Democrats Say Whitmer Ready to Be Nominee and Win Presidency but State Energy Policy Will Be Tough Sell - The Minnesota Sun

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In November 2023, Whitmer signed into law a package of bills aiming to make the state's entire economy free of carbon emissions by 2050.
52% : Nuclear friendlyWhile climate activists have often contradicted their cause by opposing nuclear energy, which produces reliable energy without carbon dioxide emissions, Whitmer has been supportive of including the source in her net zero goals.
45% : Under her leadership, Michigan has adopted an aggressive and expensive net-zero target - to use renewable sources or capture carbon emissions - while residents pay some of the highest rates in the region and deal with a poor reliability record.
32% : There is also the matter of Whitmer and her family being the targets of an October 2020 kidnapping plot in which she has implicated Trump, who was still president at the time.
22% : Whitmer also argued with Trump over the federal government's response to the pandemic.

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