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Joe Biden on Energy & Oil
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| Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator |
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- The only existential threat to humanity is climate change. (Jun 2024)
- Convened "climate world summit"; cut US emissions in half. (Apr 2021)
- Appoint Special Envoy for Climate; recognize climate crisis. (Jan 2021)
- My plan fights climate change and creates jobs. (Oct 2020)
- I support the Biden Plan, not the Green New Deal. (Sep 2020)
- When I hear global warming, I think jobs. (Sep 2020)
- Climate change not only a crisis but an enormous opportunity. (Aug 2020)
- Transition to renewable energy; allow fracking for now. (Jun 2020)
- Invest in batteries to transmit solar power. (Feb 2020)
- I introduced the first climate change bill in 1986. (Jan 2020)
- Tax credits for solar power on homes. (Dec 2019)
- Prioritized climate for decades, as existential threat. (Nov 2019)
- Undo what Trump has done, from CAFE to other standards. (Sep 2019)
- Start on climate change now; do more as things change. (Sep 2019)
- Credits Green New Deal, but it lacks specifics. (Sep 2019)
- Either we run world trade or China will. (Jul 2019)
- Rejoin and raise standards of Paris Climate Accord. (Jul 2019)
- 500,000 charging stations so we're all-electric by 2030. (Jul 2019)
- Pushed cap-and-trade early; but $90B tax credits passed. (May 2013)
- Set out vision for young people to deal with global warming. (Feb 2013)
- Unprecedented investment in renewable energy. (Feb 2012)
- Cause of global warming is clearly Man-made. (Oct 2008)
- Obama believes in investing in alternative energy. (Oct 2008)
- Nuclear OK after dealing with security, safety, and waste. (Aug 2008)
- The energy challenge take sacrifice and is a moral crusade. (Dec 2007)
- Supports cap-and-trade for greenhouse gases. (Nov 2007)
- Provide for emergency fuel assistance immediately. (Oct 2007)
Fossil Fuels
- Confront the climate crisis instead of denying it. (Mar 2024)
- Support electric vehicles AND union auto industry jobs. (Sep 2023)
- No drilling on 16M acres in Alaska; but other drilling OK. (Mar 2023)
- The climate crisis doesn't care if your state is red or blue. (Feb 2023)
- FactCheck:US rejoined world in GHG reduction, not vice-versa. (Apr 2021)
- Day One: rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement. (Feb 2021)
- No federal subsidies to oil; transition to renewables. (Oct 2020)
- Weatherize 4 million buildings and 2 million homes. (Oct 2020)
- I pushed the cost of wind & solar below cost of oil. (Oct 2020)
- No one's building another coal- or gas-fired power plant. (Sep 2020)
- Allow fracking, but get to net zero emissions by 2050. (Sep 2020)
- I wrote the first climate change bill in the Congress. (Mar 2020)
- Eliminate all subsidies for oil and gas. (Feb 2020)
- Limit fracking at state level, but disallow new drilling. (Sep 2019)
- Switch China from coal to gas, instead of carbon tax. (May 2013)
- I have supported clean coal for 25 years. (Oct 2008)
- FactCheck: Oil did not jump $18/bbl due to Iran Resolution. (Dec 2007)
- Make every automobile sold be a flex-fuel automobile. (Apr 2007)
Voting Record
- 1970s: Voted against the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. (Nov 2009)
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Doug Burgum on Energy & Oil
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| 2024 Presidential contender; Republican ND Governor |
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- The climate extremists want to shut down our power grid. (Jun 2024)
- The oil industry is so safe, environmentally friendly. (Jan 2024)
- $350 million Carbon Capture Project for clean coal. (Dec 2023)
- Biden's climate policy is existential threat to America. (Sep 2023)
- Don't just trade Mideast OPEC with China's Sinopec. (Aug 2023)
- America being truly energy independent stabilizes the globe. (Jun 2023)
- North Dakota takes an all-of-the-above approach. (Jan 2023)
- Providing a viable path forward for coal has been a priority. (Jan 2023)
- On our way toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 . (Jan 2023)
- EPA rules infringed on state & Congressional authority. (Jun 2022)
- Soybean oil can be refined into renewable green diesel fuel. (Feb 2022)
- Clean coal will allow us to shape global energy policy. (Jan 2021)
- Private sector innovation over regulation on carbon. (Jan 2020)
- Lignite (brown coal) is transforming power plant emissions. (Jan 2019)
- On energy, all of the above. (Jan 2018)
