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Gingrich Position on the Environment
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• Gingrich supports lowering carbon emissions but is skeptical of the climate change theories.
• He favors tax breaks over cap and trade.
• He supports conservative-based conservation efforts.
• He wrote a book on his views of the environment called 'A Contract with the Earth'.
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Declared 2012
Libertarian Presidential Candidate
3-Tour Combat Vet, Philosopher and Law Student
RJ Harris
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Harris Position on the Environment
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Protect access to the courts, expedite judicial handling of environmental tort actions and replace or convert the entire federal ground fleet of vehicles to run on Natural Gas.
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Declared 2012
Democratic Presidential Candidate
Current President of the United States
Barack Obama
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Obama Position on the Environment
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• Obama said, "So we have a choice to make. We can remain one of the world's leading importers of foreign oil, or we can make the investments that would allow us to become the world's leading exporter of renewable energy. We can let climate change continue to go unchecked, or we can help stop it. We can let the jobs of tomorrow be created abroad, or we can create those jobs right here in America and lay the foundation for lasting prosperity."
• Obama is working towards reducing the carbon pollution which he sees as a threat to our climate and will perpetuate the dependence on fossil fuels. Obama lists out his policies to close the carbon loophole and imposing stringent measures on carbon polluters.
• Obama believes that carbon pollution can be put at check through a market based cap. This is not only an environmentally friendly measure, but will address certain energy challenges too. The income that is generated in the process of closing the carbon loophole will be returned to the people, especially those families, communities and business which are vulnerable.
• Obama also exhorted to save the future generations from a catastrophe of global proportions by spelling out an energy plan wherein the carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced.
• "We've been talking about climate change in Washington for years and energy independence and efficiency for years," Obama said. "But no matter how many scientists testified about greenhouse gases, no matter how much evidence that they're threatening our coasts and endangering our weather patterns, nothing happened with global warming until now."
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Romney Position on the Environment
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• Romney is of the opinion wherein the solution to our environmental problem lies in adopting a market approach. While solving the environmental challenges, we should also be supporting growth.
• Rather than establishing mandates, the United States should harness its power of innovation to enhance the alternative energy sources and discover innovative technologies that will help use the energy more efficiently.
• Romney gives importance to achieving the target of energy independence so that it can free itself from its enslavement to oil rich countries at the same time becoming an economic and military superpower. This will require a series of measures that will include energy efficiency to be adopted and conservation.
• The nation will also need to develop and harness alternate sources of energy such as nuclear energy, biodiesel, ethanol along with exploiting more domestic sources of oil such as Outer Continental Shelf and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
• Romney believes the nation will also have to invest a lot in research and innovation. The areas that will need heavy investment include fuel technology, power generation and materials science. There needs to be an emphasis on clean technology and more efficient power generation.
• Mitt Romney is against the Kyoto Protocol believing that it will result in jobs leaving the United States.
• Romney is also criticized for flip-flopping on the environmental question. He was blamed for subjecting his will to the likes of big companies.
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Snyder Position on the Environment
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The U.S. has more respect for the environment than any other oil producing country. Snyder supports letting the U.S. produce the majority of its own fuels. Handing the task to foreign nations is the worst thing that could happen to the world’s environment.
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Declared 2012
Libertarian Presidential Candidate
Libertarian Activist
R. Lee Wrights
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Wrights Position on the Environment
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The Libertarian Party stance on the environment is in support of sensible resource usage. Private ownership is key as government cannot be held accountable for damage done. The LP believes that free market and behavioral changes will protect the environment, not government.
“We can begin by selling off the millions of acres of land owned by the federal government. Then the federal government can sell off other assets it shouldn’t have in the first place, including power companies, oil and mineral rights and unused military bases in order to fulfill these contracts.” R. Lee Wrights, press release.
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Wuensche Position on the Environment
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• Vern Wuensche believes a cost benefit analysis should be performed before passing any environmental regulation.
• He opposes any form of cap and trade regulation.
• Wuensche believes that unrefutable evidence of global warming should be required before passing any related laws.
• He believes that property owners should be properly compensated for the loss of their property due to environmental regulations.
• He believes we should properly manage and protect out national forests.
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