Survey of 2016 Presidential campaign websites: on Energy & Oil
Evan McMullin:
Expand domestic energy production across the board
America is on the road to becoming the world's energy superpower, while protecting our natural resources for future generations. We are blessed with a unique abundance of resources that provide an opportunity
for energy independence, prosperity and security. We must expand domestic energy production across the board, including natural gas, oil, nuclear, and renewables.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Aug 12, 2016
Ajamu Baraka:
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.
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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.
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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.
Source: Stein-Baraka platform on 2016 presidential campaign website
Aug 8, 2016
Jill Stein:
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.
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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.
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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.
Source: Stein-Baraka platform on 2016 presidential campaign website
Aug 8, 2016
Gary Johnson:
Man contributes to climate change, but no government fix
Johnson believes that it is NOT the proper role of government to engage in social and economic engineering for the purpose of manipulating the energy marketplace or creating winners and losers in what should be a robust free market. Such efforts have
failed in the past. Preventing a polluter from harming our water or air is one thing. Deciding in Washington DC that one source of energy should be subsidized and others penalized is a different matter.When it comes to global climate change, Johnson
believes too many politicians are having the wrong debate. Is the climate changing? Probably so. Is man contributing to that change? Probably so. The important question, however, is whether the government's efforts to regulate, tax and manipulate the
marketplace in order to impact that change are cost-effective--or effective at all. Given the realities of global energy and resource use, there is little evidence that the burden being placed on Americans is making a difference that justifies the cost.
Source: 2016 Presidential campaign website GaryJohnson2016.com
Jan 11, 2016
Martin O`Malley:
American jobs agenda to build a new renewable energy future
Climate change is real. We must create an American jobs agenda to build a new renewable energy future. We must launch a new agenda to rebuild America's cities as places of justice and opportunity for all.
And if we take these actions, the American Dream will live again.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, MartinOMalley.com
May 30, 2015
Rand Paul:
Cut red tape to allow energy freedom & traditional energy
Washington's bureaucratic regulations, corporate subsidies, and excessive taxation have made it unnecessarily difficult for energy developers to take advantage of new and innovative forms of cheap and clean energy.Cutting the red tape and
encouraging energy freedom, new technologies, and discoveries will be a priority in my Administration. Like all other sectors of the economy, allowing businesses to compete in a free market will not only produce the most efficient forms of energy,
but will also pass along the cost savings to the consumer.
I support the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and I have repeatedly voted to allow this project to proceed.
The Obama Administration's hostile approach to traditional energy development must be stopped. As your President, I will be committed to developing a sound, innovative and safe energy policy.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, RandPaul.com, "Issues"
Apr 7, 2015
Bernie Sanders:
Transform to sustainable system & away from fossil fuels
The US must lead the world in tackling climate change and make certain that this planet is habitable for our children and grandchildren. We must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainable energies.
Millions of homes and buildings need to be weatherized, our transportation system needs to be energy efficient and we need to greatly accelerate the progress we are already seeing in wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and other forms of sustainable energy.
Transforming our energy system will not only protect the environment, it will create good paying jobs.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?
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, BernieSanders.com
Mar 21, 2015
Jill Stein:
Make wars for oil obsolete: 100% renewables by 2030
We will lift up the bold solutions the American people are calling for: - 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;
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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.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, Jill2016.com, "Announce"
Feb 6, 2015
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