- Protest campers at Dakota Access Pipeline should leave. (Feb 2017)
- We are not running out of oil; we have a global surplus. (Jan 2016)
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Chris Christie on Energy & Oil
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| N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate |
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- Keystone pipeline would have minimal environmental impact. (Nov 2015)
- FactCheck: Yes, New Jersey is a solar powerhouse. (Oct 2015)
- New Jersey used private market to create solar industry. (Oct 2015)
- Get nuclear power plants back on the table. (Sep 2015)
- Anthropogenic climate change is real; but build Keystone XL. (Jun 2015)
- Consider windmills off NJ coast. (Jun 2012)
- Pulled out of ten-state Regional Greenhouse Gas program. (Jun 2012)
- The future for New Jersey is in green energy. (Jul 2011)
- Don't tap strategic reserves for political purposes. (Jun 2011)
- Incentivize energy manufacturing & wind turbines. (Nov 2009)
- Make NJ a magnet for renewable energy manufacturer. (Jul 2009)
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Ron DeSantis on Energy & Oil
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| Republican presidential contender; FL governor |
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- Choose the Marcellus Shale over the Mullahs. (Jan 2024)
- Kneecapping reliable energy means rolling blackouts. (Jan 2024)
- Rip up the Green New Deal and throw it in the trash can. (Nov 2023)
- We will be energy dominant again in this country. (Aug 2023)
- No carbon tax; no wind energy subsidy. (Oct 2018)
- No delay on Keystone pipeline for security & safety study. (May 2013)
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Nikki Haley on Energy & Oil
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| Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018 |
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- Climate change is real, but no extreme transitions. (Jan 2024)
- Not smart to mandate electric cars too by 2035. (Jan 2024)
- Ask China and India to lower their emissions. (Aug 2023)
- There can be solar and wind, but you can't do it tomorrow. (Jul 2023)
- We're not the problem; China and India are the problem. (Jun 2023)
- Strongly advocated for withdrawing from Paris climate accord. (May 2023)
- Socialist Democrats want to ban gas powered cars, gas stoves. (Mar 2023)
- Paris climate agreement cost US too many jobs. (Jun 2017)
- Open the Savannah River Site nuclear reactor fuel project. (May 2014)
- Not now, not ever, support raising the gas tax. (Jan 2013)
- Supports off-shore drilling near South Carolina coast. (Jun 2010)
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Kamala Harris on Energy & Oil
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| Democratic nominee;Vice President; former California Senator |
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- 2019: ban fracking; 2024: I will not ban fracking. (Sep 2024)
- As president, I will not ban fracking. (Aug 2024)
- Does not support a total ban on fracking. (Aug 2024)
- 2010s: Sued Big Oil; no climate change disinformation. (Jul 2024)
- $20B for community-based clean energy transition. (Jul 2023)
- Carbon-neutral America by 2035. (Oct 2020)
- California fires show climate crisis is public health crisis. (Sep 2020)
- Deadlines for reducing greenhouse gases & renewable energy. (Aug 2020)
- Shouldn't sell/lease public land for drilling. (Sep 2019)
- Rejoin Paris Accord on Day One; carbon neutral by 2030. (Jul 2019)
- Climate crisis represents existential threat to our species. (Jun 2019)
- Green New Deal sets agenda for dealing with climate change. (Apr 2019)
- Restore Clean Power Plan and Clean Car Standards. (Apr 2019)
- Climate change important, but not only issue. (Jan 2019)
- Don't withdraw from the Paris climate accord. (Jan 2019)
- Climate change is a national security threat to America. (Jan 2019)
- Innovate smart solutions to climate change. (Aug 2015)
- Criminal prosecution of pipeline companies for oil spills. (Jun 2015)
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Howie Hawkins on Energy & Oil
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| Green Party Presidential Challenger |
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- End nuclear power, offshore drilling, & fracking. (Jul 2020)
- Free mass transit; reduce energy use 50%. (Jul 2020)
- 100% Clean Energy by 2030, rebuild manufacturing. (May 2019)
- Socialize Big Oil; reinvest in renewables. (May 2019)
