Gubernatorial campaign websites: on Energy & Oil

Chris Jones: Uplift and support the solar energy industry

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.

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.

Christine Drazan: Will repeal cap-and-trade climate scheme on my first day

Cindy Axne: Biofuels should be part of clean energy economy

Deidre DeJear: Protect environment while creating renewable energy jobs

Doug Gansler: Begin work on 4 Gigawatts offshore wind generation by 2026

• Convert the entire fleet of light duty vehicles from fuel-powered to electric within 5 years.
• Incentivize the private construction of modern electric and battery-powered vehicle charging stations that fit the lifestyles and commuting patterns of MD motorists.
• Initiate construction on four Gigawatts of offshore wind generation by 2026.
• Work closely with the private sector toward the development of a state-of-the-art plant that would convert poultry waste into renewable energy.

Doug Gansler: Use school funding/construction to promote renewable energy

• Require that all public school, college and university construction projects funded by the State obtain at least a portion of their electricity from renewable energy sources, proportional to the State's contribution to the project.
• Amend existing school funding formulas to enable the State to expand its contributions to schools that are heated and cooled by geothermal energy.

Doug Mastriano: Encourage investment into the natural gas and coal industry

REVIVE THE ECONOMY: ENERGY
• Protect utility costs by immediately withdrawing from Tom Wolf's "Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative"
• Encourage investment into the natural gas and coal industry
• Expand exploration and technology in the Marcellus Shale region
• Lift Tom Wolf's regulations, taxes and fees and expand into drilling/mining

Greg Lopez: Don't close coal mines to remove phantom of climate change

Jason Martin: Make sure our state is at the forefront of green technology

Josh Green: Invest in green economy, create thousands of green jobs

• Lead the nation with the highest efficiency and emissions standards to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles statewide;
• Restore residential PV tax credits to kick start a new solar energy revolution so every roof in Hawaii can produce its own clean solar energy;
• Set a state facility efficiency goal of cutting energy use by at least 30% before 2030 and increasing the renewable energy generation of all state facilities.
• Invest new state and federal resources in a multi-billion dollar green economy and create thousands of new green jobs;
• Create new incentives for the development and manufacture of next-generation technologies to address the climate crisis right here in Hawaii;
• Complete the plan to build a statewide electric vehicle charging network which will create even more green jobs.

Julian Bell: Decarbonize at state level; hold corporations responsible

Climate change requires strong leadership and personal responsibility. We must decarbonize at the state level, hold corporations responsible, and home by home. I'm here for all of it.

Kirk Caldwell: Strongly support 100% renewable energy by 2045

Maura Healey: Create a cabinet-level Climate Chief & electrify everything

Maura will reinvigorate the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (CEC) to spur clean tech job growth. With its strong relationships in the private sector and with our world-class academic institutions, the CEC has helped boost the clean energy sector in Massachusetts, which has grown 68% since 2010, with over 100,000 people employed as of 2021.

In the next two decades, we need to electrify everything--including our buildings and transportation system. We can do this. Our state is home to industrious & innovative workers who can lead this swift transition. Doing so will create jobs, improve public health, & strengthen our economy.

Michelle Benson: Minnesota needs an all-of-the-above energy policy

Nellie Gorbea: Incentivize energy efficiency in new home construction

Nellie Gorbea: Prioritize goals to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

• Prioritize the goals of the "Act on Climate" to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
• Promote the development of a renewable energy economy and work to regain our regional leadership in this important economic sector. ??Partnering with unions and our education sector we can grow our apprenticeship programs that help provide the needed workforce.
• Incentivize electrical vehicles by using federal funds to increase the charging stations across our state.

Peter Franchot: Our target goal for moving fully to renewable energy is 2030

Rushern Baker: Move up goal of 100% renewable energy to 2030

Sonia Chang-Diaz: 100% renewable, carbon-free electric grid by 2030

• Pass a MA Green New Deal to build our new green energy economy, electrify our infrastructure across the state, and create good jobs with family-sustaining wages.
• Establish a 100% renewable, carbon-free electric grid by 2030.
• Eliminate all carbon emissions from new buildings by 2030 and transition existing buildings to become zero-carbon by 2045.
• Decarbonize, expand, and make fare-free public transit to reduce fossil fuel emissions and build a 21st century transit system.

Tobias Read: Investing in clean energy and green jobs a top priority

Wes Moore: Reduce 60% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

• Ensure that Maryland generates 100% clean energy by 2035 by reducing energy consumption and the burden on the grid, supercharging investments in wind and solar developments, and investing in battery storage research and development to quickly bring new technologies to market.
• Reduce 60% of dangerous greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2045.
• Protecting the environment by converting the state's fleet to EV technology by 2030, improving our EV charging station infrastructure and policies to get more private EVs on the roads, and fighting sprawl.

Betsy Johnson: Support green energy but don't destroy good paying jobs

Helena Foulkes: Make Rhode Island a leader in clean, affordable energy