2022 FL Governor's race: on Environment


Brian Moore: Support the EPA

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Fight EPA regulatory over-reach"?

A: Strongly oppose.˙ With climate change and use of fossil fuels in our country, we are destroying valuable resources, and adversely affecting the overall health of the general public from ˙pollution, bad water, air, smog, and manufacturing gases.

Source: OnTheIssues.org interview on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Apr 14, 2022

Nikki Fried: Initiated a plan to phase out the use of Styrofoam products

As agriculture commissioner, Fried said, she has addressed the blue-green algae issue, tried to restore manatees to the endangered-species list and has initiated a plan to phase out the use of Styrofoam products in grocery stores over the next five to seven years. "We still have a lot to do," Fried said.
Source: Treasure Coast News on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Oct 12, 2021

Nikki Fried: State needs to deal with potentially polluting gypsum stacks

Fried says the DEP isn't doing enough when it comes to regulating huge phosphogypsum stacks. "At some point, the Department of Environmental Protection has to actually start protecting the environment," she said. "Is DEP simply a rubberstamp for permits?" The stacks are a byproduct of phosphate mining, a chemical used to make fertilizers. "These stacks are ticking time bombs in our communities that will threaten our environment for generations to come," said Fried.
Source: WTSP-10 CBS-TV on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Sep 28, 2021

Nikki Fried: Asks that manatees again be listed as "endangered" species

Fried asked the federal government to again list threatened manatees as "endangered," as Florida has had a record number of manatee deaths this year. In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fried called "misguided" the March 2017 decision to reclassify manatees as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act--after a half century of being classified as endangered. Fried said manatees continue to face the same perils as when they were previously listed as endangered.
Source: Tampa Bay Times on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Oct 6, 2021

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Candidates and political leaders on Environment:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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