State of New Hampshire secondary Archives: on Energy & Oil
Andru Volinsky:
Grave mistake to build new fossil fuel infrastructure
Climate must also be addressed. We are in a climate emergency. As a grandfather, I worry about the future that I will leave to my grandson and to all of our children and grandchildren.
It is a grave mistake to build new fossil fuel infrastructure, like pipelines. We can and should create green new jobs instead.
Source: Concord Monitor on 2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial race
Dec 8, 2019
Andru Volinsky:
Making schools efficient would create jobs & save energy
Climate change should be an overarching concern for every department of state government including the Department of Education. Yet, Sununu and Edelblut are silent on this issue despite the fact that many of our school buildings are near the end
of their useful lives. Making school buildings more energy efficient would be a boon to schools and our economy. It would create jobs, save energy and help with climate change.
Source: InDepth NH on 2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial race
Dec 28, 2019
Bill Weld:
Climate change dangers are real; rejoin Paris Accords
Whether as protection of a fragile ecosystem or as stewardship of God's creation, there is a pressing need to act on climate change. The United States must rejoin the Paris climate accords, and adopt targets consonant with those of other industrialized
nations. We must protect our economy, yes, but we must also recognize that increased natural disasters and unfamiliar weather patterns threaten to strip the snow from our White Mountains, and to melt all the mountain glaciers worldwide
upon which hundreds of millions of people depend for their only source of water. Europe has its cathedrals and monuments; we have our mountains, canyons, valleys, rivers and streams--and we had damn well better take care of them. Our borders are safe in
New Hampshire, but it is not a stretch to say that if climate change is not addressed, our coastlines and those of all other countries will over time be obliterated by storm surge and the melting of the polar ice cap.
Source: Speech in New Hampshire by 2020 presidential hopefuls
Feb 15, 2019
Bob Smith:
No subsidies for wind and solar
Question topic: Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Smith: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 New Hampshire Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
Chris Sununu:
Increase availability of baseload power; reduce energy rates
On energy: "The best way to reduce our energy rates is by increasing the availability of baseload power throughout New England. Our limited power supply into the grid is not sustainable and
keeps rates too high for manufacturing companies to succeed. All options for increasing power supply must be brought to the table but implemented with New Hampshire's best interests."
Source: Ballotpedia.org on 2016 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race
Aug 31, 2016
Chris Sununu:
Veto solar/hydropower bill; they cost ratepayers too much
Candidate website:As a state senator, I worked to pass New Hampshire's first group net metering legislation into law, propelling solar and hydropower growth. We must build on this success by expanding the group net metering cap from 1
megawatt to 5 megawatts. SB 446, which Governor Sununu vetoed, would have spurred further locally-generated, renewable energy growth in our state, created jobs, saved money for cities and towns and lowered property taxes for residents and reduced
electric rates.Governor's veto message 6/19/2018:While I agree that expanding net metering could be a benefit to our state, SB 446 would cost ratepayers at least $5 to $10 million annually and is a handout to large-scale energy
developers. These immense projects should use incentives already available and compete on their own merits. The businesses and working families of our state should not have to provide additional unjust taxation through higher electric bills.
Source: MollyKelly.com on New Hampshire legislative TK SB 446
Oct 9, 2018
Chris Sununu:
Fund the Office of Offshore Wind Industry Development
This budget funds the Office of Offshore Wind Industry Development for the first time in history. Our commitment to funding this Office will allow
New Hampshire to continue to take steps to harness the massive potential for renewable energy production off the coast of New Hampshire.
Source: 2021 State of the State Address: New Hampshire legislature
Feb 11, 2021
Colin Van Ostern:
Expand solar energy by hike in renewable 'net metering' cap
Van Ostern calls for hike in renewable 'net metering' cap. A Democrat running for governor called to quickly raise and possibly eliminate the limit on how much renewable power consumers can sell back to the state's utilities: "Solar energy projects in
New Hampshire are critical for growing good jobs, boosting our clean tech economy, limiting future energy costs, and protecting our state's beautiful environment and unique quality of life," Van Ostern said in a statement.
