2022 CA Governor's race: on Energy & Oil

Brian Dahle: Forest management not climate change is cause of wildfires

The ISSUE: Forest fires emit more carbon emissions than all the cars on the road for an entire year. None of those emissions are counted by the state.
The TRUTH: Climate change is not the primary cause of California's recent super fires.
The PLAN: Scientists outside of political organizations say that poor forest management is a more significant factor [for climate change] in the onslaught of wildfires. We must manage our forests and end these carbon-producing disasters.

Source: 2022 California Governor campaign website BrianDahle.com Feb 21, 2022

Brian Dahle: Energy goal: 100% reliable, affordable electricity

The ISSUE: California consumers pay electricity rates 60 percent higher than the national average.
The TRUTH: Sticking consumers with ever-higher bills for a power grid that regularly fails them is no way to save the planet.
The PLAN: We need to pause the regulators' demands to reinvent the power supply based on an arbitrary schedule. How about these utility goals? 100% percent reliable electricity. 100% percent affordable electricity.

Source: 2022 California Governor campaign website BrianDahle.com Feb 21, 2022

Eleni Kounalakis: People look to California on climate change, solutions

In terms of how we think in a bigger picture, around combating climate change. People are looking to California because we are investing in things like tax credits, and our universities are working on how do we scale up the climate solutions that we already know exist, like wind and solar. It's not going to be easy, and it will take time, but I'm convinced that this is the place where the future will happen first. Source: KVCR News on 2022 California Lt. Gubernatorial race Jun 22, 2022

Eleni Kounalakis: Does not support off-shore drilling because of risk of spill

As one of three members of the State Lands Commission, Kounalakis does not support offshore oil drilling, because of the environmental risks of a potential spill. "The waters off of the coast around Southern California are far more valuable to us as a state in terms of recreation, in terms of habitat, in terms of trade," she said. "It just doesn't make sense to have this activity going on." Source: Cal Matters on 2022 California Lt. Gubernatorial race Sep 22, 2022

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