Julian Bell in 2016 OR Governor's race

On Energy & Oil: Combat climate change and promote clean energy

"At the moment there's no contingency plan in case the scientists do know more about the climate than the politicians," Bell's website says. "How can our politicians fail to use the best science when making their decisions about our future? We need a radical change of direction based on ingenuity, investment, science and reality based thinking."

Earlier this month, he told the Eugene Weekly newspaper that Brown was too quiet on environmental action.