Subject: [big campaign] LCV Reaction to McCain Speech on Global Warming
From: David Sandretti <[email-masked]>
To: Big Campaign <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 16:31:45 -0400
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For Immediate Release
May 12, 2008
Contact: David Sandretti
[email-masked]
202-365-6979

LCV Reaction to Senator McCain¹s Speech on Global Warming

Washington, DC  LCV President Gene Karpinski issued the following statement
in reaction to Senator John McCain¹s global warming speech today.

³To his credit, Senator McCain wants to do something serious about global
warming, but his proposal falls far short of what the science says we need
to do today.

³He has not substantively improved his plan over the bill he introduced
years ago -- legislation that the science now shows is out of date.

³He is right to call for investments in new alternative forms of energy but
it is troubling that he continues to support taxpayer subsidies for a mature
industry like nuclear which has yet to resolve its waste disposal
problem.  It would be far more cost-effective to invest in renewable energy
like the wind energy plant he is visiting today.  Better still would be a
call for a renewable electricity standard, something he has voted against
time and time again.²

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Last week, LCV released six questions to Senator McCain on his record.  The
attached questions can also be found at
http://www.lcv.org/mccainquestions.pdf

For more information on Senator McCain¹s voting record, visit
www.lcv.org/scorecard. The non-partisan LCV Scorecard is the nationally
accepted yardstick used to rate Member of Congress on conservation and clean
energy issues. Based on key conservation votes in the House and Senate, it
is often used by the media to quickly describe a Member¹s position.

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