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Using technology to reduce energy consumption is widely considered the most cost-effective and practical way to reduce energy costs for businesses and consumers, yet is often by-passed in favor of policies that favor increasing supplies. Do you support or oppose the federal government taking a more active role by promoting energy efficient technologies? Please explain your position.

Property insurance companies are increasingly avoiding areas perceived as high risk as a result of climate change, leaving consumers with fewer choices and higher prices and increasing the burden on state governments. Please discuss what role you believe the federal government should play in ensuring stable insurance markets in areas affected by global warming.

A 10 year commitment to invest as much as $30 billion to research and develop homegrown, energy-saving and renewable technologies could result in expanded domestic employment opportunities. Do you support or oppose making such a commitment? Please explain your position.

Companies facing the prospect of regulatory or physical risks that could increase or decrease shareholder value are required to disclose such risks in their securities filings to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). Some investors suggest requiring disclosure of risks related to climate change, which the SEC does not currently require. Do you agree or disagree that disclosure of such risks should be required? Please explain your position.

For decades, coal-fired power plants have released large quantities of air and global warming pollution. What role, if any, do you think the federal government should have in encouraging retirement of existing coal-burning power plants? Assuming the federal government did take on such a role, what steps should it take to promote and how should it prioritize replacing old coal plants with energy efficiency, renewable energy (wind, solar or landfill gas, etc.), and power plants that run on gas made from coal?

Scientists warn that the United States must begin to cut global warming pollution during the next ten years and reduce it by 60-80% by 2050 in order mitigate the most severe impacts of global warming. What are your views on global warming, and do you support or oppose this pollution reduction goal? Please explain your position.

Some experts say that national security threats emanating from the Middle East are related to our nation?s dependence on oil. Do you agree or disagree with this point of view, and why? How do you propose mitigating national security threats from this region?

Since 2001, oil prices have gone up more than 260 percent, and the big five oil companies (ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, ChevronTexaco, and ConocoPhillips) have recorded $375 billion in profits. Do you support or oppose establishment of a windfall profits tax on oil companies, in order to fund research and development of renewable energy, energy efficiency and mass transit initiatives? Please explain your position.

Should the United States lead, follow or avoid international efforts to reduce global warming pollution? Please explain your position.

A growing number of faith leaders are expressing the view that scripture calls on mankind to be stewards of God's creation, a responsibility that means limiting pollution and other harms to the environment. What is your opinion on this?

Wildlife, including game species and sport fish, has been documented as highly vulnerable to global warming. Would you support or oppose the inclusion of funding for wildlife conservation programs in federal policy proposals on global warming? Please explain your position.