Amy Klobuchar talks climate change, ag policy and Denmark
U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar is at the Minnesota State Fair for its opening day. She stopped by the MPR booth to talk with Cathy Wurzer about agricultural policy, climate change, President Trump and Denmark.
Warren in Minnesota
Warren spoke at length about climate change and how she’d address it, calling it a “crisis” situation. “It’s 25 years of corruption in Washington that brought us to this point,” she told the crowd.
Warren in Minnesota
In front of what her campaign said was 12,000 people, Warren also made the case for “structural change” to fight global warming and said we “have a government that works great for giant oil companies that want to drill everywhere, just not for those of us who see climate change bearing down upon us.” “You … Continue reading "https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2019/08/elizabeth-warren-comes-out-against-line-3-and-twin-metals-and-minnesota-construction-unions-are-not-happy-about-it/"
Warren in Minnesota
Two days after coming out against Line 3, @ewarren is going all in on climate change at Minnesota town hall. “If you want to understand the climate crisis we are currently in, you have to understand the last 25 years of corruption in Washington!” #StopLine3 https://t.co/AJg6dHzzRS
Enbridge’s Line 3 project is becoming an issue in the 2020 presidential race
Jay Inslee is the second Democratic presidential candidate to take a stance on Enbridge’s Line 3, a $2.6 billion project that would travel 337-miles across Minnesota.
O'Rourke in Minnesota
Pete Steinhagen, a retiree from St. Paul, said he and his wife like O’Rourke’s climate-change ideas. He has set a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. “If we don’t use this next decade to our fullest advantage, we will lose this place to the generations that follow us,” O’Rourke said in the interview. “If we … Continue reading "http://www.startribune.com/beto-o-rourke-urges-minneapolis-crowd-to-unite-against-trump/509671342/"
O'Rourke in Minnesota
At O’Rourke’s second stop at Thomas Edison High School in Minneapolis, he told a standing room-only crowd that one of his gravest concerns is with the environment. “We can not meet this by half measures or half steps or only half the country,” he said. “It has to be all of us with all that … Continue reading "http://www.fox9.com/news/beto-o-rourke-makes-campaign-stops-in-lakeville-and-minneapolis"