Senator John Edwards
Biography
John Edwards was elected to the Senate in 1998. He was born in South Carolina and grew up there and in Robbins, North Carolina. He was the first in his family to go to college, at North Carolina State, and then went to the University of North Carolina Law School. He then moved to Raleigh in 1981 and became a plaintiff's personal injury lawyer. In 1998, Edwards defeated incumbent Republican Senator Lauch Faircloth. Edwards withdrew his candidacy from the presidential race in March 2004 and went on to run as John Kerry's Vice Presidential nominee in the general election. Since 2004, Edwards has served as the director of the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. (2006 Almanac of American Politics)
Statements about global Warming
03/15/2007
"Global warming is a problem that is here, now, and not going away. The United States must lead – lead smart, lead courageously, and lead by example. It is time to ask the American people to be patriotic about something other than war. We need investments in renewable energy – more efficient cars and trucks – and a national cap on carbon emissions." Speech in Manchester, NH, as prepared.
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"By creating a new energy economy – by transforming our energy infrastructure and investing in research, development and deployment of alternative energy technologies – we can not only address global warming and energy independence, we can create more than a million new jobs in America..." Speech in Manchester, NH, as prepared.
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Videos
Edwards on Sacrifice & Global Warming in Coralville IA
12/22/2007
Edwards answers global warming questions in Manchester, NH
12/19/2007
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