Quotable Quotes

  • “We ought to be moving rapidly towards energy sources that don’t have a greenhouse-gas effect. Aggressively set the goal that within a 10-year period, we should move away from a fossil-fuel culture to one that has alternative energy resources.”

     

  • “The most important thing about global warming is this: whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it is all of our responsibilities to leave this planet in better shape for future generations than we found it. It’s the old Boy Scout rule of the campsite: You leave the campsite in better shape than you found it. I believe that even our responsibility to God means that we have to be good stewards of this Earth, be good caretakers of the natural resources that don’t belong to us, we just get to use them. We have no right to abuse them.”

     

Platform & Record In-Depth

  • Supports biofuels in their many forms: ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, biogas from farm methane, reprocessed biodiesel from used cooking oils.
  • Supports a renewable portfolio standard that would require 15 percent of U.S. electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2020. Proposes expanding the concept to include “alternative” energy in addition to “renewable,” so it would include “clean coal” and nuclear power.
  • As Arkansas governor, supported the National Governors Association’s 2006 policy position on climate change, which recommends ongoing climate research, development of emissions-reducing technology, and other voluntary measures.
  • In 2001, signed into law the Arkansas Renewable Energy Development Act [PDF], which requires utilities to offer net metering to both commercial and residential customers. While the bill is principally aimed at energy created from renewable sources, the legislation leaves open the possibility for the utilities commission to allow non-renewable sources as part of the program.

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Todd Hymas Samkara and Kate Sheppard contributed to this fact sheet.