The candidates seem to have a ‘plan’ for everything. What might their climate change action plan include? Check out our seven benchmarks for a Presidential Leadership Agenda on climate change:
1. Legislation for economy-wide emissions reductions.
2. Aggressive R&D for low-carbon technology.
3. Federal planning for climate change impacts and response.
4. Picking the right team to carry the initiative.
5. Cooperation with international partners.
6. Reallocation of budget priorities.
7. Enable/encourage citizens to take conservation into their own hands.
Governor Mitt Romney
How do Romney's climate change quotes relate to our seven benchmarks?
1. Legislation for economy-wide emissions reductions:
“What are we going to do about caps? That I would pursue on a global basis with other nations. China, which is now the biggest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, India, Brazil, and Indonesia are going to have to be part of it." Listen to the audio
- October 25, Exeter
Fuel Efficiency- "Would I consider mandates of some kind on automotive efficiency? The answer is, would I consider them, yeah.” Listen to the audio
- August 1, Amherst
Fuel Efficiency- (MORE COMMON RESPONSE) – “My guess is that $3 gasoline will cause this marketplace to move to a higher degree of efficiency.”Listen to the audio
- July 22, Exeter
2. Aggressive R&D for low-carbon energy technology:
"We can dramatically reduce our CO2 emissions…for me that means developing nuclear power, bio-diesel, ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, wind, solar, liquefied coal, gasified coal, and other technologies yet to be discovered." Listen to the audio
- July 25, Bedford
3. Federal planning for climate change impacts and response:
4. Picking the right team to carry the initiative:
5. Cooperation with international partners:
“Lets not us put restrictions on ourselves that make our nation a far more expensive nation to do business and just have people go to China and emit more.” Listen to the audio
- July 25, Bedford
“They don’t call it America warming they call it global warming.”Listen to the audio
- July 22, Exeter
6. Reallocation of budget priorities:
7. Enable/encourage citizens to take efficiency and conservation into their own hands:
“Don’t charge sales taxes and excise taxes on cars that get high mileage…lets give people an incentive to purchase high mileage vehicles.” Listen to the audio
- May 29, Rochester
Other Global Warming Quotes from New Hampshire
- Fuel Efficiency
"The CAFE requirements have not worked terribly well over the last twenty years, as you know, in part because they have not applied to trucks…I am hopeful that with three dollar gasoline being charged by Hugo Chavez, Ahmadinejad, Putin, and others, that you are going to see Americans, slowly but surely, move to vehicles that are far more fuel efficient. And you will see our manufacturers start competing on the basis of fuel efficiency…one of the best ways to do that is by having a joint public/private partnership to invest in new technologies related to fuel efficiency as well as new sources of energy." Listen to the audio
- August 1, Amherst
- Nuclear
"How do you become energy independent? Well, let me tell you. One is you get more nuclear power, and you make sure that we learn how to re-process nuclear fuels so we can create less dangerous residue after the nuclear power has been generated from enriched uranium." Listen to the audio
- Oct. 25, Hooksett
Nothing in Promises, Commitments & Priorities: Seeking a Presidential Leadership Agenda is meant to imply an endorsement of any candidate or political party.
