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Waste line McCain on nuclear waste problem	Kate Sheppard	25 Jun 2008	Gristmill
With John McCain in Nevada today promoting, among other things, his love of nuclear power, Sierra Club is circulating this video of McCain talking about nuclear waste. McCain's a proponent of using Yucca Mountain to dispose of the waste, and a lot of Nevadans don't like that idea very much. In the video, though, he appears to say that despite his support of dumping in a neighboring state, he wouldn't feel comfortable with nuclear waste traveling through his home s ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Obama on nukes RNC claims Obama contradicts himself on nuclear power	Kate Sheppard	25 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Perhaps in response to Barack Obama's criticism of McCain on nuclear power yesterday, the Republican National Committee is circulating a research piece claiming the Democratic candidate has flip-flopped on the issue, citing quotes and videos of Obama. The quotes: From the CNN/YouTube Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C., in July 2007: 'I actually think that we should explore nuclear power as part of the energy mix. There are no silver bullets to this issue ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Big bad boom Radioactive deja vu in the American West	David Roberts	20 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Chip Ward, author and board member of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. It was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom's kind permission. ----- In the American West, we take global warming personally. Like those polar bears desperately hunting for dwindling ice flows, we feel we're on the frontlines of the new weather regime. The West is drying up. For example, canyon-hugging conservationists ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, environmental movement, nuclear power, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Glow and Behold McCain calls for 45 new nuclear reactors in U.S. by 2030		19 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 7:51 AM on 19 Jun 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, at a campaign event Wednesday in Missouri, called for 45 new nuclear reactors to be built in the United States by 2030, with a longer-term goal of 100 new reactors. Existing nuke plants currently provide some 20 percent of U.S. electricity, but no new nuke plants have been built in the U.S. since the 1970s due to the enormous costs of nuclear-p ...
Topics: John McCain, news, nuclear power, politics, United States (all these topics)

A Springfield in his step McCain goes to Springfield, talks up nukes and coal	Kate Sheppard	18 Jun 2008	Gristmill
John McCain followed up yesterday's energy speech with more energy talk today during a roundtable at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Today he focused more specifically on his support for two energy sources: nuclear power and 'clean coal.' The roundtable also featured Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the world's largest coal company, and Mike Chesser, CEO of Great Plains Energy. The panel was moderated by Jim Jones, a Chevron board member and pre ...
Topics: coal, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

You So Hot, Baby! But You Could Be Even Hotter U.K. looking to seduce communities into hosting nuke-waste facility		13 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 8:23 AM on 13 Jun 2008 The British government has begun searching in earnest for a community willing to host a new underground nuclear waste burial site. The winning community would not only be, de facto, the hottest place in Britain, but it could also be the lucky recipient of ... infrastructure funds! Britain's environment secretary, Hilary Benn, launched into seduction ...
Topics: news, nuclear power, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

'You just gave my speech' Drilling for fossil fuels and subsidizing nuclear power: McCain energy policy	David Roberts	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
McCain reveals the heart of his energy policy: McCain was more gung-ho about nuclear power and expanded domestic drilling for oil and natural gas. When a donor in Richmond summed up his advice as, 'nuclear, and drill wherever we've got it,' McCain responded: 'You just gave my speech. Thank you, my friend.
Topics: energy, insanity, John McCain, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

McCain is not the candidate of change Arizona senator says no to Boxer-L-W without giga-subsidies for nukes	Joseph Romm	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
McCain said last night that he is the candidate of change. How is billions of dollars in subsidies to build hundreds of nuclear power plants 'change'? Here is everything you need to know about McCain's understanding of both energy and climate issues: He doesn't care enough about the climate to support even a so-so bill like Boxer-Lieberman-Warner unless there are giga-subsidies for nukes beyond the $100 billion or so the industry has received to date. Q: Can y ...
Topics: climate, dumbassery, John McCain, legislation, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The cowardly lion McCain to skip another crucial climate vote	David Roberts	29 May 2008	Gristmill
Unbelievable. Sen. John McCain -- who just weeks ago said of the Climate Security Act, "I hope it will pass, and I hope the entire Congress will join in supporting it and the President of the United States would sign it" -- now says he won't show up to vote on it. He won't vote against it, mind you. Won't go on record. Won't take a stand. He just won't show. 'I have not been there for a number of votes. The same thing happened in the campaign of ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, jackassery, legislation, nuclear power, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Nuclear options John McCain talks nuclear security, promises to promote 'civilian' nukes	Kate Sheppard	27 May 2008	Gristmill
John McCain gave a speech on nuclear security this morning at the University of Denver, and given his abiding love of nuclear power as the solution to climate change, that came up too. Where there's 'civilian' nuclear energy, there's the possibility for nuclear weapons -- and if he's promoting the former, that leads to plenty of questions about how to prevent the latter. And of course, all that spent nuclear fuel has to go somewhere. His remarks: As we improve the ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

