Audubon has a comprehensive article on the energy policies of Senators McCain and Obama. It includes ten questions and answers put to each. Here is a bit:
How do you intend to put the United States again at the forefront of efforts to understand and address the world’s most serious environmental threat, global warming?
MCCAIN: Global climate change is one of the most important issues facing our nation and the world today, and I have made it a priority throughout my career to address the problem. I pledge to work with Congress, local government leaders, and the full range of stakeholders to promote U.S. energy security and implement a national market-based, cap-and-trade system tailored to protect the nation’s economic, environmental, and national security.
OBAMA: I will start by implementing a cap-and-trade system in the United States to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The legislation that I push will require a 100 percent auction of carbon allowances to ensure that all polluters pay for their emissions.
In terms of restoring American international leadership on global climate change, I was the first presidential candidate to call for creating a standing Global Energy Forum—a body which will include the world’s top emitters from the developed and developing world. I will also re-engage the U.S. with the post-Kyoto international climate negotiations.
More to follow.
