McCain U: Energy & Environment - Appetite for Destruction

Published 16 months ago

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/analyzing_mccain.html George Bush cannot be the bar against which we measure John McCain, argued Navin Nayak of the League of Conservation Voters. Nayak provided McCain 101 for the final panel of... more

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/analyzing_mccain.html George Bush cannot be the bar against which we measure John McCain, argued Navin Nayak of the League of Conservation Voters. Nayak provided McCain 101 for the final panel of the day on energy policy. The panel included Joseph Romm and Bracken Hendricks, both Senior Fellows at CAPAF, and Nayak, who emphasized that while McCains energy policies look good compared to President Bush, voters must look at McCains policies more broadly. Like Bush, Nayak said, McCain opposes renewable energy, as evidenced by his votes against a renewable electricity standard and tax credits for renewable energy. Nayak also criticized McCain for voting against increasing automobile fuel efficiency, his advisors ties to the oil and gas industries, and the fact that McCains plan to combat global warming only calls for 60 percent reductions in greenhouse gases by 2050. Romm criticized McCain for what he called a placebo energy ... less

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