Candidate | Supports a Green New Deal? | Passes the Keep it in the Ground Test? | Signed No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge? | Supports holding fossil fuel companies accountable? | Take Action! |
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Michael Bennet |  He has not taken a public position on the Green New Deal and voted present instead of supporting Senator Markey's 2019 Green New Deal Resolution. |  Bennet has voted in support of the Keystone XL Pipeline in 2013,2014, and maintained support in 2015. Bennet did not cosponsor the Keep It In The Ground Act of 2017. |  He signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge in June 2019. | He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Sen. Bennet Call Sen. Bennet |
Joe Biden | Biden rolled out a climate platform that takes aspects of the Green New Deal but promotes demonstrably false solutions like carbon capture that will continue to lock us into fossil fuel dependence and investments that harm communities. | Tepidly came out against KXL in 2013: “I asked him about the administration’s commitment to making progress on climate and whether the president would reject the pipeline. He looked at the Sierra Club hat on my head, and he said “yes, I do — I share your views — but I am in the minority,” and he smiled. …” | He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Vice President Biden | |
Cory Booker | Booker co-sponsored Senator Markey’s February 2019 Green New Deal Senate Resolution. See his statement here, and a tweet in support of the resolution here. | Co-sponsored the 100 by 50 Act of 2017, voted no on Keystone XL, Did not co-sponsor the Keep It In the Ground Act of 2017urged the DOJ to investigate and monitor police treatment of protestors at Standing Rock, and applauded Army Corps denial of easement for construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe. | He signed the pledge on June 1, 2019. | He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Senator Booker Call Senator Booker |
Pete Buttigieg | He endorsed the Green New Deal during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union. It matches a sense of urgency about that problem of climate change with a sense of opportunity around what the solutions might represent.” | His stance is unclear or not well documented. | Signed the pledge on March 27, 2019. | He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Mayor Buttigieg |
Julián Castro | Tweet of quote from announcement speech: "We're gonna say no to subsidizing big oil and say yes to passing a Green New Deal." | In his first 100 days, Castro says he would ban all fossil fuel production on public lands. | He has signed the pledge. | He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Secretary Castro |
John Delaney | He tweeted that the Green New Deal is “impossible” and “a step backwards” and confirmed opposition in an interview. | Voted against KXL in 2015, but otherwise unclear. | Has not signed the pledge. | He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Rep. Delaney Call Rep. Delaney |
Tulsi Gabbard | Unclear: she signed a letter in support of a Select Committee for a Green New Deal, but did not co-sponsor Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s 2019 House Resolution. She stated she is “still reviewing” it. | She introduced the OFF Act, which would keep fossil fuels in the ground. She strongly opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL Pipeline on several occasions, including joining fellow veterans in a 2016 protest against DAPL. | She has signed the pledge. | She has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Rep. Gabbard Call Rep. Gabbard |
Amy Klobuchar | She co-sponsored Senator Markey’s February 2019 Green New Deal Senate Resolution and described GND as “aspirational” in a CNN. | Did not co-sponsor the Keep It In the Ground Act or the 100 by 50 Act of 2017, but did vote no on the Keystone XL Pipeline. | She has signed the pledge. | She has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Senator Klobuchar Call Senator Klobuchar |
Bernie Sanders | He co-sponsored Senator Markey’s February 2019 Green New Deal Senate Resolution | His campaign platform includes banning fracking and new fossil fuel infrastructure, prohibiting new leases for drilling on public lands, and ending fossil fuel exports. He also co-sponsored the Keep It In the Ground Act and the 100 by 50 Act of 2017, voted no on the Keystone XL Pipeline, and organized a letter from 5 Senators to Pres. Obama opposing DAPL | He has signed the pledge. | His campaign platform includes holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. | Tweet at Senator Sanders Call Senator Sanders |
