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'2013'
McCain outlines priorities for first term; climate and energy make the cut |
Kate Sheppard |
15 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain is in Ohio today, where he gave a speech this morning about what he plans to accomplish by 2013. Progress on climate and energy is part of his vision for a better world at the end of his first term: The United States is well on the way to independence from foreign sources of oil -- progress that has not only begun to alleviate the environmental threat posed from climate change, but has greatly improved our security as well. A cap-and-trade system has bee ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Nukes to me
More on the nuclear portion of McCain's big climate speech |
Kate Sheppard |
13 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| What's the deal with John McCain's nuclear love affair? It's a question on many people's minds after the candidate's big climate speech yesterday. While McCain has argued repeatedly that he's opposed to subsidies for the nuclear industry, he stresses the need to support the nuclear industry and fund nuclear R&D. The most recent incarnation of his Climate Stewardship Act, introduced in January 2007, would authorize more than $3.7 billion in federal subsidies fo ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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BRIC douse
McCain waters down language on climate dealings with China & India |
Kate Sheppard |
12 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The original text of John McCain's Monday climate speech raised the specter of economic penalties for developing countries if they don't join international climate efforts, but the candidate dropped that reference when actually delivering the address. As the Associated Press puts it: The GOP presidential contender ... prodded China and India -- two major emitters of the greenhouse gases blamed for the planet's warming -- to join the effort, although he muted planne ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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McCain speech reactions
Enviros respond to McCain's new climate plan |
Kate Sheppard |
12 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain unveiled his plans to address global warming in a speech Monday afternoon in Portland, Ore. The candidate called climate change a 'test of foresight, of political courage, and of the unselfish concern that one generation owes to the next,' and called for a cap-and-trade system to drastically reduce the country's greenhouse-gas emissions. John McCain. Photo: Matthew Chastain Wright 'Whether we call it 'climate change' or 'global warming,' in the ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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'There's a better way'
New McCain climate ad aimed at independent voters |
Kate Sheppard |
12 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain released a new television advertisement today to accompany his big climate policy speech in Portland, Ore., this afternoon. Here's the ad: The ad illustrates McCain's attempts to appeal to independents; climate change is a key area where he believes he can make inroads with voters outside the Republican party. Note these lines in particular: 'One extreme thinks high taxes and crippling regulation is the solution. Another denies the problem even exis ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, messaging, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Gearing up for an eco-week
McCain kicks off series of environmental events with address in N.J. |
Kate Sheppard |
09 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain gave a campaign speech in New Jersey today in which he touched on environmental issues and talked up his record in that area. 'There is no doubt our environment is globally challenged,' McCain said in a stop at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J. 'I'm proud of my environmental record.' But as some enviros in the state were quick to point out, that record is mixed at best (take, for example, his lifetime League of Conservation Voters score of ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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