At some primary events, candidates will take questions from the audience. If you have the opportunity, raise your hand and ask them one of the following:

1. In order to address the growing threat of global warming, scientists tell us that we need to reduce global warming emissions by an average of two percent each year through the middle of the century - achieving 80 percent reductions by 2050. Do you have a plan to meet these orother targets?

2. Ten of the biggest corporations, including BP, Duke Energy and GE, have endorsed establishing a mandatory, economy-wide national cap on carbon emissions, which they believe will provide industry the long-term certainty that they need to develop new technologies. What is your position on a national cap?

3. The U.S. economy is struggling. How will you help stimulate trade while simultaneously increasing energy efficiency and lowering energy costs for middle and working class families who most feel the burden?

4. Utilities are currently planning to build 150 new conventional coal-fired power plants. Studies show that if these plants are built, they would significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to public health problems such as asthma.What is your plan to limit emissions from new coal plants?

5. The new energy economy is already emerging globally, but the U.S. is outsourcing many of these opportunities to other countries. What will you do to make the U.S. a leader in developing the new clean energy economy and promote green jobs?

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