Survey of 2020 Presidential campaign websites: on Energy & Oil
Kanye West:
Make renewables top priority
Take care of the environment, diligently pursuing clean air and water as a national security priority and making renewables top priority.
The past is forgotten and everything can be new -- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website kanye2020.country
Oct 9, 2020
Gloria La Riva:
Stop destruction of Native lands by mining interests
Both major parties have continued to allow the destruction of Native lands by mining and corporate agricultural interests in blatant disregard of indigenous sovereign rights. 33% of Native children live in poverty and many of America's poorest
counties are reservations. The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and the over-incarceration of Native peoples shows the bankruptcy of capitalism from its earliest inception in the Americas until today.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website LaRiva2020.org
Aug 15, 2020
Gloria La Riva:
Use sustainable energy, stop fossil fuel pollution
Global warming, pollution, acidified and depleted oceans, fracking, critical drought, plastics choking the seas, nuclear weapons and waste--it is clear that capitalism and production for profit are destroying the planet and threatening all life.
The crisis is already here, with the most vulnerable and oppressed areas bearing the brunt. Using truly sustainable energy and seizing the oil and coal companies to stop fossil fuel pollution, are urgent steps needed to reverse climate change.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website LaRiva2020.org
Aug 15, 2020
Jo Jorgensen:
Replace coal/oil with nuclear; allow off-grid solar power
I will work to remove government barriers to replacing coal-burning and oil-burning power plants in the United States with safe, non-polluting, high-tech nuclear power plants--and allowing off-grid use of solar power. We need to consider all scientific
and economic knowledge to care for our environment, not cherry-pick data to support a pre-determined outcome. Most pollution is generated in developing countries, so reducing pollution worldwide requires zero emission energy sources like nuclear."
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website jo20.com
Jul 26, 2020
Rocky De La Fuente:
America has potential to be renewable energy powerhouse
America also has the potential to become a powerhouse for renewable energy research and the deployment of such technologies. Our country has enormous natural solar and wind advantages that we need to utilize.
Not only will that approach attract high-paying jobs, but it will also reduce long-term energy costs and preserve our environment.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website rocky101.com
Mar 4, 2020
Mike Bloomberg:
Make climate change a U.S. priority; rejoin Paris Agreement
Mike will immediately rejoin the Paris Agreement, re-assert global leadership by laying out an aggressive plan for U.S carbon reduction, and rally other countries to curb climate change. He will make climate change a priority of U.S. foreign policy.
And he will protect the U.S. from climate-related security risks and protect the world's most vulnerable people from the impacts of climate change.Mike will accelerate the use of clean energy to replace power from fossil fuels. He will set limits on
air and water pollution from power plants. He will invest in communities that have suffered most from coal pollution or have been left behind in the transition to clean energy. He will expand incentives to make clean energy affordable for all
families. And he will quadruple the federal R&D investment in clean energy and end subsidies for fossil fuels.
Mike will create a national program to invest in upgrading homes and buildings to save energy and reduce pollution.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeBloomberg.com
Jan 20, 2020
Mike Bloomberg:
Make pollution-free homes & vehicles available for all
Mike will make electric vehicles affordable for all families. He will strengthen gas mileage and pollution standards for cars and trucks and add a national zero-emissions vehicle standard. He will reduce diesel pollution from trucks and buses and
help businesses and school districts choose electric vehicles. He will build a network of charging stations along the interstate highway system. And he will invest in local and regional public transit systems.
Mike will create a national program to invest in upgrading homes and buildings to save energy and reduce pollution. Mike will set a 100% pollution-free goal for new homes and buildings by 2025.
He will shift equipment and appliances from fossil fuels to clean energy to increase energy efficiency and reduce pollution. And he will make clean buildings affordable for everyone and make sure building investments create good jobs.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeBloomberg.com
Jan 20, 2020
Joe Sestak:
Global warming is a grave threat to humanity and the planet
We can either continue with the head-in-the-sand policies of the current administration, or we can listen to the scientists whose well-studied facts and figures consistently show that global warming is an unambiguously grave threat to humanity
and all life on earth. According to our own Defense Department: "Climate change will affect Department of Defense's ability to defend the Nation and poses immediate risk to U.S. national security."
