2014 Iowa Senate Debates: on Environment


Doug Butzier: Clean air and water are in the public domain

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "No 'rights' to clean air and water"?

A: I believe that the air and water are in the public domain and if you degrade it in some way, such as pumping toxic gasses into the air, then there ought to be recourse for the public to be compensated.

Source: E-mail interview: 2014 Iowa Senate race with OnTheIssues.org Sep 17, 2014

Joni Ernst: No more Agenda 21: no United Nations eminent domain

Agenda 21, a community planning provision in a decades-old UN treaty, has become an object of conspiracy theories on the right. At a January GOP forum, Ernst warned that Agenda 21 could force Iowa farmers off their land, dictate what cities Iowans must live in, and control how Iowa citizens travel from place to place: "The United Nations has imposed this upon us, and as a US senator, I would say, 'No more. No more Agenda 21.' Community planning--to the effect that it is implementing eminent domain and taking away property rights away from individuals--I don't agree with that. And especially in a place such as Iowa. We don't want to see things like eminent domain come into play," Ernst said in response to a question. "Agenda 21 is taking away our individual liberties, our freedoms as US citizens. So I would adamantly oppose Agenda 21."

When asked last week about her previous remarks, Ernst had changed her tune, saying, "we have a great legislature here, and I think that we will protect Iowans."

Source: Yahoo.com News on 2014 Iowa Senate race Aug 13, 2014

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Candidates and political leaders on Environment:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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