Bill Richardson on climate change

Citizens for Global Solutions : I do support U.S. participation in binding international climate agreements. It is time for us to work with other nations, bilaterally and multilaterally, to create new treaties and agreements—stronger than Kyoto—as well as financing structures, that will change the world’s energy and climate policies as well as our own.

CBS News : Katie Couric Asks The Candidates In “Primary Questions:" Is The Global Warming Threat Overblown?

Richardson: No, if anything they’re underblown. Three things I would do is I would have fuel efficiency in all vehicles 50 miles per gallon. The second I would say all electricity in this country, 30 percent by the year 2020 has to come from renewable energy: solar, wind, biomass. And the third would be I would put a mandate that says that we are going to have a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the year 2040. Mandates. Fines, to poluters, to power plants.