Ted Cruz (Environmental)

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

• 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)