- Green New Deal can close racial income gap. (Apr 2019)
- Claims to be the "original Green New Dealer". (Feb 2019)
- I'm the original Green New Dealer, since 2010. (Feb 2019)
- Solar-Based Renewable Energy. (Jun 2006)
- More mass transportation, and fuel cell cars. (Jun 2006)
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Will Hurd on Energy & Oil
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| U.S. Rep; GOP presidential challenger (withdrew Oct.2023) |
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Asa Hutchinson on Energy & Oil
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| Republican presidential contender; AR Governor |
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- Americans deserve plentiful, affordable energy options. (May 2023)
- We need to accelerate electric charging states across state. (Feb 2022)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Energy & Oil
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| Independent presidential Challenger |
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- Stop subsidizing carbon--and nuclear plants cost too much. (Aug 2023)
- Climate crisis used to push totalitarian controls on society. (Jun 2023)
- Incentivize industry to zero-waste cycles, clean energy . (May 2023)
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Mike Pence on Energy & Oil
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| Former Republican Vice President (withdrew Oct.2023) |
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- Climate changing, but don't put undue burden on Americans. (Jun 2023)
- Biden's plan is a $2 trillion version of Green New Deal. (Oct 2020)
- Cap and trade would raise home utility rates more than $3100. (Sep 2020)
- Build Keystone XL; drill ANWR. (Sep 2020)
- Global warming is a myth; treaty is a disaster. (Sep 2020)
- AdWatch 1990: "Thanks, America, for buying so much Arab Oil". (Sep 2019)
- Fighting climate change should not increase utility rates. (Jun 2019)
- Climate change is not an emergency. (Jun 2019)
- Support wind, nuclear, fracking, and offshore drilling. (Nov 2016)
- Coal miners want an American energy policy. (Jul 2016)
- Climate change is not a resolved issue in science. (Jul 2016)
- Sued Obama administration on Clean Energy Plan. (Jan 2016)
- Against Obama's plan to battle climate change. (Jun 2015)
- All-of-the-above energy strategy instead of EPA over-reach. (Jan 2015)
- All-of-the-above American-made energy strategy. (Jan 2012)
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Vivek Ramaswamy on Energy & Oil
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| CEO & Republican Challenger |
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- Drill, frack, burn coal and embrace nuclear. (Aug 2023)
- Climate change agenda is a hoax. (Aug 2023)
- Drill, frack & burn coal: abandon the climate cult. (May 2023)
- Climate religion: it's about power, control, punishment. (Mar 2023)
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Bernie Sanders on Energy & Oil
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| Independent Senator (VT) amd former Presidential candidate |
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- Fossil fuel profit is a moral issue. (Feb 2020)
- Would reinstate LED lightbulb rule & encourage use. (Sep 2019)
- Scientists say "12 years before damage is irreversible". (Jun 2019)
- Keep US in Paris Climate Agreement & increase targets. (Apr 2019)
- No more debate on climate change; it's here & costs $100Bs. (Nov 2018)
- Rising oceans creating world's first "climate refugees". (Aug 2017)
- Pushed energy efficiency block grants. (Nov 2016)
- Inexpensive Venezuelan oil donated to low-income Vermonters. (Nov 2016)
- 2015 & 2016 were hottest years on record: debate is over. (Nov 2016)
- Need revolution to move away from coal and oil. (Mar 2016)
- I oppose fracking; anyone who says it is safe is wrong. (Mar 2016)
- Climate change partly causes rise of terrorist groups. (Nov 2015)
- Address climate change so we can leave planet to our kids. (Oct 2015)
- Climate change is a moral issue: tax on carbon. (Oct 2015)
- Opposed Keystone Pipeline from day one. (Oct 2015)
- Combat climate skeptics with overwhelming evidence. (Sep 2015)
- Keystone pipeline transports the dirtiest fossil fuel. (Sep 2015)
- Charge companies for carbon emissions; then fund renewables. (Apr 2015)
- Transform to sustainable system & away from fossil fuels. (Mar 2015)
- Weatherize millions of homes and buildings. (Jan 2015)
- Gas tax increases are regressive. (Jun 1997)
Green New Deal
- Transform our energy system, as quickly as we humanly can. (Mar 2020)