Source: 2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial website VanOstern.com
Jul 20, 2016
Corky Messner:
Climate changes just part of earth's life cycle
Q: Consider human-caused climate change a serious threat? Corky Messner: No. "No one really knows" about human impact on climate change. Climate changes are "just part of the earth's life cycle." "Improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions
create incentives to shift to modern, cleaner manufacturing processes."
Jeanne Shaheen: Yes. Introduced bill directing administration to meet Paris Climate Agreement standards. Supports funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Source: CampusElect survey of 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Sep 30, 2020
Dan Feltes:
Committed to cut pollution while protecting our pocketbooks
I am proud to be among the energy and environmental leaders supporting Dan Feltes to be our next governor. Dan has been the leader on energy and climate issues at the State House for the last several years.
His advocacy for energy efficiency, innovation and renewable energy, including community and low-income solar, demonstrate his commitment to cutting dangerous pollution while protecting our pocketbooks. Dan has led the charge.
Source: Concord Monitor on 2020 New Hampshire Governor race
Jan 9, 2020
Dan Feltes:
Transition off fossil fuels by 50% by 2030, fully by 2050
Q: Address as a top priority by taxing or limiting greenhouse gases? Support subsidies for renewable energy?Dan Feltes: Yes. Transition off fossil fuels by 50% by 2030 and be fully powered by clean energy by 2050.
Investing in community solar and wind power and expanding net metering.
Chris Sununu: Mostly no. Only New England governor not to join U.S. Climate Alliance. Vetoed solar expansion bills. Signed ban of offshore oil and gas drilling.
Source: CampusElect survey on 2020 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race
Nov 3, 2020
Hillary Clinton:
Half a billion solar panels in first 4 years
Q: There are three big lifts that you've talked about: immigration, gun reform, climate change. What do you do first?CLINTON: Well, I don't accept that premise. I think that we've got so much business we have to do. We've talked a lot tonight about
what we're against. But I'm for a lot of things. I don't want to just stop bad things from happening, I want to start good things from happening. And I believe, if I'm so fortunate to get the nomination, I will begin to work immediately on putting
together an agenda, beginning to talk with members of Congress and others about how we can push forward. I want to have half a billion more solar panels deployed, the first four years. I want to have enough clean energy to power
every home the next four years. I want us to keep working on the Affordable Care Act, to get not only to 100 percent coverage, but bring down the costs of prescription drugs and out-of-pocket costs.
Source: MSNBC Democratic primary debate in New Hampshire
Feb 4, 2016
Joe Biden:
Day One: rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement
We've moved quickly to begin restoring American engagement internationally and earn back our leadership position, to catalyze global action on shared challenges. On day one, I signed the paperwork to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement.
We're taking steps led by the example of integrating climate objectives across all of our diplomacy and raise the ambition of our climate targets.
That way, we can challenge other nations, other major emitters, to up the ante on their own commitments. I'll be hosting climate leaders' summit to address the climate crisis on Earth Day of this year.
America must lead in the face of this existential threat. And just as with the pandemic, it requires global cooperation.
Source: Manchester Ink Link on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Feb 4, 2021
Karen Testerman:
End the war on coal: keep electrical generating plants
Here in New Hampshire, our electricity supply and jobs are under attack. Hundreds of jobs are now at risk at New Hampshire's 440-megawatt coal-powered Merrimack Station electricity generator in Bow, as well as Schiller Station's two
50-megawatt coal-fired generating plants in Portsmouth. America needs to elect representatives in Congress in 2014 with the courage to stop the liberal war on coal.
New Hampshire recently spent $450 million on scrubbers that make burning coal much cleaner at Merrimack Station.