The nuke fight begins Lieberman and Warner prepare an amendment calling for more support for nukes	Kate Sheppard	22 May 2008	Gristmill
Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.) are already circulating a proposed amendment [PDF] to their own Climate Security Act that would alter the bill to include more explicit support for nuclear power. The amendment calls for 'a portion of funds, as determined necessary by the appropriate committees of jurisdiction,' to be deposited into the Low- and Zero-Carbon Electricity Technology Fund already contained in the bill. This money would 'fund a tax p ...
Topics: energy, legislation, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Subsidize my love Grist asks McCain about contradictory messages on nuclear subsidies	Kate Sheppard	15 May 2008	Gristmill
John McCain hosted a call-in with bloggers today following his address in Columbus, Ohio, in which he outlined his priorities for a first term in office. Grist got in a couple of questions: You mentioned climate and energy in your speech today, that they would be among your top priorities, and that has also been the focus of several speeches this week. You say in general that you're against subsidies, even for renewable energy, but you said today that you'd like to ...
Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Nuclear pork: enough is enough No more subsidies for nuclear power, McCain et al	Joseph Romm	10 May 2008	Gristmill
Once your power source has reached, say, 10 percent of the electricity grid, let alone 20 percent, it should be time to cut the cord to government funding. Yet after more than $70 billion dollars in direct subsidies, billions more in insurance subsidies, plus another $13 billion available through the energy policy act of 2005, Sen. McCain and others still feel that climate legislation must not merely create a price for carbon dioxide that would advantage all carbon-free ...
Topics: energy, insanity, John McCain, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Nukes for all McCain calls for 700+ new nuclear plants costing $4 trillion	Joseph Romm	06 May 2008	Gristmill
'A nuke in every garage' is the GOP nominee's energy and climate plan. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) made a stunning statement on the radio show of climate change denier Glenn Beck this week: ... the French are able to generate 80 percent of their electricity with nuclear power. There's no reason why America shouldn't. The Wonk Room, which has the audio, writes of the interview, 'McCain Seemingly Agrees With Glenn Beck That Solutions To Climate Change Can Be Delayed.' ...
Topics: energy, insanity, John McCain, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

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)

A Tough Drill to Swallow President Bush stumps for ANWR drilling and dirty-energy expansion		29 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:17 PM on 29 Apr 2008 In a speech Tuesday, President Bush aimed to pacify Americans' concerns about skyrocketing fuel and food prices with the assurance that it's all Congress' fault. Bush advocated tackling energy prices by throwing environmental protection to the winds (in not quite those words), urging Congress to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and rah-rah-ing new ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, coal, dumbassery , energy, George Bush, news, nuclear power, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Green journalists out of touch?	David Roberts	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill
I've been thinking more about the SEJ event I wrote about here. It's been bugging me. To be honest, while I was quite impressed with the presidential advisers, the environmental journalists were ... disappointing. Right now there is so much interesting stuff happening around climate and energy -- policy details being hashed out, legislation being debated, important new aspects of the discussion getting attention, state efforts blossoming, international ...
Topics: climate, energy, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

FOE to McCain: stop pushing for pork for corporate polluters	David Roberts	15 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Friends of the Earth has started a new campaign against John McCain, asking him to 'stop pushing pork for corporate polluters' -- i.e., to stop supporting Lieberman-Warner and stop pushing for nuke subsidies to be added to it. Here's the ad, which is running nationally:
Topics: energy, Friends of the Earth, John McCain, legislation, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: Not now, Darling U.K.'s Labor Party embraces nuclear but is slow to move on the big climate challenge	Ben Tuxworth	09 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. The British press swooned over the visit of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni to the U.K. late last month. We're suckers for the idea of French romance, particularly mixed with wealth, sophistication, and the sort of impetuosity we "rosbifs" can seldom muster. Apparently, Bruni saw Sarkozy on TV and said to a fri ...
Topics: climate, energy, European Union, nuclear power, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Brown Dogs Dirty energy industry preemptively padding the pockets of key Democrats	David Roberts	24 Mar 2008	Gristmill
The dirty energy industry sees big, important debates heading to a Democratic Congress, and it's preparing by buying up "moderate" House Democrats ($ub. req'd): Moderate House Democrats -- even freshmen with little obvious influence -- have seen a surge of campaign contributions from the energy industry, whose giving patterns have long favored Republicans. Data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics show the overall industry an ...
Topics: politics, nuclear power, fossil fuels, energy, shenanigans (all these topics)

Foreign energy 'sources' McCain's crooked talk on nuclear power	Joseph Romm	21 Mar 2008	Gristmill
This week John McCain has an article in the Financial Times: "America must be a good role model." It has two paragraphs on the need for leadership on greenhouse gas reductions but endorses only one low-carbon energy source: Right now safe, climate-friendly nuclear energy is a critical way both to improve the quality of our air and to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources. That dependence, I am afraid, has become a vulnerability for bo ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Look! An invisible unicorn! What powers I have! Bush touts his climate leadership	Sean Casten	07 Mar 2008	Gristmill
I have nothing pithy to add to this story, but only because the inanity of the quotes is so hard to top. From Restructuring Today ($ub req'd) (my emphasis on the good bits):Bush touts climate accomplishments of his administration March 6, 2008 Contrary to popular opinion, America is in the lead on global climate change and clean energy technology, President George Bush told the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference in the nation's capital yesterday ...
Topics: energy, George Bush, legislation, nuclear power, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	08 Feb 2008	Gristmill
'The [Lieberman-Warner] bill, as reported out of committee, would be the most historic incentive for nuclear in the history of the United States.' -- an aide to Sen. Joe Lieberman
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, nuclear power, politics, quotables (all these topics)

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