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Environmentalists warming up to nuclear energy options
Chattanooga Free Times, 2.27.08
In the wake of the Chernobyl disaster and Three Mile Island scare nearly three decades ago, the environmental movement took up the cause against nuclear proliferation with the rallying cry, “No new nukes!”
But with rising energy prices and worries about global warming, some environmentalists are shifting their position on nuclear power, viewing it as a viable alternative to polluting coal-fired plants.
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Oil and gas profits go both ways
The Politico, 02.26.08
Earlier this month, Exxon-Mobil once again announced record profits. These record profits, $40.7 billion to be exact, have been labeled “outlandish,” “unjustifiable,” “appalling” and “ruthless” by many in Congress. They believe that such profits gouge the American consumer and are consequently immoral.
Yet what many people do not realize is that record profits result in record tax collection. Exxon-Mobil will pay close to $30 billion in taxes for its success. Unfortunately, not one of my Democratic colleagues has called upon Congress to give American taxpayers back the federal government’s share of Exxon’s “immoral” profits.
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