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USA legislators promoting nuclear, playing down climate change

Dems’ Energy Legislation Will Likely Downplay Global Warming AlterNet, SpeakEasy, 7 June 2010, “…………….if Schumer’s assessment is correct, Democrats will pursue a bill on energy policy — new industry regulations, nuclear permits, some alternative energy investments — not climate policy.The legislation, then, will be anything but comprehensive. And barring an electoral miracle in November, cap-and-trade won’t even be considered in Congress again until 2013, at the very earliest.The oil spill crisis was enough to capture the nation’s attention, but it wasn’t enough to generate 60 votes for a modest, common-sense climate bill.

Dems’ Energy Legislation Will Likely Downplay Global Warming « SpeakEasy

June 9, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, climate change, global warming, nuclear spin