Nuclear Provisions In Revised Climate Bill Jeopardize Environmentalist Support

Environmentalists are grappling with whether they should abandon their support for landmark climate change legislation by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), after the lawmakers included incentives for nuclear power in an apparent attempt to broaden congressional support for the measure. Greenhouse gas controls have been a top policy priority for environmentalists for some time, and the McCain-Lieberman bill has been a leading proposal in achieving that goal. But at the same time, a recent push by some...