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May 2008
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One of the nation's largest experiments to slow global warming will happen just north of our two-county Inland region. In Kern County, scientists plan to pump 1 million tons of greenhouse gas more than a mile beneath a power plant, according to the Fresno Bee. It won't start until 2011, but it sounds like a fascinating experiment to prevent the gas from escaping into the atmosphere. Meanwhile, at least one presidential candidate has been talking global warming this week. And folks are varying on what Sen. McCain had to say in Oregon yesterday. Story continues below  Associated Press/Jeff Chiu Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, looks at part of a V90 machine with Gov. Ted Kulongoski,right, and Jens Soby, president of Vestas America, at Vestas Wind Energy Training Facility Monday in Portland, Ore. The Evangelical Climate Initiative, a non-partisan group, said they were greatly encouraged by the proposals from the Republican candidate. "We consider the decisions we make about energy to be at their root moral choices, as Christians we commend the speech's moral high road. .... Therefore, we welcome Sen. McCain's call to "draw on the best ideas of both parties, and on all the resources a free market can provide." The Wall Street Journal pointed out that McCain is using his stance on energy and the environment to draw distinctions between himself and President Bush. And the Washington Post pointed out that McCain's voting record on environmental issues is not all that stellar. The Washington Post noted that "McCain's lifetime League of Conservation Voters score is 24 percent, compared with 86 for Obama and 86 for Clinton." The Washington Post also noted that senator from Arizona has been resolute in his quest to impose a federal limit on greenhouse gas emissions, even when it means challenging his own party. But he has also cast votes against tightening fuel-efficiency standards and resisted requiring public utilities to offer a specific amount of electricity from renewable sources, the report said. So that's the skinny on McCain, in a nutshell. Any thoughts on which presidential candidate would implement the best strategy when it comes to combating global warming? By the way, both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, campaigning in coal-rich West Virginia and Kentucky, were talking more about so-called clean coal and less about global warming, according to this Reuters story. Interesting how that happens. |
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