US Sen Boxer:Climate Bill To Include Nuclear-Power Measure
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> Company, Inc. - Sep 9
>
> In a sign that compromise on energy and climate legislation is
> already underway, a top Senate negotiator said that she will include a
> measure on nuclear power in a developing bill, something that
> Republicans have demanded.
>
> U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman
> Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., who will be writing key parts of the climate
> bill, told reporters on Wednesday that "there will be a nuclear title
> in the bill." She had previously resisted any efforts to encourage
> nuclear power, saying before an August recess that nuclear power would
> already gain an advantage if the U.S. mandated reductions in
> greenhouse-gas emissions.
>
> Boxer declined to elaborate.
>
> Republicans have encouraged nuclear power as a solution to
> climate change, saying that the near-zero emissions power plants are
> more reliable than renewable energy. Nuclear power is anathema to some
> environmentalists, partly amid concerns about how to dispose of
> nuclear waste.
>
> Compromise will be essential if Democrats are to overcome
> divisions within their own party. The Senate Agriculture Committee's
> new chairwoman, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., who will play a role in
> advancing climate legislation, said on Wednesday that she doesn't
> think the measure will pass this year. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-ND, is
> taking his own swipes, saying that "it's hard to see how there's
> sufficient time on the floor to deal with that."
>
> -By Siobhan Hughes, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6654;
> Siobhan.Hughes@ dowjones.com
> Company, Inc. - Sep 9
>
> In a sign that compromise on energy and climate legislation is
> already underway, a top Senate negotiator said that she will include a
> measure on nuclear power in a developing bill, something that
> Republicans have demanded.
>
> U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman
> Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., who will be writing key parts of the climate
> bill, told reporters on Wednesday that "there will be a nuclear title
> in the bill." She had previously resisted any efforts to encourage
> nuclear power, saying before an August recess that nuclear power would
> already gain an advantage if the U.S. mandated reductions in
> greenhouse-gas emissions.
>
> Boxer declined to elaborate.
>
> Republicans have encouraged nuclear power as a solution to
> climate change, saying that the near-zero emissions power plants are
> more reliable than renewable energy. Nuclear power is anathema to some
> environmentalists, partly amid concerns about how to dispose of
> nuclear waste.
>
> Compromise will be essential if Democrats are to overcome
> divisions within their own party. The Senate Agriculture Committee's
> new chairwoman, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., who will play a role in
> advancing climate legislation, said on Wednesday that she doesn't
> think the measure will pass this year. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-ND, is
> taking his own swipes, saying that "it's hard to see how there's
> sufficient time on the floor to deal with that."
>
> -By Siobhan Hughes, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6654;
> Siobhan.Hughes@ dowjones.com
>