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[Eco Women: Protectors of the Planet!] John McCain on Environmental Issues: John McCain believes that America’s economic and environmental interests are not mutually exclusive, but rather inextricably linked. Our economic prospects depend greatly upon the sustainable use of ample and unspoiled natural resources.
[Campaign Diaries] Environment and offshore drilling: McCain's subtle distancing act: It makes little sense for McCain to campaign on torture given that Barack Obama does not very interested in pursuing Bush's interrogation tactics (though you can bet Democrats would have made an issue out of this had Republicans selected Romney or Giuliani), leaving the environment as an issue on which McCain believes he can show how he is a new kind of Republican. In fact, the Bush Administration has set such a low standard on these matters that it is enough for McCain to say that he
[Obamas Hatchet Man - Raising Cain Against mccain] Front Page Drudge: Drill! McCain faces increased negative scrutiny ...: With 6% of voters now citing Gas/Oil prices/Energy as the single most important issue in their choice for president, and a whopping 33% citing Economy/Jobs, McCain may playing issue triage with his policy decisions as barely 1% of voters cite the environment as their “most important issue.”
[Election News 2008] McCain to Highlight Differences With Bush on Environment: “John McCains support of the moratorium on offshore drilling during his first presidential campaign was certainly laudable, but his decision to completely change his position and tell a group of Houston oil executives exactly what they wanted to hear today was the same Washington politics that has prevented us from achieving energy independence for decades,” Mr. Obama said in a statement.
[mothanskin.blog-city.com] "Has McCain Done His Homework On Clean Energy?": GOP Presidential hopeful Senator John McCain wants to resume the building of more nuclear power plants and off shore Florida drilling for oil, after a decades long moratorium of both here in America. In my opinion, the tremendous environmental risks involved in nuclear energy and off shore drilling far outweighs the benefits of either.
[The Opinion Blog] McCain to go after American crude -- sort of: We have thousands of rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, yet not even hurricanes Katrina and Rita resulted in spills of any significance.
[Chaz Proulx Blog] The Latest Republican Deception: We can Drill Our Way to Cheap Oil: Of the 36 billion barrels of oil believed to lie on federal land, mainly in the Rocky Mountain West and Alaska, almost two-thirds are accessible or will be after various land-use and environmental reviews. And of the 89 billion barrels of recoverable oil believed to lie offshore, the federal Mineral Management Service says fourth-fifths is open to industry, mostly in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaskan waters.
[The Foundry] McCain follows Energy Speech with Call for Nuclear: If I am elected president, I will set this nation on a course to building 45 new reactors by the year 2030, with the ultimate goal of 100 new plants to power the homes and factories and cities of America.”
[1read's Weblog] THE WORLD today!: Pope Benedict XVI said the world needed to care for the environment, but not to the point where the welfare of animals and plants was given a greater priority than that of mankind, attacking climate change prophets of doom, warning that any solution to global warming must be based on firm evidence and on an agreement of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances. According to the International Energy Agency/IEA the world needs to invest about $45 Trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1.400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and prevent energy shortages, within a new global energy revolution, transforming the way we produce and use energy.
[Bay & Environment] Drill off coast, say Florida Gov. and President: Lautenberg (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and one of the Senate’s leading critics of offshore drilling, warned about coastal damage from oil spills. "The Bush-McCain plan is a gift to the oil companies that endangers the economic and environmental health of the Jersey Shore and our entire state,”
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