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John McCain
On climate: "I believe climate change is real. I think it's devastating. I think we have to act."
Last year, McCain was a lead sponsor of legislation - supported at the time by both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - that sought to reduce carbon emissions to 60 percent of 1990 levels by 2050 with a cap-and-trade system.
On coal: "We found a way to cut down acid rain pollutants from burning coal, and we can find a way to use our coal resources without emitting excessive greenhouse gases."
McCain wants to increase research and development tax credits for clean coal research and work with utilities to build demonstration plants using carbon capture and storage systems.
For more on McCain's climate and energy policies: https://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/Speeches/13bc1d97-4ca5-49dd-9805-1297872571ed.htm
Hillary Clinton
On climate: "This is the biggest challenge we have faced in a generation. It is a challenge to our economy, to our security, to our health and to our planet. And it's time for America to meet it."
Clinton's energy plan, like Obama's, calls for a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
On coal: "We need to stop building coal plants the way we have in the past."
Clinton's energy plan would fund 10 coal plants to test carbon capture and storage technology. It would also force state regulators to look at whether a utility could satisfy a state's energy needs by making existing plants more efficient instead of building a new one.
For more on Clinton's climate and energy policies: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/Issues/energy/
Barack Obama
On climate: "I don't believe that climate change is just an issue that's convenient to bring up during a campaign. I believe it's one of the greatest moral challenges of our generation."
Like Clinton, Obama's energy proposal calls for a cap and trade system to cut carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
On coal: "We must find a way to stop coal from polluting our atmosphere without pretending that our nation's most abundant energy source will just go away. It won't."
Obama has called for a significant increase in government funding for low-carbon emission technologies. He has also proposed banning new construction of traditional coal plants.
For more on Obama's climate and energy policies:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/energy/
On climate: "I believe climate change is real. I think it's devastating. I think we have to act."
Last year, McCain was a lead sponsor of legislation - supported at the time by both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - that sought to reduce carbon emissions to 60 percent of 1990 levels by 2050 with a cap-and-trade system.
On coal: "We found a way to cut down acid rain pollutants from burning coal, and we can find a way to use our coal resources without emitting excessive greenhouse gases."
McCain wants to increase research and development tax credits for clean coal research and work with utilities to build demonstration plants using carbon capture and storage systems.
For more on McCain's climate and energy policies: https://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/Speeches/13bc1d97-4ca5-49dd-9805-1297872571ed.htm
Hillary Clinton
On climate: "This is the biggest challenge we have faced in a generation. It is a challenge to our economy, to our security, to our health and to our planet. And it's time for America to meet it."
Clinton's energy plan, like Obama's, calls for a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
On coal: "We need to stop building coal plants the way we have in the past."
Clinton's energy plan would fund 10 coal plants to test carbon capture and storage technology. It would also force state regulators to look at whether a utility could satisfy a state's energy needs by making existing plants more efficient instead of building a new one.
For more on Clinton's climate and energy policies: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/Issues/energy/
Barack Obama
On climate: "I don't believe that climate change is just an issue that's convenient to bring up during a campaign. I believe it's one of the greatest moral challenges of our generation."
Like Clinton, Obama's energy proposal calls for a cap and trade system to cut carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
On coal: "We must find a way to stop coal from polluting our atmosphere without pretending that our nation's most abundant energy source will just go away. It won't."
Obama has called for a significant increase in government funding for low-carbon emission technologies. He has also proposed banning new construction of traditional coal plants.
For more on Obama's climate and energy policies:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/energy/