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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Fox Nukes McCain touts gas-tax holiday as well as 'long-term solutions'	Kate Sheppard	02 May 2008	Gristmill
McCain on the long-term solution to dependence on foreign oil: Nuclear! Despite what those 'extremist environmental organizations' tell you. And despite the fact that only 2 percent of our electricity comes from oil.
Topics: dumbassery, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics)

'ANWR, nukes, more ethanol, new technology, blah, blah, blah' Bush's energy/food strategy unsurprisingly underwhelming	Joseph Romm	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Bush had a press conference yesterday morning to blame Congress for soaring energy and food prices: 'Unfortunately, on many of these issues, all [Americans] are getting is delay.' What does non-delayer Bush propose? Well, of course, new technology -- what else is new old? Heck, he even said the long-term answer was hydrogen. (Not!) Oh, but he did offer some 'short-term' solutions. His answer to rising electricity prices: Nukes! As electricity prices rise, Congr ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, ethanol, George Bush, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics)

Spectacularly ignorant claim of the day Nukes don't replace oil	David Roberts	16 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Over at the New Republic's blog, Adam Blinick writes: As it stands, nuclear power is the only environmentally friendly, economic, and efficient source of energy that can help the U.S. wean itself off foreign oil. For the record: Oil is primarily a transportation fuel. Nuclear power, in contrast, is a source of electricity. Ergo, nuclear power will do absolutely nothing to "help the U.S. wean itself off foreign oil" (unless we miraculously electrif ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics)

Are Republican presidential candidates taking global warming seriously? Brownback's plan is not promising	David Roberts	23 May 2007	Gristmill
He hasn't released a detailed plan yet, but Republican presidential contender Sam Brownback gave a speech yesterday to the Set America Free coalition that outlined his thoughts on energy policy. (There's more info in this Greenwire story, but it's subscription only.) Republican candidates haven't talked about climate and energy as much as their Dem counterparts, but Brownback's comments are more or less representative. Consider this a critique, then, of mainstream Re ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, coal, elections, energy, ethanol, greenhouse-gas emissions, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics)

Another attempt to push nukes Using high gas prices to push for a rebirth	Jon Rynn	23 May 2007	Gristmill
In today's New York Times, President Gerald Ford's energy adviser, in an article entitled 'How to Win the Energy War,' tries to use higher gas prices and oil dependence as an excuse to build more nuclear reactors: The other major way to wean us from oil is to resume construction of nuclear power plants. Nuclear energy is the cleanest and best option for America's electric power supply, yet it has been stalled by decades of unproductive debate. Our current commercial nucle ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics)

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