- Government loans to help people erect solar panels. (Sep 2019)
- Need to be fervent if we care about our children. (Jul 2019)
- Not enough to beat Trump; must beat fossil fuel industry. (May 2019)
- End fossil fuel; move toward wind and solar. (Apr 2019)
- Co-sponsor of Green New Deal. (Apr 2019)
- Transform our energy system away from fossil fuel. (Feb 2019)
- We have 12 years to transform to sustainable energy. (Feb 2019)
- Climate change is issue for entire international community. (Sep 2017)
- Cut carbon 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2050. (Nov 2016)
- Job training for transition to green energy. (Nov 2016)
- Massive and sustained investment in sustainable energy. (Nov 2016)
- Tax carbon, methane, and other greenhouse gases. (Jul 2016)
Voting Record
- Perfect score on "350 Action's 2020 Climate Test". (Mar 2019)
- End fracking in the US. (Mar 2016)
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Tim Scott on Energy & Oil
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| Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator |
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- Not just energy independent; we should be energy dominant. (Nov 2023)
- Unleash our energy resources; no gas tax increase. (Sep 2023)
- No subsidies for wind and solar. (Sep 2014)
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Jill Stein on Energy & Oil
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| Green Challenger |
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- Take decisive action now to fight runaway global heating. (Dec 2023)
- Halt any investment in fossil fuel infrastructure. (Oct 2016)
- Climate change is humanity's greatest existential threat. (Oct 2016)
- Nuclear power plants risk proliferation and going Fukushima. (Sep 2016)
- Declare a climate emergency & get to 100% renewables by 2030. (Aug 2016)
- Green New Deal to turn the tide on climate change. (Aug 2016)
- COP 21 is symbolic victory, but we need to go much further. (May 2016)
- Create 20 million jobs by investing in renewables. (Apr 2016)
- All of the above policy puts fossil fuels above all. (Jan 2016)
- Climate change causes record storms, floods, and drought. (Jan 2016)
- Immediate halt in all new fossil fuel exploration. (Oct 2015)
- Completely zero out climate emissions, as fast as possible. (Jun 2015)
- Make wars for oil obsolete: 100% renewables by 2030. (Feb 2015)
- Fight against climate change instead of fighting for oil. (Oct 2012)
- Weatherizing homes creates jobs & addresses climate change. (Oct 2012)
- We can't wait 4 more years to address climate change. (Jan 2012)
- National ban on fracking; natural gas is not clean. (Jan 2012)
- No evidence that carbon sequestration solves climate crisis. (Jan 2012)
- Let states prevent nuclear power plants. (Jan 2012)
- World War II-scale mobilization to reduce carbon burden. (Jan 2012)
- Renewable energy is win-win for economy & national security. (Dec 2011)
- Nuclear energy is dirty, dangerous and expensive. (Dec 2011)
- Logging wood for electricity is neither clean nor green. (Sep 2010)
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Donald Trump on Energy & Oil
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| Republican former President |
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- Oil and gasoline and natural gas is cheaper, more powerful. (Mar 2023)
- Wind power kills birds; solar can't run factories. (Oct 2020)
- Pursues "energy dominance" agenda, even during pandemic. (Mar 2020)
- Green New Deal does not fulfill America's energy needs. (Mar 2017)
- EPA is killing energy companies; 1,000 years of clean coal. (Oct 2016)
- America invested in solar panels and it was a disaster. (Sep 2016)
- Green energy is just an expensive feel-good for tree-huggers. (Nov 2015)
- Wind energy projects are industrial monstrosities. (Sep 2015)
- Windmills are destroying shorelines all over the world. (Aug 2015)
- Solar hasn't caught on because it has a 32-year payback. (Aug 2015)
- Maybe some climate change is manmade, but not all. (Jun 2015)
- We need nuclear energy, and we need a lot of it fast. (Mar 2011)
- Green buildings take 40 years to get investment back. (Sep 2008)
Climate Agreements
- The real global warming we have to worry about is nuclear. (Oct 2024)
- Could have made a deal on Paris Accord but didn't want to. (Feb 2021)
- The Paris Accord is not fair to U.S. (Oct 2020)
- Establish panel devoted to challenging climate science. (Mar 2019)
- Climate change isn't a hoax, but don't spend trillions on it. (Oct 2018)
