PBS News Hour: on Energy & Oil
James Webb:
Energy expansion: Keystone XL and off-coast drilling
While in the U.S. Senate, Webb voted for an amendment to at least temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, arguing that the nation's energy concerns were pressing and Congress needed to
have more input in regulation. He has strongly advocated energy expansion, including construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and drilling off the coast of Virginia.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
Jul 2, 2015
Chris Christie:
Anthropogenic climate change is real; but build Keystone XL
Climate Change: Climate change is real and at least partially man-made. Approve the Keystone Pipeline. Skeptical of cap and trade.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.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
Jun 30, 2015
Bobby Jindal:
Climate change is a Trojan Horse to increase regulation
Jindal said in 2014 that he believes humans have had some effect on the climate, but the true amount is uncertain. Jindal has also said that the Obama administration is using climate change as a "Trojan horse" in order to increase government regulation.
Jindal released his own 44-page energy plan called "Organizing Around Abundance" in 2014, in which he proposes eliminating many current environmental rules and instead focusing on forest management and other tools that he believes would not harm business
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Jun 24, 2015
Donald Trump:
Climate change is a hoax
What does Donald Trump believe? Climate Change: It 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.
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Jun 16, 2015
Rick Perry:
Sued EPA for regulating carbon emissions
Where Rick Perry stands on key issues: Climate change and energy:- Temperatures change naturally.
- Science has not proven that current changes are permanent or man-made.
On the campaign trail in 2011, Perry said that global warming is an unproven scientific theory and that climate change has existed since the earth was formed.
The former governor has been an ardent opponent of Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at cutting carbon emissions and sued the agency on the issue in 2010.
The Texan advocates for fewer restrictions on oil and gas drilling and has said that there is little proof that hydrofracking pollutes ground water.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
Jun 3, 2015
Lindsey Graham:
Combat climate change without harming the economy
Graham sees climate change as a real event and believes it is at least partially man-made. In 2010, he worked with then-Senator John Kerry and energy companies to try and craft a market system that set some limits on carbon emissions.
Following the BP oil spill, those talks fell apart, but Graham still supports the general idea. Graham has called for a debate among Republicans on how to combat climate change without harming the economy.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
Jun 1, 2015
George Pataki:
Climate change is a real and scientifically proven
Pataki, who co-chaired the Council on Foreign Relation's 2007 task force on the issue, believes climate change is a real and scientifically proven. In his opinion, it is best combated through private initiatives.
The former governor turned environmental consultant opposes government regulation of emissions.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
May 28, 2015
Mike Huckabee:
Scientific predictions on climate change are inaccurate
On climate change, Huckabee says scientific predictions are inaccurate. In 2013, Huckabee wrote that climate change predictions have proved inaccurate, in a Facebook post that is no longer available online.
He has not definitively rung in on whether humans have a role in climate change and questions its priority as an issue, comparing the problem to a sunburn on FOX News. In 2007,
Huckabee told a climate change conference in New Hampshire that the nation has a responsibility to cut carbon emissions and that he then supported a "true cap-and-trade" system.
In later years when asked about the comment, Huckabee said he supports a "voluntary" cap-and-trade system.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
May 5, 2015
Carly Fiorina:
No gas tax increase; lower gas prices good for recovery
Fiorina argued against any increase in the gas tax in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed,
saying lower gas prices are an important factor in America's economic recovery.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
May 4, 2015
Ben Carson:
Climate debate is distracting and irrelevant
Carson is not convinced that global warming is a threat or a proven trend. In an interview in November, he said, "there's always going to be either cooling or warming going on" and called the climate debate "irrelevant."
The physician said it is a distraction from discussions about generally protecting the environment and about the role of the Environmental Protection Agency in regulation.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
May 3, 2015
Bernie Sanders:
Charge companies for carbon emissions; then fund renewables
On climate change: Charge companies for carbon emissions.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.
Source: PBS News Hour "2016 Candidate Stands" series
Apr 30, 2015
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