Yet unless we send common-sense congressmen and senators to Washington, those good jobs and our household utility bills are still at risk.
Source: WND Weekly on 2014 New Hampshire Senate race
Oct 31, 2013
Karen Testerman:
Carbon dioxide causes plants to thrive, not global warming
Obama and his congressional foot soldiers want to reduce carbon dioxide--the gas that plants need to grow and thrive. They are acting on the hypothesis that human activities are the cause of Earth's rising climate temperatures.
That hypothesis, however, has all but been debunked, with the report that ice in the Arctic region actually grew from 2012 to 2013 by an additional one million square miles.
Obama and the "climate-change" imaginers rely solely on predictive computer models as their only basis for blaming humans for global warming. Yet those computer models fail to predict temperatures in the real world. The models don't work.
However, the computers models are the only reason to believe that human activities affect climate. We know the models are defective, but there is nothing else.
Source: WND Weekly on 2014 New Hampshire Senate race
Oct 31, 2013
Maggie Hassan:
Reduce energy costs for families and businesses
Governor Hassan will continue to take steps to build a stronger, more affordable energy future, and she will ensure we do it without sacrificing the scenic views and beautiful natural resources that drive our economy and define us as a place and as a
people.Governor Hassan worked with stakeholders across the state to develop a long-term energy strategy to help reduce energy costs, increase conservation and efficiency, diversify energy sources, and improve reliability, while also protecting our
beautiful natural resources.
Recognizing that energy challenges require a regional effort, the Governor is working with her fellow New England governors to explore ways to bring more natural gas and new, renewable energy sources into the state
while protecting New Hampshire's consumers and natural resources.
She maximized the benefits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program, allowing us to continue to reduce costs for our ratepayers and invest in energy-efficiency projects.
Source: Vote-USA.org on 2014 New Hampshire Gubernatorial incumbents
Oct 30, 2014
Mark Connolly:
Move away from fossil fuels; oppose Northern Pass line
Connolly advocated for a move away from fossil fuels, but said communities should have the power to determine which energy projects take up residence in town. Connolly doesn't support the current Northern
Pass proposal to run a 192-mile transmission line through New Hampshire. He said more of the project should be buried.
On the proposed Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline, Connolly said the project shouldn't be built if the energy developer can't convince local communities the pipeline should
come through. "We have to have the communities accept any kind of infrastructure in their towns," he said.
Source: Concord Monitor on 2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial race
Nov 6, 2015
Molly Kelly:
For solar and hydropower; they create jobs & save money
Candidate website:As a state senator, I worked to pass New Hampshire's first group net metering legislation into law, propelling solar and hydropower growth. We must build on this success by expanding the group net metering cap from 1
megawatt to 5 megawatts. SB 446, which Governor Sununu vetoed, would have spurred further locally-generated, renewable energy growth in our state, created jobs, saved money for cities and towns and lowered property taxes for residents and reduced
electric rates.Governor's veto message 6/19/2018:While I agree that expanding net metering could be a benefit to our state, SB 446 would cost ratepayers at least $5 to $10 million annually and is a handout to large-scale energy
developers. These immense projects should use incentives already available and compete on their own merits. The businesses and working families of our state should not have to provide additional unjust taxation through higher electric bills.
Source: MollyKelly.com on New Hampshire legislative TK SB 446
Oct 9, 2018
Rick Santorum:
Out of office, I stayed in the fray to defeat cap-and-trade
PAUL: Where did Santorum make his living after [leaving the Senate]? He became a high-powered lobbyist in Washington, D.C. And he has done quite well. SANTORUM: I was known in Washington, D.C., as a "cause guy." I care deeply about this country and
about the causes that I think are at the core of this country. When I left the US Senate, I got involved in causes that I believe in. I was asked by a health care company to be on their board of directors. Now, I don't know whether you think board of
directors are lobbyists. They're not. I also worked for a coal company. When I left the Senate, one of the big issues on the table was cap-and-trade, global warming, and I wanted to stay involved in the fray. So I contacted a local coal company from my
area, and I said, look, I want to join you in that fight. I want to work together with you. I want to help you in any way I can to make sure we defeat cap-and-trade. And so I engaged in that battle. And I'm very proud to have engaged in that battle.
