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Eliot Cutler on Energy & Oil

 

 


Burning fossil fuels is more and more problematic

In a world where many fossil fuels are increasingly hard to extract in environmentally sensible ways, and where burning them is more and more expensive and problematic, Maine can turn these trends to its advantage by investing in our renewable and increasingly cost-competitive advantages of onshore and offshore wind and solar energy.
Source: 2014 gubernatorial campaign website, CutlerForMaine.com , Dec 31, 2013

Reduce carbon emissions to Kyoto Protocol targets

Q: What is your plan to reduce carbon pollution in Maine?

A: The next governor of Maine needs to acknowledge and begin to deal with the following facts about climate change, and the governor needs to lead Maine people in directions that will begin to limit and mitigate its impacts: