McCain Continues to Dim Clean Energy Future While Visiting Sunny Nevada

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http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0625-15.htm

WASHINGTON - June 25 - As John McCain continued a week focused on energy issues, he stopped in Las Vegas today for a fundraiser.

John McCain continues to oppose essential incentives for clean energy that could be a boon to the economy of not only Nevada, but the nation as a whole. He opposes both the extension of the soon-to-expire Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit (these two incentives benefit renewable energy) and a national Renewable Electricity Standard. John McCain was the only Senator not to vote twice when extending the clean energy incentives failed by just a single vote (12/13/07, Vote 425; 02/06/08, Vote 8).

According to a study conducted for the Blue-Green Alliance by the Renewable Energy Policy Project, a strong national commitment to renewable energy could create over 820,000 new manufacturing jobs nationwide.

While he opposes subsidies and incentives to develop the clean energy technologies we need to fight global warming, McCain continues to support massive subsidies for costly, dirty, and distracting nuclear power. Last Thursday he announced his support for building 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030, with 55 more to follow. According to recent regulatory filings by utilities seeking to build new nuclear plants, this plan could cost at least $1 trillion. He also strongly supports using the unproven and potentially dangerous Yucca Mountain site to permanently store the thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste already created by the nuclear industry.

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