2020 MA Senatorial race: on Energy & Oil


Ed Markey: Green New Deal has shifted the whole discussion

Markey calls for ramping up renewable energy production and green energy jobs while curbing the impacts of climate change, particularly in vulnerable communities. "The Green New Deal has shifted the whole discussion. The goals have lifted the gaze of Americans and political leaders," he said. "I'm going to continue to advocate for the Green New Deal, which saves all of creation while investing in massive job creation."
Source: Springfield Republican on 2020 Massachusetts Senate debate Oct 6, 2020

Kevin O`Connor: The Green New Deal will wreck U.S. economy

Climate change is real and especially impactful on our coastal communities, but the Green New Deal would be a disaster for our country. We need to tackle climate change using technology, and be the global leader in the green industry. The Green New Deal will wreck the American economy and stifle the necessary innovation we need to actually affect positive change on environmental issues.
Source: 2020 Massachusetts Senate campaign website KOCforSenate.com Oct 6, 2020

Kevin O`Connor: Green New Deal would sell out American workers

O'Connor, who says he favors a clean environment and renewable energy, came out swinging against one of Markey's signature efforts: the Green New Deal. O'Connor said policies and deals backed by Markey, including the Paris Agreement, had long "sold out American workers to China." O'Connor said initiatives that fail to implement emission standards on other countries like China while harming American workers are "terrible" deals.
Source: Springfield Republican on 2020 Massachusetts Senate debate Oct 6, 2020

Kevin O`Connor: Net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 through innovation

Dismissing the senator's Green New Deal as "posturing," O'Connor insisted he would be a "pro-environment senator" and said he supported a free-market think tank's plan to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 through "innovation in terms of energy technology."
Source: The Boston Globe on 2020 Massachusetts Senate debate Oct 6, 2020

Ed Markey: More offshore wind and solar--but no Green New Deal

While Markey and Liss-Riordan agree that the nation must move toward a green economy with sharp increases in offshore wind, solar and geothermal energy, Liss-Riordan argued the Green New Deal and Markey's environmental message contained a good deal of "lofty language" but not much in the way of financial planning.

Markey acknowledged that the Green New Deal does not have "individual prescriptions" on "how to get there," but calls for a "revolution in every city and town and every campus," with aggressive targets in "every sector" including automotive, industrial, agricultural and manufacturing.

"I know if we have a climate bank with billions of dollars, it could unleash trillions of dollars in investment to increase efficiency," said Markey, who also called for raising fuel economy standards and tax incentives for those who buy electric vehicles. "We should strip the tax breaks for gas and coal and oil industry and give those tax breaks to wind and solar--we will have a revolution."

Source: Springfield Republican on 2020 Massachusetts Senate debate Nov 10, 2019

Shannon Liss-Riordan: More offshore wind and solar--and Green New Deal

While Markey and Liss-Riordan agree that the nation must move toward a green economy with sharp increases in offshore wind, solar and geothermal energy, Liss-Riordan argued the Green New Deal and Markey's environmental message contained a good deal of "lofty language" but not much in the way of financial planning.

Liss-Riordan thanked Markey for his environmental focus and said she supported the Green New Deal's goals, but added that the senator had "been in Washington for a long time. It's time to move beyond talking about these issues, and actually delivering."

"We need a concrete way to pay for this revolution and concrete goals for how we're actually going to shift our energy sources to renewable sources," said Liss-Riordan, who called for carbon pricing as a method to help fund innovative ways to combat climate change. "Nobody is talking about how we are going to pay for these revolutionary changes we're going to need."

Source: Springfield Republican on 2020 Massachusetts Senate debate Nov 10, 2019

Shiva Ayyadurai: Climate change cause irrelevant; focus on solutions

He says it doesn't matter whether climate change is caused by human activity -- as the vast majority of climate scientists have concluded -- because it's more important for the country to focus on developing solutions, through engineering and entrepreneurship, to curb its effects.
Source: MetroWest Daily News on 2020 Massachusetts Senate race Oct 22, 2018

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