2024 presidential candidates on energy and environmental issues

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This page includes statements from the 2024 presidential candidates on energy and environmental issues. These statements were compiled from each candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and debates.

The candidates featured on this page were the noteworthy Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential election. Only candidates who addressed this page's issue on their campaign website, in public statements, or in public speeches have a quote featured on this page. See something we missed? Email us. The active noteworthy presidential candidates as of November 5, 2025, were:

Kamala Harris (D)
Donald Trump (R)
Chase Oliver (L)
Jill Stein (G)

Energy and environmental issues

Democratic candidates

Kamala D. Harris

Harris' campaign website said, "As Attorney General, Kamala Harris won tens of millions in settlements against Big Oil and held polluters accountable. As Vice President, she cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in history. This historic work is lowering household energy costs, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality clean energy jobs, and building a thriving clean energy economy, all while ensuring America’s energy security and independence with record energy production. As President, she will unite Americans to tackle the climate crisis as she builds on this historic work, advances environmental justice, protects public lands and public health, increases resilience to climate disasters, lowers household energy costs, creates millions of new jobs, and continues to hold polluters accountable to secure clean air and water for all. As the Vice President said at the international climate conference, COP28, she knows that meeting this global challenge will require global cooperation and she is committed to continuing and building upon the United States’ international climate leadership. She and Governor Walz will always fight for the freedom to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis." ^{[source, as of 2024-09-09]}

Dean Phillips

Phillips' campaign website said, "The strength of our economy—not to mention our future health and well-being—relies on responsible stewardship of our waterways, forests, farmland, wetlands, and public lands. Preserving and improving them for generations to come should be a unifying effort, and I am committed to listening, learning, identifying solutions, and acting together." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Republican candidates

Ron DeSantis

DeSantis' campaign website listed the following pillars of his energy plan, "Restore American Energy Dominance. Save the American Automobile. Elevate Evidence Over Ideology. Reform Environmental Permitting and End Green Lawfare. Jump-Start Critical Mineral and Federal Land Development. Build the Most Efficient, Affordable, and Reliable Energy Grid in the World." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Nikki Haley

In speech Haley said, "Worst of all, Joe Biden is playing right into the hands of Communist China. He’s forcing America to go “green,” yet that means sending greenbacks to China. We’re buying billions of dollars of Chinese solar panels, wind turbines, EV batteries, and so much more. It’s irresponsible. China is profiting off of Americans while being the world’s worst polluter, by far. [...] My goal isn’t just energy independence, though we should always have that. My goal is to make America energy dominant. We shouldn’t play by anyone’s rules – not China, not Russia, not Iran, no one. We should make the world play by our rules – so that Americans win, every time! As president, I will never demonize our energy companies or demean the patriots who work for them. I will never weaponize the federal government to crush job creators or kill good-paying jobs. It’s time for Washington to stop working against American energy – and start working for our national interest." ^{[source, as of 2023-09-26]}

Donald Trump

Trump's campaign website said, "Joe Biden reversed the Trump Energy Revolution and is now enriching foreign adversaries abroad. President Trump will unleash the production of domestic energy resources, reduce the soaring price of gasoline, diesel and natural gas, promote energy security for our friends around the world, eliminate the socialist Green New Deal and ensure the United States is never again at the mercy of a foreign supplier of energy." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}