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website JoeSestak.com
Jul 2, 2019
Joe Sestak:
Favors fee on polluters with Americans receiving dividend
We must act quickly to disincentivize businesses from emitting carbon dioxide through the imposition of a fee on carbon polluters. I favor a program along the lines of the proposed Energy Innovation and
Carbon Dividend Act, a bipartisan plan that would set a low initial price on carbon emissions of $15 per ton but which would rise by $10 per year, with the proceeds of the fee returned in equal measure to all Americans as a dividend.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website JoeSestak.com
Jul 2, 2019
Joe Sestak:
Replace fossil fuel subsidies with fees for carbon polluters
Climate change and environmental collapse are twin problems that threaten the very existence of life as we know it on this planet. Solving them presents our generation with the greatest challenge in human history--and it is imperative that we rise to
meet this challenge. The stakes are just too high if we fail. Priorities:- Re-join the Paris Accord and restoring our leadership role among the community of nations working together to fight climate change.
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Stop subsidizing fossil fuel industries.
- Implement a fee for carbon polluters, with proceeds being returned to all Americans as a dividend and also devoted to research & development in renewable energy and other
climate-stabilizing strategies.
- Establish a permanent moratorium on all future offshore drilling and Arctic drilling, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge..
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website JoeSestak.com
Jun 23, 2019
Don Blankenship:
At Massey Coal , struggled against "greeniacs" and union
?In 1982, I came to work for Massey Coal Company and was there until December 2010. Again, I received every promotion available to me during those years. I learned about, and struggled against, the ignorance and evilness of the United Mine Workers, much
of the media, the "greeniacs," and much of corporate America. I retired in 2010 and have since spent much of my time managing my finances, enjoying my son's racing, and spending time with my best friend, Meiling.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website DonBlankenship.com
May 19, 2019
Howie Hawkins:
Socialize Big Oil; reinvest in renewables
Socialize Big Oil and Gas: ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell, Koch Industries, and the rest will never reinvest their fossil fuel earnings in renewables instead of more oil and gas.100% clean energy means electrified transportation,
manufacturing, and heat pumps for buildings. A rapid transition to clean power requires public power for lower costs and effective planning without obstruction by incumbent generators and distributors.
Source: 2020 Presidential Campaign website HowieHawkins.us
May 19, 2019
Seth Moulton:
Green New Deal addresses climate change AND changed economy
We're facing two primary challenges in this country right now. The first is that our economy is changing faster than ever before, and Americans everywhere are being left behind. The second is climate change. That's why we need a Green New Deal:
because if we do it right, we can solve both problems at once.The Green New Deal needs to be built around green jobs and clean energy, decarbonization and breakthrough technologies, and access to green energy for the developing world--and
America should lead the way in winning this moral and economic opportunity. We can lead the world in green tech and green jobs, and we should set the standards for other countries to follow.
The New Deal paved the way for a strong economy and American leadership in the last century. Let's shape the Green New Deal to help America lead this one.
Source: 2020 Presidential Campaign website SethMoulton.com
May 2, 2019
Mike Gravel:
Support carbon tax and Green New Deal
The Green New Deal is an ambitious and absolutely necessary plan proposed in the House by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Her resolution is an overview of the goals we desperately need to accomplish to ensure not only that our Earth survives as
a livable and comfortable planet, but also that we live purposeful, satisfied, and healthy lives. The United States should: - Institute a carbon tax and dividend scheme, as proposed by Matthew Bruenig, with an initial price of $230 per ton of
CO2 (The amount would be indexed to inflation and might be raised in the future). All funds from this tax would be redistributed to households, with poorer households receiving a larger proportion of the tax.
