State of Massachusetts Archives: on Environment

Ayanna Pressley: Empower the EPA; strengthen clean air & water laws

Bob Massie: Green Bank: capitalize on what nature provides us

• Stop sending billions of our dollars out of state to pay for polluting fossil fuel
• Remove regulatory barriers that choke off smart changes in utility regulation, like net metering caps, opening the way for more solar installations
• Provide income tax adjustments and job retraining to ease the transition, and drive the majority of renewables jobs to our gateway cities
• Create an Energy Innovation Roundtable to bring our best ideas quickly to the forefront and implement funding innovations like a Green Bank

Gabriel Gomez: I'm a "green Republican"; others in GOP deny science

Steve Lynch: Help Massachusetts fishermen as working class

Christy Mihos: Cape Wind hurts fishing industry

MIHOS: Well, number one is I will appoint a secretary of agriculture which will help our farmers, our fishing industry here, and I will work against Cape Wind so that those fishermen can fish out there and have a decent industry. Fishing has long been part of this commonwealth. I�ll work with the hook fishermen and all of them to get this done.

Deval Patrick: Engage in DC regulatory fight to protect our fishing fleet

PATRICK: First of all, I commend the lieutenant governor for getting engaged in those regulatory fights in Washington. That is important, both to the Gloucester fleet and to the New Bedford fleet. The issues of protection of George�s Bank to the fishing opportunities in the areas where we�re talking about LNG off of Gloucester are incredibly important.

Grace Ross: Agriculture deserves more economic development attention

ROSS: Agriculture & the fishing industry have suffered greatly and these are key elements of the industry and jobs in this state. I think that there�s no question that what we�re seeing is that those particular areas of economic development are not getting the attention that a bunch of more, citified maybe, forms of economic development have gotten attention to.

Kerry Healey: Fight new regulations that put fishermen out of business

HEALEY: There�s no one here who has worked as hard as I have to make sure that our fishing industry here in Massachusetts continues to thrive. I�ve been down in Washington fighting against the new regulations that are genuinely putting our fishermen right out of business right now. They are incredibly strict regulations that are going to ruin the fish industry

Mitt Romney: Clean environment will be a campaign theme

�There have been too many left behind,� Romney said after his announcement, in response to reporters� questions. �Our schools aren�t solid enough; our environment has not been cleaned the way it could be. Our streets are not as safe as they could be. All these things could be made better in my view with the application of new leadership and sound management principles.�

The millionaire venture capitalist said voters should not have trouble connecting with his candidacy. �Everything I�ve done over the last three years, I think, makes it clear that I�m very much connected with the people of our country and the people of our world,� he said.