Source: WMUR 2012 GOP New Hampshire debate
Jan 7, 2012
Scott Brown:
Keystone XL should be included in energy efficiency bill
A new ad by the Senate Majority PAC is hitting Scott Brown for reportedly lobbying to kill his opponent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's energy efficiency bill in the Senate: "A rare moment in Congress. A bipartisan bill readies for passage in the Senate. Jeanne
Shaheen's energy efficiency bill to create jobs and save billions, supported by businesses across New Hampshire," states the ad. "But news accounts report that Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown lobbied Republican leaders to kill the bill--hurting
Shaheen and helping himself gain another Senate seat," the ad says.Brown's campaign defended the candidate's visit to Capitol Hill days before the Senate voted on the energy efficiency bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had offered
Republicans a stand-alone vote on the Keystone XL pipeline if the energy efficiency bill passed, but Brown expressed concerns that Keystone wasn't going to be included as an amendment.
Source: The Hill e-zine PacWatch on 2014 New Hampshire Senate race
May 22, 2014
Steve Marchand:
Gas tax isn't ideal, but use it for infrastructure
Q: You have previously discussed increasing the gas tax as ways to increase revenue for the state?Marchand: The gas tax is not desirable. But I believe when you can attach the revenue stream to the use of the revenue stream, that's a more
transparent system. The business leaders I've talked to over the years also identified infrastructure as a priority. For now, the gas tax is one of the most direct tools in the toolbox. It is something I still have on the table because
I think infrastructure is one of the biggest barriers we face to economic growth if we do not address and updated electric grid, ensured drinking water, improved Internet access particularly in rural areas, and improving our roads and bridges.
Conservative business people tell me "why would I invest in New Hampshire, if New Hampshire doesn't invest in New Hampshire," and they meant these infrastructure issues.
Source: N.H. Journal on 2018 New Hampshire gubernatorial race
Apr 24, 2017
Tom Sherman:
Expand our investments in renewable energy sources
Rising energy costs are hurting many families as they struggle to fill up their tanks and heat their homes. New Hampshire must expand our investments in renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures that will lower long-term costs,
protect our climate, and create new jobs. The climate crisis is here. We must take aggressive action at the local, state, and federal level to protect against rising sea levels on the coast and the damaging impacts to our winter tourism activities.
Source: 2022 New Hampshire Governor campaign web DrTomSherman.com
Mar 28, 2022
Chris Sununu:
Renewables don't lower energy costs; look at your bill
Sununu's veto of numerous Democrat-backed bills related to renewable energy also came up in the NHPR debate. [Democratic nominee Tom] Sherman argued that the state would have lower energy costs if it more aggressively embraced renewable energy, but
Sununu flatly rejected that idea."This idea that renewables, all renewables, lower your energy costs is completely wrong, like beyond wrong. It's all on your bill," Sununu said. "So there has to be a transition, but it has to be at the right pace."
Source: Portsmouth Herald on 2022 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race
Oct 26, 2022
Tom Sherman:
Aggressively embrace renewable energy & lower energy costs
[Republican Governor Chris] Sununu's veto of numerous Democrat-backed bills related to renewable energy also came up in the NHPR debate. Sherman argued that the state would have lower energy costs if it more aggressively embraced renewable energy, but
Sununu flatly rejected that idea."This idea that renewables, all renewables, lower your energy costs is completely wrong, like beyond wrong. It's all on your bill," Sununu said. "So there has to be a transition, but it has to be at the right pace."
Source: Portsmouth Herald on 2022 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race
Oct 26, 2022
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