From U.S. Energy News daily email digest, here is a
rundown of key races and energy-related ballot measures around the country.
MIDTERMS:
• Voters in several Western states reject
ballot measures that would have moved them away from fossil fuels and
toward clean energy. (Washington Post)
• The outcome of several gubernatorial
races could have implications for clean energy development. (E&E
News, subscription)
• Nearly one fourth of the Republican members of the House
Climate Solutions caucus were defeated, but the impact is
unclear. (Greentech Media)
RESULTS BY STATE:
ALASKA: Alaska voters strike
down an initiative extending new protections to the state’s salmon, an
effort hotly opposed by the oil and gas and mining industries. (KTOO)
ARIZONA: Arizona voters overwhelmingly reject
a ballot measure that would have required the state to get half of its
energy from renewable sources by 2030. (Arizona Republic)
CALIFORNIA: An initiative to limit new oil and gas
production in San Luis Obispo County, California appears
to fail, according to unofficial election results. (KQED)
COLORADO:
• Colorado voters soundly reject
a ballot measure that would have increased drilling setbacks, a move
industry officials say would have gutted the state’s lucrative oil and gas
sector. (Denver Post)
• Voters in Boulder and Lafayette, Colorado pass
a levy on oil and gas operations in the city limits even though it’s
been a decade since a company filed a permit to drill. (Boulder Daily
Camera)
GEORGIA: Republican incumbents were
on track to hold off challengers for two seats on the Georgia Public
Service Commission. (Marietta Daily Journal)
FLORIDA: Sunshine State voters approve
a constitutional amendment
banning offshore oil and gas drilling near the
state’s coastline. (Pensacola News Journal)
ILLINOIS: A clean energy entrepreneur who made climate
change a campaign issue takes
a key U.S. House seat in Illinois. (Chicago Tribune)
NEBRASKA: A Keystone XL pipeline supporter wins
a Public Service Commission race, while Omaha voters elect new members to a
public power board who support
a quicker transition to renewable energy. (Omaha World-Herald)
NEVADA:
• Nevada voters approve
a proposed constitutional amendment that would require the state to
get half of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. (Las Vegas
Review-Journal)
• In another expensive race, Nevada’s largest utility will
retain its monopoly in the state after voters reject a ballot measure
to restructure the energy market and open it to competition. (Nevada
Independent)
NEW MEXICO: Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich wins
a second term, promising to put New Mexico “at the heart” of the nation’s
clean energy transition. (KUNM)
NORTH DAKOTA: The defeat of Sen.
Heidi Heitkamp may jeopardize the future of “clean coal” and carbon
capture and sequestration. (Politico)
OHIO:
• Voters in Youngstown, Ohio, reject
a local fracking ban for the eighth time. (Youngstown Vindicator)
• Voters in a Columbus, Ohio, suburb give
city officials the go ahead to explore municipal electricity
aggregation. (ThisWeek)
OREGON: Portland voters overwhelmingly approve
a tax on large retailers in the city to fund clean energy and
efficiency programs. (The Oregonian)
TEXAS: Republican Christi Craddick wins
re-election to the Railroad Commission of Texas, which oversees oil
and gas operations. (Midland Reporter Telegram)
WASHINGTON:
• A ballot measure to create the nation’s first carbon tax was
poised to fail, though the campaign was not ready to concede. (Reuters)
• Voters’ rejection of the carbon tax suggests one of the nation’s most
progressive states still
struggles to pass muscular climate policy. (The Atlantic)
• Proponents of Washington’s carbon tax campaign said they are already thinking
ahead on how to push
the issue through legislation. (Seattle Times)
WEST VIRGINIA: Republican Carol Miller defeats Democrat
Richard Ojeda in a U.S. House race that
had pit the fossil fuel industry against mining unions. (Huffington
Post, The Intercept)
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