Rudy Giuliani on Environment

Global Warming

Giuliani opposes carbon taxes as a solution to global warming. He favors energy independence through alternative energy such as ethanol.

Nuclear Power

According to Giuliani, we should seriously consider building more nuclear power plants. He says nuclear power may be dangerous, but so are other source of power and nobody has died from nuclear power.


Directly from the candidate:

On Kyoto sending factories, jobs and investments to China and India?

They would move offshore to China and India and it would have no impact on global warming. Whatever your scientific conclusion about global warming, whether it's manmade or it isn't or whatever, the reality is that if you don't have restrictions on China, if you don't have restrictions on India, our contribution, ultimately, is going to be minor. We could put all these restrictions on ourselves and have just as much arguable global warming if China, India, some of these other countries that are going to be contributing a lot more to this don't become part of some kind of system to create alternatives.(Interview on "Kudlow & Company", RealClearPolitics.com Mar 26, 2007)

Direct Ties to Energy Industry

Giuliani’s law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani (formerly Bracewell & Patterson), is infamous for representing some of the nation’s largest energy firms. Among these are Enron, ChevronTexaco, Pacific Gas & Electric, Dynegy, and Southern Company.

Giuliani’s firm has defended these energy giants against charges of pollution and has represented them on the lobbying front as well. For example, Bracewell represents the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council – “a huge coalition of utilities including Southern Company and First Energy that lobbies for industry-friendly policies.”


Giuliani on developing and exporting renewable energy