing Big Oil

Transition to green energy now for long-term growth

Lead the world in using green technology

50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should establish a national goal of more than 50 percent clean and carbon free electricity by 2030 for the purposes of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, growing our economy, increasing our shared prosperity, improving public health, and preserving our national security.

• Whereas failing to act on climate change will have a devastating impact on our Nation`s economy, costing us billions of dollars in lost GDP;
• Whereas extreme weather, intensified by climate change, has already cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year in recovery efforts, and this will only continue if climate change is left unaddressed;
• Whereas climate change will have devastating public health implications, including increased asthma attacks and exacerbation of other respiratory diseases, especially in vulnerable populations;
• Whereas inaction on climate change will disproportionately impact communities of color and exacerbate existing economic inequalities;
• Whereas the transition to a clean energy economy is feasible with existing technology;
• Whereas the transition to clean energy will create millions of jobs and will increase our country`s GDP and increase disposable household income;

1. Establish a national goal of more than 50 percent clean and carbon free electricity by 2030; and
2. Enact legislation to accelerate the transition to clean energy to meet this goal.

Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization.

This resolution calls for the creation of a Green New Deal with the goals of:

• achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions;
• establishing millions of high-wage jobs and ensuring economic security for all;
• investing in infrastructure and industry;
• securing clean air and water, climate and community resiliency, healthy food, access to nature, and a sustainable environment for all; and
• promoting justice and equality.