Difference between revisions of "Ted Cruz (Environmental)"

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===Climate Change & Related Policies===
 
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“Climate change is not science. It's religion"[http://cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/ted-cruz-climate-change-not-science-its-religion (CNS)]
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*Does not believe that climate change is backed with scientific evidence [http://www.npr.org/2015/12/09/459026242/scientific-evidence-doesn-t-support-global-warming-sen-ted-cruz-says (NPR)]
 
*Does not believe that climate change is backed with scientific evidence [http://www.npr.org/2015/12/09/459026242/scientific-evidence-doesn-t-support-global-warming-sen-ted-cruz-says (NPR)]
 
*Opposes the Clean Power Act and and sponsored Affordable Reliable Energy Now Act (ARENA) to limit its effects [https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/jobs-and-opportunity/ (TCWJ)]
 
*Opposes the Clean Power Act and and sponsored Affordable Reliable Energy Now Act (ARENA) to limit its effects [https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/jobs-and-opportunity/ (TCWJ)]

Latest revision as of 15:09, 9 February 2016

Cruz's Environmental (section page)

Keystone Pipeline

  • [We need to] get more jobs by embracing America's energy renaissance. This means passing legislation to make it easier to build energy infrastructure, such as the Keystone pipeline." (USAP)

Climate Change & Related Policies

“Climate change is not science. It's religion"(CNS)

  • Does not believe that climate change is backed with scientific evidence (NPR)
  • Opposes the Clean Power Act and and sponsored Affordable Reliable Energy Now Act (ARENA) to limit its effects (TCWJ)
  • Voted against the Water Resources Act (TCWJ)
  • Criticized NASA for spending "too much money" studying climate change and earth science (NATJ)

Energy

  • Supports opening more areas for offshore drilling (Reuters)
  • Pushes against restrictions on fracking (Reuters)
  • Encourages "expanding energy development on federal land" (Reuters)