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.

Representative Tom Tancredo

How do Tancredo's climate change quotes relate to our seven benchmarks?

1. Legislation for economy-wide emissions reductions:
"I trust the market far more than I trust the government…the minute the government makes a law that a car has to be, 35, 45, 50, whatever miles per gallon. They will respond by saying “alright, that’s law, but we are going to make cars that are a lot less safe, and cars that consumers don’t want." Watch the video

"Markets! Markets work better than federal standards on anything."Listen to the audio

2. Aggressive R&D for low-carbon energy technology:
Subsidize R&D? -“Absolutely. That is an appropriate use of federal funds for the purpose of helping us break away.” Listen to the audio

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 efficiency and conservation into their own hands:

• Non-Renewable Energy
  

  "I want drilling in ANWR and in the continental shelf." Watch the video
  

  –June 23, Littleton
  
  

  “I am totally supportive of biofuels, nuclear energy, I am totally supportive of nuclear energy.” Watch the video
  

  –June 23, Littleton
  
  

• Climate Change Science
  

  "Global Warming, is it happening, I would say that most evidence suggests it is. What is the cause? Most evidence does not substantiate the claim that it is caused by human activity." Watch the video
  

  –June 23, Littleton
  
  

  “They said; whats your favorite book of fiction? And I said, Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth.”

Nothing in Promises, Commitments & Priorities: Seeking a Presidential Leadership Agenda is meant to imply an endorsement of any candidate or political party.