Wisconsin: Republican AG Candidate Schimel promises to fight against clean air quality
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Republican AG Candidate Schimel promises to fight against clean air quality
October 19, 2014 by Barbara With
Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel (R) promises he will fight against new EPA regulations to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants if he is elected Attorney General. In his October 12 debate with Susan Happ (D), he vowed to defend the use of coal as the sole source of energy for Wisconsin.
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During the debate, moderator Mike Gousha asked Schimel to provide an example of federal overreach against which he would defend Wisconsin. Schimel named the recent EPA carbon reduction plan.
“If those go into effect, they are going to have a very disproportionate, harmful effect on Wisconsin compared to other states,” said Schimel. “We’re number 1 for manufacturing, but we get 62% of our electrical power from clean coal. So we have to make sure that when regulations like that go into effect, we don’t see Wisconsin have jobs just drain right out of our state. Because if they go to Arizona, solar power works better there. Or perhaps on the Great Plains, wind power works better. But Wisconsin — the only reasonable source of reliable and affordable electrical power we have is coal.”
Susan Happ responded that she would staunchly defend environmental laws.
Schimel must be blind to have not seen any of the wind turbines gracing the Wisconsin landscape.
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