The Green Files > McCain Breaks Sharply from Bush on Environment

Political Radar[Political Radar] ABC News' Ron Claiborne Reports: Campaigning in the Pacific Northwest, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, R-Ariz., broke sharply from the Bush administration on climate change, calling for urgent steps to confront its threat and saying that as president he "will not shirk the mantle of leadership" on the issue.

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Media Matters for Americahttp://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/288903489/200805120003 [Media Matters for America] Previewing McCain's environment speech, Reuters did not mention ...: The speech set McCain apart from fellow Republican Bush, who has been skeptical about global warming throughout his eight-year term, and was calibrated to win support from independents and centrist Democrats he will need to convince to .

blueoregonhttp://www.blueoregon.com/2008/05/mccains-environ.html [blueoregon] McCain's Environmental Smoke Screen: McCain is a slimeball of the First Order, he may say he's fighting global warming (and that should be Global Climate Change, eh?) but he will knuckle under to the folks who did pitch him thousands of dollars and say now is not the time or raise some other red herring.

Gossip Rocks Forumhttp://www.gossiprocks.com/forum/u-s-politics-issues/71515-terrified-republicans-reluctantly-embrace-their-nemesis-john-mccain.html [Gossip Rocks Forum] Terrified Republicans reluctantly embrace their nemesis, John McCain: Tom DeLay - the former Republican majority leader who was once the most powerful official the House had had in years - complained that McCain "has done more to hurt the Republican Party than any elected official I know of." Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert once suggested that McCain, a decorated prisoner of war in Vietnam, didn't understand sacrifice.

Wired: Threat Levelhttp://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/mccain-breaks-f.html [Wired: Threat Level] McCain Breaks From Bush Administration on Climate Change, Calls ...: McCain is not shafting US business or the economy, he is finally admitting that stuffing your pockets with 'campaign contributions' and shares from oil and motor manufacturers and then helping run up their short term profits is not good for the rest of the US, just Bush, Cheney, Exxon and GM.

The Carpetbagger Reporthttp://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15513.html [The Carpetbagger Report] The rhetoric and the reality on McCain and the environment: If we’re judging McCain on a sliding Republican scale, then sure, he’s not quite as reckless and irresponsible on environmental issues than some of his fellow conservatives. He believes global warming is real and he doesn’t believe .

The Michigan Sportsman Forumshttp://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235293 [The Michigan Sportsman Forums] Republicans Add Global Warming to 2008 Presidential Platform: Worse, from the standpoint of the environmental groups, is that McCain has failed to support a variety of actions—from renewable fuels to tax credits for wind and solar power—that are widely seen as helping the fight against global warming. There is still palatable anger among the environmental community at McCain for failing to show up for a vote last year that would have extended the tax incentives for wind and solar, paying for them by taking away subsidies to the oil and gas industry.

Wired: Threat Levelhttp://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/mccain-surrogat.html [Wired: Threat Level] Carly Fiorina: McCain's Environmental Policy Is Distinct From Bush's: Fiorina discussed the climate change issue in a wide-ranging interviewwith Stephanopolous. They also covered McCain's support for theso-called gas-tax holiday, banning abortion as a constitutional amendment with no exceptions, and the off-shoring of corporate profits tominimize their U.S. tax liabilities.

RealClearPolitics - Politics Nationhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2008/05/strategy_memo_losing_my_religi.html [RealClearPolitics - Politics Nation] Strategy Memo: Losing My Religion: And if the Republican Party is losing seats that voted for President Bush by 25 points, every indication points to a disastrous environment for the party that hasn't caught a break for several cycles. A loss tonight could start some younger Republicans actively contemplating a challenge to Boehner's status at the helm of the House GOP.

Wired: Threat Levelhttp://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/289020050/mccain-breaks-f.html [Wired: Threat Level] McCain Breaks From Bush Administration on Climate Change, Calls ...: McCain Surrogate Carly Fiorina: McCain's Environmental Policy .Judges Give Bush a Smack Down on Environment;

WSJ.com: Environmental Capital - WSJ.comhttp://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/05/13/mccain-ink-woo-who/ [WSJ.com: Environmental Capital - WSJ.com] McCain Ink: Woo Who?: pJohn McCain’s climate-change speech at a Vestas factory in Oregon was meant to tend a branch to independents and Democrats for whom global warming is presumably a bigger concern than among most Republican voters. Tuesday’s reactions to the speech suggest he didn’t fully succeed—many environmentalists are still not impressed, while many Republicans seem more suspicious […]

TechRepublican.com -[TechRepublican.com -] Second Cup - YouTubing the presidential debates and Bush does ...: where John McCain differs pretty substantially from the (Bush) administration," said McCain's chief surrogate and economic adviser Carly Fiorina on Sunday political talk show "This Week with George Stephanopoulos. "I think what John McCain has always said, whether it's the cap and trade legislation that he has supported and sponsored with Joe Lieberman, or this current bill, what he has always said is that the United States must take a leadership role in addressing climate change and global warming."

Fun On Blog[Fun On Blog] McCain urges free-market principles to reduce global warming:  PHOENIX - Republican John McCain, reaching out to both independents and green-minded social conservatives, argues that global warming is undeniable and the country must take steps to bring it under control while adhering to free-market principles.

Cleantech Blog[Cleantech Blog] "A Special Report on the Future of Energy" by Mother Jones: Apparently, the League of Conservation Voters gave the impending Republican Presidential nominee a rating of 0 (that's right, zero) last year “because McCain missed every single environmentally relevant vote”, including ones in which he .

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