2020 WA Governor's race: on Energy & Oil


Jay Inslee: Forest wildfires are "climate fires"

Inslee has called the fires that have decimated small towns in Washington "climate fires," while Culp has questioned climate change. But on the wildfires specifically, Culp blames poor forest management in the state and, by extension, Inslee. But Inslee blames Trump for slashing the budget for thinning forests. He adds it takes time for forest management, but that the state's investment in forest treatment has gone up significantly since he's been in office.

Inslee has called the fires that have decimated small towns in Washington "climate fires," while Culp has questioned climate change. But on the wildfires specifically, Culp blames poor forest management in the state and, by extension, Inslee. But Inslee blames Trump for slashing the budget for thinning forests. He adds it takes time for forest management, but that the state's investment in forest treatment has gone up significantly since he's been in office.

Source: Inlander.com on 2020 Washington Gubernatorial debate Oct 22, 2020

Loren Culp: Questions climate change, fires from poor forest management

Inslee has called the fires that have decimated small towns in Washington "climate fires," while Culp has questioned climate change. But on the wildfires specifically, Culp blames poor forest management in the state and, by extension, Inslee. But Inslee blames Trump for slashing the budget for thinning forests. He adds it takes time for forest management, but that the state's investment in forest treatment has gone up significantly since he's been in office.
Source: Inlander.com on 2020 Washington Gubernatorial debate Oct 22, 2020

Loren Culp: Climate change: get the bureaucrats out of the way

Culp all but dismissed climate science. He said that in the 1970s, he remembers talk about how the climate was getting cooler. "I don't deny that the climate changes," he said, adding that climate change had not played a role in the string of wildfires that burned through Washington and the West Coast last month. Asked what he would do to address climate change, Culp said he loves "clean water, clean air and clean land" and "we need to get bureaucrats out of the way."
Source: Seattle Times on 2020 Washington Gubernatorial debate Oct 7, 2020

Phil Fortunato: Questioned global warming: what if temperatures drop?

Republicans criticized the bill, saying that it would raise electricity costs without affecting global climate. Other Republicans pointed to the large proportion of the state's energy that already comes from non-carbon-emitting hydropower dams. Sen. Phil Fortunato questioned global warming itself. "All the talk is about a temperature increase," Fortunato said. "But what happens if the temperatures start declining?"
Source: Lewiston Tribune on 2020 Washington gubernatorial race Mar 2, 2019

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