Tom Steyer | Steyer’s Climate Plan Framework indicates that he supports a Green New Deal, and will challenge Congress to pass it. If Congress does not act, he will call a national emergency to force climate action. | His Climate Plan Framework commits to, “Keep publicly-owned oil, coal, and gas in the ground by stopping the expansion of fossil fuel leases and establishing a careful process to wind down federal onshore and offshore fossil fuel production. | He has stated that he will apply criminal sanctions to the fossil fuel industry. | Tweet at Tom Steyer | |
Elizabeth Warren | She co-sponsored Senator Markey’s February 2019 Green New Deal Senate Resolution, said she supported “the idea of” a GND in Dec 2018, and has said her proposed “Ultra Millionaire Tax” could pay for GND. | If elected, promised an executive order to prohibit new leases for drilling offshore and on public lands. She also co-sponsored the Keep It In the Ground Act of 2017, voted no on Keystone Pipeline, and came out with a statement against DAPL (but after the major fight was over) | She has signed the pledge. | She has expressed support for and introduced legislation to hold fossil fuel executives campaign platformcriminally liable. | Tweet at Senator Warren Call Senator Warren |
Marianne Williamson | Williamson states clear support for the Green New Deal on her campaign website. | The “Climate Crisis” section of her campaign website recommends the US "transition away from fossil fuel energy and halt all new fossil fuel projects." | She has signed the pledge. | She has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Marianne Williamson |
Andrew Yang | Yang has tweeted that he is “aligned and on board” for the Green New Deal and parts of his climate platform align with the Green New Deal. | Yang’s platform calls for an end to subsidies to the fossil fuel industry and empowering the EPA to regulate carbon emissions while prioritizing renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, but has not explicitly embraced a phaseout of fossil fuels. He equivocated when asked in New Hampshire in March 2019. | Yang signed the pledge in New Hampshire in March 2019 | He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. | Tweet at Andrew Yang |
Donald Trump | | | | | Trump opposes the climate solutions we need. Speak up to help replace him with a real climate leader in 2020. |
Candidate |
Supports a Green New Deal? |
Passes the Keep it in the Ground Test? |
Signed No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge? |
Supports holding fossil fuel companies accountable? |
Take Action! |
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Michael Bennet |
He has not taken a public position on the Green New Deal and voted present instead of supporting Senator Markey’s 2019 Green New Deal Resolution. |
Bennet has voted in support of the Keystone XL Pipeline in 2013,2014, and maintained support in 2015. Bennet did not cosponsor the Keep It In The Ground Act of 2017. |
He signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge in June 2019. |
He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Sen. Bennet Call Sen. Bennet |
Joe Biden |
Biden rolled out a climate platform that takes aspects of the Green New Deal but promotes demonstrably false solutions like carbon capture that will continue to lock us into fossil fuel dependence and investments that harm communities. |
Tepidly came out against KXL in 2013: “I asked him about the administration’s commitment to making progress on climate and whether the president would reject the pipeline. He looked at the Sierra Club hat on my head, and he said “yes, I do — I share your views — but I am in the minority,” and he smiled. …” |
He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Vice President Biden | |
Cory Booker |
Booker co-sponsored Senator Markey’s February 2019 Green New Deal Senate Resolution. See his statement here, and a tweet in support of the resolution here. |
Co-sponsored the 100 by 50 Act of 2017, voted no on Keystone XL, Did not co-sponsor the Keep It In the Ground Act of 2017urged the DOJ to investigate and monitor police treatment of protestors at Standing Rock, and applauded Army Corps denial of easement for construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe. |
He signed the pledge on June 1, 2019. |
He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
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Pete Buttigieg |
He endorsed the Green New Deal during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union. It matches a sense of urgency about that problem of climate change with a sense of opportunity around what the solutions might represent.” |
His stance is unclear or not well documented. |
Signed the pledge on March 27, 2019. |
He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Mayor Buttigieg |
