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Support for Fossil Fuels Is Dividing Line In Perdue-Ossoff Senate Runoff [1]

"Perdue, a Republican, supports Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, while Ossoff, a Democrat, favors aggressive steps to curtail global warming."

"First-term Republican Senator David Perdue has been among the biggest supporters of President Trump's agenda to promote fossil fuels and dismiss concerns about climate change.

Challenger Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, says the climate is changing in devastating ways. He has not endorsed the Green New Deal, but he has called for a major infrastructure program that includes clean energy, energy efficiency and helping Georgia farm and coastal communities adapt.

Perdue has framed himself as a bulwark against what he described as the socialist policies of Democrats. Ossoff has described Perdue as a tool of the fossil fuel industry."

James Bruggers reports for InsideClimate News November 13, 2020. [2]

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Source: InsideClimate News [2], 11/16/2020
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/support-fossil-fuels-dividing-line-perdue-ossoff-senate-runoff [2] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10092020/georgia-senate-2020-climate-change-david-perdue-jon-ossoff-runoff-election [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81