Barack Obama On The Environment
By Jenn Breckenridge
Filed Under The Big Picture, eCo TV |
As Barack Obama takes the lead with super delegates, it seemed an appropriate time to broadcast his stance on the environment. Controversy has recently circulated over Obama’s support of “clean coal” (an oxymoron), while his evangelism of renewable energy sources like wind and solar remain admirable. If Barack Obama wins the presidency, is he capable of leading the US government to reverse the environmental fallacies of the last administration and manifest bold legislation that will help our planet to heal? Leave a comment and let us know what you think.
Posted on May 14, 2008 |
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Does anyone have the real story behind Obama’s ties to the Nuclear Industry and his plans on funding the creation of new plants?
Perhaps any new plans for the tons of radioactive waste generated…..
With the choices we have left for Presidential candidates…Obama is no doubt the most environmentally friendly. He understands the threat to our earth in global warming and that the future is in renewable resources…not oil. McCain is simply going to continue what Bush has already destroyed. Hillary has lost her way and her focus…and someone that can be that mislead by her advisors has no place leading our country. Both McCain and Hillary used to have a degree of backbone and somewhat stuck to their own agenda…but not any more; now they are just playing political games. Obama has stayed true to his message and cause throughout his campaign. If either of these candidates is going to help our earth and our environment it’s Obama.
From what I understand Mathew, Barack has said he is not willing to use nuclear until there are safe methods of dealing with the toxic waste created by that energy source. Have you heard something specific about specific ties he has to the nuclear industry?
Well, most of what I have heard comes from a variety of sources around the web. Apparently his 4th largest donor($227,000) is a Nuclear Energy Company by the name of Exelon.
I do believe that Obama is BY FAR the best candidate to deal with the enormous environmental challenges we are facing…. all the more reason why it is essential that his positions on a variety of critical energy issues are clarified.
Have a look at this piece at Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/obama-hearts-nuke-giant-e_b_84824.html
Obama spoke of Nuclear Energy and Coal on Meet the Press on May 4th. From the transcript:
MR. RUSSERT: In terms of climate change, global warming, you’ve talked about wind and solar and biofuels.
SEN. OBAMA: Mm-hmm.
MR. RUSSERT: What about nuclear? All–in all realistic assessment, don’t we need more nuclear power in order to wean ourselves off of those same fuels that are contaminating the world?
SEN. OBAMA: I think we do have to look at nuclear, and what we’ve got to figure out is can we store the material properly? Can we make sure that they’re secure? Can we deal with the expense? Because the problem is, is that a lot of our nuclear industry, it reinvents the wheel. Each nuclear power plant that is proposed has a new design, has–it, it has all kinds of changes, there are all sorts of cost overruns. So it has not been an effective option. That doesn’t mean that it can’t be an effective option, but we’re going to have to figure out storage and safety issues. And my attitude when it comes to energy is there’s no silver bullet. We’ve got to be–we’ve, we’ve got to look at every possible option.
You know, I’ve said the same thing about coal. I have a aggressive goal of reducing carbon emissions, and coal is a dirty fuel right now. But if we can figure out how to sequester carbon and burn clean coal, we’re the Saudi Arabia of coal, and I don’t think that we can dismiss out of hand the use of coal as part of our energy mix. What we are going to have to understand, though, is, is that global warming is real, it is serious and that whatever options we come up with, if they are not addressing the fact that the planet is getting warmer, then we are failing not just this generation, but future generations.