Julián Castro |
Tweet of quote from announcement speech: “We’re gonna say no to subsidizing big oil and say yes to passing a Green New Deal.” |
In his first 100 days, Castro says he would ban all fossil fuel production on public lands. |
He has signed the pledge. |
He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Secretary Castro |
John Delaney |
He tweeted that the Green New Deal is “impossible” and “a step backwards” and confirmed opposition in an interview. |
Voted against KXL in 2015, but otherwise unclear. |
Has not signed the pledge. |
He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Rep. Delaney Call Rep. Delaney |
Tulsi Gabbard |
Unclear: she signed a letter in support of a Select Committee for a Green New Deal, but did not co-sponsor Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s 2019 House Resolution. She stated she is “still reviewing” it. |
She introduced the OFF Act, which would keep fossil fuels in the ground. She strongly opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL Pipeline on several occasions, including joining fellow veterans in a 2016 protest against DAPL. |
She has signed the pledge. |
She has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Rep. Gabbard Call Rep. Gabbard |
Amy Klobuchar |
She co-sponsored Senator Markey’s February 2019 Green New Deal Senate Resolution and described GND as “aspirational” in a CNN. |
Did not co-sponsor the Keep It In the Ground Act or the 100 by 50 Act of 2017, but did vote no on the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
She has signed the pledge. |
She has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Senator Klobuchar Call Senator Klobuchar |
Bernie Sanders |
He co-sponsored Senator Markey’s February 2019 Green New Deal Senate Resolution |
His campaign platform includes banning fracking and new fossil fuel infrastructure, prohibiting new leases for drilling on public lands, and ending fossil fuel exports. He also co-sponsored the Keep It In the Ground Act and the 100 by 50 Act of 2017, voted no on the Keystone XL Pipeline, and organized a letter from 5 Senators to Pres. Obama opposing DAPL |
He has signed the pledge. |
His campaign platform includes holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. |
Tweet at Senator Sanders Call Senator Sanders |
Tom Steyer |
Steyer’s Climate Plan Framework indicates that he supports a Green New Deal, and will challenge Congress to pass it. If Congress does not act, he will call a national emergency to force climate action. |
His Climate Plan Framework commits to, “Keep publicly-owned oil, coal, and gas in the ground by stopping the expansion of fossil fuel leases and establishing a careful process to wind down federal onshore and offshore fossil fuel production. |
He has stated that he will apply criminal sanctions to the fossil fuel industry. |
Tweet at Tom Steyer | |
Elizabeth Warren |
She co-sponsored Senator Markey’s February 2019 Green New Deal Senate Resolution, said she supported “the idea of” a GND in Dec 2018, and has said her proposed “Ultra Millionaire Tax” could pay for GND. |
If elected, promised an executive order to prohibit new leases for drilling offshore and on public lands. She also co-sponsored the Keep It In the Ground Act of 2017, voted no on Keystone Pipeline, and came out with a statement against DAPL (but after the major fight was over) |
She has signed the pledge. |
She has expressed support for and introduced legislation to hold fossil fuel executives campaign platformcriminally liable. |
Tweet at Senator Warren Call Senator Warren |
Marianne Williamson |
Williamson states clear support for the Green New Deal on her campaign website. |
The “Climate Crisis” section of her campaign website recommends the US “transition away from fossil fuel energy and halt all new fossil fuel projects.” |
She has signed the pledge. |
She has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Marianne Williamson |
Andrew Yang |
Yang has tweeted that he is “aligned and on board” for the Green New Deal and parts of his climate platform align with the Green New Deal. |
Yang’s platform calls for an end to subsidies to the fossil fuel industry and empowering the EPA to regulate carbon emissions while prioritizing renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, but has not explicitly embraced a phaseout of fossil fuels. He equivocated when asked in New Hampshire in March 2019. |
Yang signed the pledge in New Hampshire in March 2019 |
He has not taken a public position on holding fossil fuel companies accountable. |
Tweet at Andrew Yang |
Donald Trump |
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Trump opposes the climate solutions we need. Speak up to help replace him with a real climate leader in 2020. |