ELECTION ISSUE
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Where Do Candidates Stand on Climate Change?

LOW THREATURGENT ACTION

Positions

Cornel West
Cornel West“The state of emergency [around climate change] is beyond really an emergency. It’s a catastrophe capital C."
Chase Oliver
Chase Oliver"Want to fight climate change? Cut Military Industrial Complex spending."
Tim Walz
Tim Walz“When I hear people say, ‘You're moving too fast,’ we can't move too fast when it comes to addressing climate change.”Aug 08, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump“The biggest threat is not global warming, where the ocean is going to rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years … and you’ll have more oceanfront property.”
Tim Walz
Tim Walz"[T]he solution for us is to continue to move forward, that climate change is real."Oct 02, 2024
J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance"Donald Trump and I support clean air, clean water."Oct 02, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris"The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging."
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris"There’s no question, I’m in favor of banning fracking."
Donald Trump
Donald Trump"I don’t believe in climate change."Sep 24, 2015
Jill Stein
Jill Stein"We need to act now so that our children and future generations can not only survive, but thrive."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.“I believe that climate is existential, but I don’t insist other people believe that.”
J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance"I don’t think there is [a climate crisis]."
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris"The impact of the climate crisis is unmistakable, and without any question in my mind, poses an existential threat to the entire planet."Apr 01, 2023
Tim Walz
Tim Walz"Reducing our impact [on the climate] is absolutely critical."Oct 02, 2024
J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance"[I]f you really want to make the environment cleaner, you've got to invest in more energy production."Oct 02, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald TrumpSolar panels "are not good things for the environment."Sep 11, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris“I will not ban fracking."
Donald Trump
Donald Trump"We should be focused on magnificently clean and healthy air and not distracted by the expensive hoax that is global warming!"
J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance"We, of course, have a climate problem in our society."




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