Kirsten Gillibrand in The New York Times 2019 "Meet the Candidates" series

On Energy & Oil: Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement, plus price on carbon

Gillibrand: "As president, she would rejoin the Paris Agreement. She believes that the United States must lead the international community to set more ambitious targets to achieve net-zero carbon emissions."

Q: Do you support a federal carbon tax?

Ms. Gillibrand's campaign provided an excerpt from her campaign launch speech: "Addressing a global challenge of this urgency will take massive effort and transformative vision, which is exactly why we should do it. Let's invest in our crumbling infrastructure, create sustainable green jobs, and protect clean air and clean water as a universal human right. And I'd go further than others who support this plan. I'd also put a price on carbon to use market forces to steer companies away from fossil fuels and towards clean and renewable energy."

On Environment: Clean air is a right

A: She believes that clean air is a right, and would reverse the Trump administration's rollback of the Obama administration's clean air regulations.

Q: Do you support a national renewable energy standard?

A: She supports a national renewable energy standard to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.

On Technology: Develop renewable energy tech; cut transportation emissions

A: Yes, she would support additional regulations to achieve deeper cuts in emissions across the economy, including in the transportation sector.

Q: Do you support increasing federal funding for clean-energy research?

A: She strongly supports increasing our federal investment in research to develop and deploy renewable energy technologies like wind, solar, geothermal and biofuels as rapidly as possible.