- Cooperate internationally to
establishment of a single, harmonized international carbon trading market to replace the current regime of approximately 50 regional and national platforms that cover just 20 percent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeGravel.com
Apr 9, 2019
Marianne Williamson:
Green energy instead of coal, fracking, and nuclear
When it comes to energy, we must: - Expand investments in clean, green energy.
- This Nation needs to set a goal to transition to cleaner energy as quickly as possible. This will send a message to the US market, large businesses, and utilities.
- Reinstate and expand energy and mileage efficiency investments.
- Extend federal incentives and rebates for renewable energy.
- Transition away from fossil fuel energy and halt all new fossil fuel projects.
- Restart the Clean Power Plan to
protect our health and clean air, while moving away from coal, which is costly, harmful to the air we breathe and to the land and water where it is mined and burned.
- Put a moratorium on all new fracking operations (oil and gas) while we study the
best way to transition away from and phase out these hazardous and extreme extraction techniques.
- Transition away from the domestic use of nuclear energy. We do not need nuclear energy to fulfill our energy needs.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Marianne2020.com
Apr 8, 2019
Marianne Williamson:
Put a price on carbon to send a sustained market signal
When it comes to an economics of recarbonizing the Earth: Transitioning to an economy that keeps its focus squarely on reducing carbon emissions is not only one of the great moral challenges of our time, but it can also open a new era of
US innovation based on sustainable infrastructure, responsible resource management and meeting human needs. We need to explore every option to get there.
This includes putting a price on carbon to send a sustained market signal and pay for the external damage done by these fuels. Many progressives and environmentalists feel that carbon fees should be mandatory (not market-based) and dedicated to
achieving further reductions emissions to drive them down faster AND to protect lower income and people of color who have the least protection against climate impacts. My Administration would be open to all these ideas.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Marianne2020.com
Apr 8, 2019
Marianne Williamson:
Supports Green New Deal and green jobs program
Under a Williamson administration, we will take a full systems approach. A Green New Deal would provide an overall strategy for how clean energy, sustainable infrastructure and transportation, and a national green jobs program can revitalize our economy
and utilize our innovative and human capacity to benefit all our people. While it doesn't cover the whole range of measures we must undertake to reverse global warming, it is an important step, therefore I support it.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Marianne2020.com
Apr 8, 2019
Andrew Yang:
Invest heavily in carbon capture and geoengineering
As President, I will...- Invest heavily in carbon capture and geoengineering technologies designed to reverse the damage already done to the environment through a new Global Geoengineering Institute and invite international
participation.
- Invest in any idea that has the potential to reverse the damage done to the environment, for example cloud-seeding technology to increase the atmosphere's reflectivity.
- End the current tax benefits and cuts given to fossil
fuel companies which give them an unwarranted competitive advantage over alternative energy sources.
- Institute a tax on emissions that will fund health care initiatives and research for respiratory diseases that are a direct result of these emissions.
- Empower and appoint an action-oriented leader of the EPA and direct the EPA to regulate carbon emissions.
- Prioritize sustainable infrastructure and urban development to take advantage of new materials and designs.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
Andrew Yang:
Carbon tax: internalize the cost of carbon emissions
We need to have companies internalize the cost of carbon emissions to provide incentives for them to innovate and invest in cleaner technologies and processes. If you are pumping carbon into the atmosphere you should pay your fellow citizens for it as
we all pay for it in the end. We need to use the money to improve the efficiency and availability of renewable energy. As President, I will...- Propose a carbon fee and dividend systems that:
- Sets an initial carbon tax of
$40/ton, which would increase in regular intervals
- Use that tax to fund, after administrative fees: (50%) The Universal Basic Income; (50%) Projects that are enhancing efficiency of fossil fuels or increasing availability of renewable resources
- Create a border carbon adjustment to protect American goods that would:
- charge a fee to imports from countries that don't impose a similar carbon fee
- provide a rebate to exports to countries that don't impose a similar carbon fee
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
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