Posted on October 13 at 5 p.m. (Suggest removal)

McCain's stance on the environment

Key Points

* Has said global warming would be one of three key issues for his presidency.

* His cap-and-trade plan for fighting climate change calls for gradual reductions in U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions from utilities, transportation fuels, and large businesses, with a target of cutting emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

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* Cosponsored the first bill in the Senate calling for mandatory reductions of greenhouse-gas emissions, in 2003. The 2007 version, the Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act, is less stringent than many other climate bills currently in Congress. It would cap global-warming emissions from utilities, industry, and transport at 2004 levels by 2012 and then gradually decrease emissions to about 30 percent of 2004 levels by 2050.

* Has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration's lack of action against climate change.

* Believes the U.S. should embrace nuclear power as a way to generate energy without directly producing greenhouse-gas emissions. His climate plan would take some of the money raised from auctioning emission allowances and make it available for nuclear power R&D.

* In April 2008, began advocating for a summer "gas-tax holiday" to ease consumer prices at the pump. The proposal would suspend the 18-cent federal gasoline tax and 24-cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day and cost the government some $10 billion.

* Wants to "find a way to use our coal resources without emitting excessive greenhouse gases," and supports public-private partnerships to develop high-tech systems for coal gasification and carbon capture and storage.

* Used to criticize ethanol; now lauds ethanol, but still opposes government subsidies for it.

* Has opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

* Has been endorsed by Republicans for Environmental Protection for his climate policies.

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Posted on October 11 at 10:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You can see the liberal underlying intentions of the media. If you put a fact that is not central to why McCain should be president as one of the top reasons, readers pick up on this as a detractor. You don't see his stance on the Environment on the list because this would possibly draw undecided liberal leaning voters who are in the middle. There is a difference between bias and putting more gas in the liberal media machine.

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