2018 MI Governor's race: on Energy & Oil
Bill Schuette:
Opposed 25% electricity from renewables by 2025
Renewable Energy: Government support for renewable energy?Schuette: No. Opposed 2012 initiative to require 25% of electricity production from renewables by 2025.
Whitmer: Yes. Strong support for renewables.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Nov 1, 2018
Gretchen Whitmer:
Oppose withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord
Q: Consider climate change a critical threat? Limit creation of greenhouse gases? Participate in U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition of states committed to climate change action?Bill Schuette (R): No. Joined letter arguing that science wasn't settled,
so Exxon wasn't lying about climate change. Opposed "burdensome" EPA regulations and Obama Clean Power Plan.
Gretchen Whitmer (D): Yes.
Opposed Trump withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord. Called on Gov Snyder to join U.S. Climate Alliance. Create state Office of Climate Change.
Q: Government support for renewable energy?
Bill Schuette (R): No. Opposed 2012 initiative to require 25% of electricity production from renewables by 2025.
Gretchen Whitmer (D): Yes. Strong support for renewables.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Bill Schuette:
Joins lawsuit challenging Obama's Clean Power Plan
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette will be targeted in a new ad campaign for his opposition to the Obama administration's efforts to move the nation toward clean energy. Independence USA, the Michael Bloomberg-backed PAC, is set to launch
television ads in the coming weeks that criticize Schuette for joining a lawsuit that challenges the Clean Power Plan, which calls for reductions in greenhouse gases.The Clean Power Plan requires states to get at least 28% of their electricity from
renewable sources like wind and solar. It seeks a 32% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
States have challenged the plan in the U.S. Court of Appeals, arguing it would drive up electricity rates paid by consumers. In an August statement,
Schuette said: "I am deeply concerned by yet another executive action taken by President Obama and the EPA that violates the Clean Air Act and causes the price of electricity to increase, placing jobs at risk and costing Michigan families more," he said.
Source: Detroit News AdWatch on 2018 Michigan gubernatorial race
Jun 18, 2018
Abdul El-Sayed:
Electric user fee raises $3.3B for clean energy in 15 years
A campaign spokesman for El-Sayed said the state's biggest infrastructure priorities include clean energy infrastructure. El-Sayed generally agrees with the Snyder-appointed 21st Century Infrastructure Commission's finding that Michigan has an
investment gap of $4 billion per year, the spokesman said, but "the recommended investment estimates don't include the need to transition to clean energy ($0 annually)."As governor, El-Sayed would look to bonding for $600 million and divert
$14 million from the Michigan Department of Corrections to pay for initial investment in water infrastructure systems; a user fee of 0.01 cents per kilowatt hour to raise $105 million for clean energy each year, which he contends could be used to
leverage $3.3 billion in additional investment over 15 years; paying for roads through a 1.5 cents-per-mile vehicle mileage tax and taxing marijuana if it becomes legal in Michigan, to raise more than $1.6 billion per year for maintenance and transit.
Source: BridgeMI.com on 2018 Michigan gubernatorial race
Mar 6, 2018
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