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Nuclear Power A Thorny Issue For Candidates : NPR
Nuclear power doesn't usually make for an applause line in a stump speech, but it has come up on the campaign trail. Both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain see it as a way to combat climate change, though they've sometimes chosen their words with care.
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toledoblade.com -- Oil threatens U.S. security, Obama says
DAYTON - Calling it one of the most dangerous weapons pointed at America, presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama yesterday vowed to break the hold the "tyranny of oil'' has on the United States.
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U.S. energy policy is huge in election BESCHLOSS: Ample natural gas | MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun
t's becoming crystal clear that the resolution of America's energy crisis is now the centerpiece of the current election campaign; it could conceivably be the decisive issue that decides the future occupant of the White House. Advertisement This is increasingly motivated by public opinion, which heavily favors a "drill now" commitment.
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McCain's Nuclear Power Policy Identical to Bush Administration's
GOP Presidential candidate John McCain’s ambitious plan to build 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 as a means to combat global warming and add juice to the power grid is a policy ripped from the Bush administration’s failed National Energy Policy, first introduced by Vice President Dick Cheney during the height of the California energy crisis seven years ago.
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McCain says wants 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 | Reuters
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 18 (Reuters) - Republican John McCain promised on Wednesday to put the United States on course to build 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 if elected president as part of a plan to move the country toward energy independence.
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McCain v. Obama on Energy - The Washington Independent - U.S. news and politics - washingtonindependent.com
As Friends of the Earth and Grist have pointed out, The Wall Street Journal's comparison of the presidential candidates' energy policies reaches an incomplete conclusion. The WSJ's Stephen Power argues that Sen. Obama supports a big government role while Sen. McCain supports a more hands-off approach. But that's not really the case when it comes to McCain and nuclear energy.
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Framing Science : 90% of Enviro Skeptic Books Have Think Tank Roots
new study by a team of political scientists and sociologists at the journal Environmental Politics concludes that 9 out of 10 books published since 1972 that have disputed the seriousness of environmental problems and mainstream science can be linked to a conservative think tank (CTT). Following on earlier work by co-author Riley Dunlap and colleagues, the study examines the ability of conservative think tanks to use the media and other communication strategies to successfully challenge mainstream expert agreement on environmental problems.
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ReviewJournal.com - News - McCain: We may not need Yucca
While Nevada officials were about to rally Tuesday in Las Vegas against plans for licensing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain was in Colorado saying such a facility might not be necessary. "I would seek to establish an international repository for spent nuclear fuel that could collect and safely store materials overseas that might otherwise be reprocessed to acquire bomb-grade materials," McCain, R-Ariz., said in a speech on international nuclear security at the University of Denver.
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Nuclear options | Gristmill: McCain talks nuclear security, pushes nuclear power
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:
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Hanford News : Obama stumped by question about Hanford nuclear cleanup
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama was stumped this weekend when a woman asked him about cleanup at the nation's most contaminated nuclear area: the Hanford site in Washington state where scientists helped create the atomic bomb.\n\nObama admitted he didn't know much about the problem, but promised he would learn about it.
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Hanford question stumps Obama
WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama was stumped this weekend when a woman asked him about cleanup at the nation's most contaminated nuclear area: the Hanford site in Washington state where scientists helped create the atomic bomb.
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The Handy Reference Guide to Bush Disasters, Incompetencies, and Lies - CommonDreams.org
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Nuclear energy heats up US presidential race | Reuters
INDIANAPOLIS, May 6 (Reuters) - John McCain embraces it. Barack Obama wants to address its flaws. Hillary Clinton is cautious but not opposed. Nuclear power -- controversial in the United States and throughout much of the world -- is on the agenda of all three U.S. presidential candidates as they seek to diversify the country's energy mix and reduce dependence on foreign oil.
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Joseph Romm: McCain Calls for 700+ New Nuclear Plants (and 7 Yucca Mountains) Costing $4 Trillion - Politics on The Huffington Post
"A nuke in every garage" is the GOP nominee's energy and climate plan. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) made a stunning statement on the radio show of climate change denier Glenn Beck this week:
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Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton Records on Transparency, Lobbyists, and Ethics « Think On These Things
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AlterNet: Environment: The Democrats' Dirty Secret: Presidential Candidates Backed by Nuclear Powerhouses
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http://www.alternet.org - AlterNet: The Democrats' Dirty Secret: Presidential Candidates Backed by Nuclear Powerhouses
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