Subject: [big campaign] McCain contradicts own position on nuclear power
From: "Berning, Nick" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:15:39 -0400
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http://action.foe.org/t/4027/pressRelease.jsp?press_release_KEY=380

For Immediate Release:

June 9, 2008

For more information contact:

Nick Berning, 202-222-0748

McCain Contradicts Own Position on Nuclear Power

Says he opposes energy subsidies-but then supports massive handouts for
nuclear power

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Friends of the Earth Action President Brent Blackwelder
criticized Sen. John McCain today for once again contradicting his own
position on taxpayer giveaways to the nuclear power industry.

McCain has repeatedly supported billions of dollars of handouts for the
nuclear power industry, most recently by advocating the addition of
massive nuclear giveaways
<http://action.foe.org/content.jsp?content_KEY=4059&t=Lieberman_Warner.d
wt>  to the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill.

But today's Wall Street Journal
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121296676181055711.html>
reports that at a conference in Washington State last month, McCain said
he opposes government support for clean energy.  McCain reportedly said,
"I'm a little wary -- I have to give you straight talk -- about
government subsidies. ... When government jumps in and distorts the
market, then there's unintended consequences as well as intended."

Friends of the Earth Action President Brent Blackwelder responded by
calling McCain's comments hypocritical.

"Instead of giving us straight talk, John McCain is talking out of both
sides of his mouth," Blackwelder said.  "He claims to be worried about
'distorting' the market, but there is no market at all for new nuclear
power in this country without massive government subsidies.   McCain's
explanation for rejecting clean energy such as wind and solar doesn't
wash.  It's hypocrisy, plain and simple."

"Voters need to understand there's a world of difference between Barack
Obama and John McCain on clean energy," Blackwelder said.  "Barack Obama
will hasten the transition to clean energy.  John McCain won't."

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<http://www.foeaction.org/> ) provides extra muscle to our sister
organization, Friends of the Earth, in legislative battles affecting our
environment. FoE Action and our affiliated PAC also serve as Friends of
the Earth's political arm, making thoughtful political endorsements,
providing direct support to candidates, and placing environmentalists in
the field on critical campaigns. Friends of the Earth Action's mission
is to promote a clean, healthy and just world and to ensure that we have
lawmakers who will work to protect the environment.

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