Climate Change Issue

Joe Biden
Biden proposes that the United States cap domestic greenhouse gas emissions and work toward a global solution. He wants to expand U.S. leadership on climate change, use U.S. leverage to bring developing countries like China and India into a global climate-change treaty, and increase fuel efficiency and use of renewable fuels. 

Hillary Clinton
Clinton says global climate change is a pressing moral issue of our time and supports policies to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions that contribute to global warming. She proposes to invest in clean energy technologies, establish a national market-based program to reduce pollution that causes global warming, increase fuel efficiency, and strengthen U.S. leadership in addressing climate change.

Chris Dodd
Dodd wants to reduce 80 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and believes in using a cap-and-trade system to do so and enacting a corporate carbon tax. His energy plan proposes to turn back the clock on global climate change, safeguard the environment and protect the health of Americans.
 

John Edwards 
Edwards' climate change plan would cap greenhouse gas pollution starting in 2010 with a cap-and-trade system, and reduce it 15 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050. He seeks to lead the world to a new climate treaty that commits all nations to reducing their pollution and wants to create a new energy economy fund by auctioning off $10 billion in greenhouse gas pollution permits and repealing subsidies for big oil companies.

Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani proposes to use biofuels to help displace foreign oil use; increase use of renewable sources of electricity; expand the use of clean, safe nuclear power; encourage entrepreneurs to create future technologies such as advanced hybrid cars and hydrogen fuel cells; and commercialize clean coal technologies.

Mike Gravel
Gravel says climate change is a matter of national security and the health of the planet. He would initiate legislation to tax carbon dioxide at the source, cap carbon dioxide emissions and initiate an effort to charge the world's scientific and engineering community with ending energy dependence on oil.

Mike Huckabee
Huckabee proposes to explore, conserve and develop all forms of alternative energy to achieve U.S. energy independence. He would set a federal research and development budget that the private sector would match to seek the best new alternative fuel products.

Duncan Hunter
Hunter says global warming and oil dependence give Americans a chance to bring all sectors together to work toward energy independence. He says that there should be no taxes for alternative energy sources and that U.S. manufacturing should benefit from producing the new technologies.

Dennis Kucinich
Kucinich would have the United States support the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol and take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. After global warming, he says, water use and availability are the important sustainability issues.? He says all water should be forever in the public domain, and each nation should have a duty to provide accessible, affordable drinking water to its citizens.

John McCain
McCain would limit carbon dioxide emissions by harnessing market forces to bring advanced technologies like nuclear energy to market faster, reduce dependence on foreign energy supplies and ensure that all nations contribute to the climate change solution. He was lead author of a Senate proposal to reduce carbon emissions 65 percent by 2050 and believes climate change is a national security issue.

Barack Obama
Obama says the United States is responsible for leaving the planet in better shape for future generations. His plan would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, implement a market-based cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050, set a national standard for low-carbon fuels and increase fuel efficiency standards, reduce gasoline consumption through expanded use of renewable energy sources and invest in advanced technologies for clean energy projects.

Ron Paul
Paul, according to Internet reports and blogs, is skeptical about climate change. In 2004, he voted against implementing the Bush administration's national energy policy, which funded energy conservation and research and development on alternative energy sources.

Bill Richardson
Richardson calls for a concentrated effort to end U.S. oil dependence and abate climate change. He would work to cut oil demand 50 percent by 2020, change to 50 percent renewable sources for electricity by 2040 and promote the United States as a world climate change policy leader by setting a good example.

Mitt Romney
Romney says the United States must increase its foreign oil independence through conservation and efficiency measures, developing alternative sources of energy, and finding more domestic sources of oil. He supports clean-coal production and the funding of research for new energy and environmental technologies.

Fred Thompson
Thompson says increasing energy independence and investing in alternative energy will produce a healthier environment and calls for reasonable steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions without harming the economy. He says he is committed to investing in renewable and alternative fuels and advanced technologies and developing technologies that improve the environment.