Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris's newly announced running mate, has pursued aggressive climate and green energy policies during his tenure as governor. [emphasis, links added]
In 2023, Walz signed a law requiring that the energy produced or obtained by the country must be 100% carbon-free by 2040. The timeline is even more aggressive than California’s 2045 deadline to achieve 100% green energy generation.
Major environmental groups — including the Sierra Club, Climate Power and the NRDC Action Fund — have Stand up for Walz, call him a “climate champion” and hinted that he would Promote policies that transform the U.S. economy by moving it away from fossil fuels.
Climate action = new jobs and industries
This year, I signed more than 40 climate initiatives into law to protect the things we love most about Minnesota while creating good-paying jobs.
Good climate policy is good economic policy.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) September 25, 2023
“Governor Walz has never tried to emulate California-style energy policy in Minnesota. First and foremost, that's what's on the table,” Isaac Orr, vice president of research at Always On Research, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“He pretends he's an affable Minnesota dad wearing buffalo plaid, it's a bait and switch and then you get the most progressive policies …if you think the Biden-Harris administration sucks, Things would be even worse under a Harris-Walz administration.“
In 2018, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who as the state's lieutenant governor and whose predecessor signed California's green energy requirements into law, oversaw another legislative package containing “breakthrough measures,” To achieve the 2045 carbon-free electricity target.
California's order requires Achieve 90% green energy power generation in 2035 and 95% green energy power generation by 2040 to achieve the 100% goal in 2045while Minnesota’s package aims to By 2030, 80% of all electricity sold to utility customers will be carbon-free That percentage will increase every five years to 100% by 2040, according to the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
2019, Walz proposes 2020-2021 budget that would see state gas tax increase by 20 cents per gallon over timeAlthough that specific proposal was not adopted as part of the budget he ultimately signed into law.
same year, Walz also signed an executive order establishing a sub-cabinet within his government Pay attention to climate change and overseen by a citizen committeeAccording to the New York Times.
The Walz administration also has Minnesota subject to California's Advanced Clean Vehicles I rule, which is Aims to increase the percentage of vehicle sales in electric or zero-emission models starting in the 2025 model yearaccording to the California Air Resources Board.
He also approved hundreds of millions of dollars in new electric vehicle (EV) subsidies to further entice Minnesotans to adopt electric vehicles, according to Minnesota Drive Electric.
2023, Walz signs more than 40 climate-related measures into lawAs he boasted multiple times on X (formerly Twitter).
In addition, in 2020, Walz's attorney general, Keith Ellison, filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute and three Koch Industries entities, accusing them of misleading the public about climate change..
Harris filed similar lawsuits as California attorney general.
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