Where Is Nuclear Energy in the Markey-Waxman Energy Bill?

Comment: This is from a Pro-Nuke Group, thought it was informative, No Nuke Plants, No Uranium mining!

by Jack Spencer

Congressmen Ed Markey (D-MA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) released their draft legislation, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which puts forth a massive energy agenda that they claim would transform America's economy and create millions of jobs by promoting a new clean energy economy.

The fact that it has virtually no mention of nuclear power calls the entire green initiative into question.

If reducing carbon dioxide and other emissions, creating jobs, and promoting domestic energy sources were truly the objective, then nuclear energy should be central to the legislation.(Nuke Power is not green, is not renewable!!!)

The Markey-Waxman bill focuses too much on the process of energy production rather than on the product itself. For example, it creates so-called renewable energy standards that mandate only certain types of energy production, such as wind and solar.

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