- OpEd: US is only country out of 197 to reject Paris accord. (May 2018)
- Claims Paris Accords costly; estimated US cost $170 billion. (Jul 2017)
- Withdraw from Paris Agreement, to put America first. (Jun 2017)
- Focus on disease & clean water, not "climate change". (Oct 2016)
- Climate change is a hoax. (Jun 2015)
Fossil Fuels
- There's no other country that has liquid gold like we do. (Oct 2024)
- Electric Vehicle mandate intended to kill gas-powered cars. (May 2024)
- Electric car mandate is the craziest thing I've ever heard. (Jan 2024)
- No electric vehicles: economic nationalism for auto industry. (Sep 2023)
- FactCheck: Didn't lose "energy independence" under Biden. (Oct 2022)
- FactCheck: falsely blames windmills for Texas power outage. (Feb 2021)
- Solar cannot power the economy like oil. (Oct 2020)
- Rolled back Clean Power Plan; it increased energy prices. (Sep 2020)
- We've ended the war on American energy; we're independent. (Feb 2020)
- Fact-Check:US became #1 producer of natural gas in 2009. (Feb 2020)
- Net exporter for the first time in 65 years. (Feb 2019)
- End war on coal: it's important for our defense. (Feb 2018)
- End the war on beautiful clean coal. (Jan 2018)
- Represent Pittsburgh, not Paris: Coal over climate agreement. (Jun 2017)
- Revive the coal industry; end efforts to curb carbon. (Mar 2017)
- Stop threatening the livelihood of our coal miners. (Feb 2017)
- Fracking will lead to American energy independence. (Nov 2016)
- We have 2 trillion barrels of oil; enough for 283 years. (Nov 2015)
- No Cap-and-Tax: oil is this country's lifeblood. (Dec 2011)
- Jobs will slump until our lifeblood--oil--is cheap again. (Dec 2011)
- Enough natural gas in Marcellus Shale for 110 year supply. (Dec 2011)
- It's incredible how slowly we're drilling for oil. (Mar 2011)
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JD Vance on Energy & Oil
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| Republican Vice Presidential nominee |
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- We should produce as much energy as possible in the USA. (Oct 2024)
- Build more clean energy, like nukes and natural gas. (Oct 2024)
- Scrap federal tax credits for Electric Vehicles . (Jul 2024)
- Drive American: Chinese-made EVs don't solve climate crisis. (Jul 2024)
- Europe has become weaker pursuing a green energy agenda. (May 2024)
- Subsidizing electric vehicle technology helps China, not US. (Jul 2021)
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Tim Walz on Energy & Oil
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| DFL Governor & V.P. nominee |
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- Supports nuclear power as part of clean energy plan. (Nov 2024)
- Reducing our impact is absolutely critical on climate change. (Oct 2024)
- Let's harvest wind and produce more clean energy. (Oct 2024)
- By 2040, 100% of utility power from carbon-free sources. (Aug 2024)
- Invest in statewide electric vehicle charging infrastructure. (Jan 2022)
- Climate change is complex problem & existential threat. (Dec 2019)
- Climate change is real and urgent. (Oct 2018)
- Reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. (Nov 2006)
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Cornel West on Energy & Oil
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| Green Party/People's Party candidate |
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- Shift from extraction to regenerative and renewable energy. (Aug 2023)
- Calls for an immediate halt to fossil fuel extraction. (Jul 2023)
- Remove oil and gas subsidies, invest in clean energy. (Jun 2023)
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Marianne Williamson on Energy & Oil
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| Democratic candidate for President |
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- I will treat global warming problem holistically. (Jun 2023)
- Invest in renewable energy, both in US and abroad. (Aug 2019)
- Ban fracking. (Jul 2019)
- Nuclear energy may be part of "green" mix. (Apr 2019)
- Broad-based federal carbon tax at $60 per ton. (Apr 2019)
- Transfer subsidies for dirty energy to develop clean energy. (Apr 2019)
- Climate change biggest crisis of our time. (Apr 2019)
- Supports Green New Deal. (Apr 2019)
- Green energy instead of coal, fracking, and nuclear. (Apr 2019)
- Put a price on carbon to send a sustained market signal. (Apr 2019)
- Supports Green New Deal and green jobs program. (Apr 2019)
- Massive effort to combat effects of climate change. (Jul 2018)
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