A potential Trump VP pick backs a controversial CO2 pipeline favored by the Biden White House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "You're incentivizing the extension of the use of fossil fuels for many more years or decades to come.
49% : And Burgum has close ties to deep-pocketed energy industry CEOs whose money Trump wants to help bankroll his third run for the White House.
47% : "For several environmental and public interest groups, providing tax credits for more climate-polluting oil is a handout to oil drillers that upends the goal of weaning corporations and consumers off fossil fuels.
31% : The pipeline aligns with Biden's push to tackle global climate change, a position that could put him at odds with Trump.
22% : Not a climate warriorWhen he's out stumping for Trump, Burgum doesn't sound at all like a climate warrior.
22% : ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWTrump has long criticized federal and state efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and has been backed by the oil and gas industry in his three presidential bids.
18% : The $5.5 billion venture has split North Dakota and left him straddling an awkward political divide as Trump and President Joe Biden offer voters starkly different visions about how to deal with climate change.
8% : Speaking at the North Carolina Republican Party Convention last month, Burgum accused the Biden administration of trying to shut down the oil and gas industries and declared that Trump would reverse the federal rules and mandates that he said are stifling energy companies.

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