Minnesota

Jeff Johnson's climate policy: do nothing, MPRNews, 8/23/18

Republican candidate for governor Jeff Johnson believes climate change is happening, but he doesn't want to do anything about it.

..."There is a consensus that the plans are out there to deal with climate change somehow aren't going to change anything in the long run. They just won't make a difference. Even if we do it on a nationwide scale, but if we do it on a statewide scale, even less so," he said in the debate with DFL candidate Tim Walz.

Johnson went on to say climate change legislation is costly to people and politicians who promote such laws do so because they believe it's "the right thing to do," despite it being ineffective. He did not specify the legislation to which he was referring.

"We have to end that era of making decisions that hurt people because it makes politicians look good or feel good," Johnson said.

More: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/08/23/jeff-johnson-minnesota-governor-climate-change