John McCain: Energy and Global Warming

Where does John McCain really stand on the issue of Energy and Global Warming?

On the Environment

In 2007, Mr McCain had a voter rating of 0 of the 15 critical votes taken on the Environment. John McCain missed them all. Mr. McCain only has a lifetime rating of 26% in supporting environmental issues.

Big Oil

It is well known that John McCain is a huge supporter of Big Oil.
Did you know that:

In 2007, John McCain received $291,658.00 from big oil and gas industries.

Sen. McCain was the only senator to miss a vote to end tax breaks for big oil and to invest in clean energy, according to Forbes.com, and would have voted in support of big Oil if he had been there.

Sen. McCain has proposed to cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent. By doing so, he would have lowered Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips taxes by $1.2 billion each in 2007.

Sen. McCain voted against temporarily taxing oil company profits so consumers could receive a tax credit.

Sen. McCain has said that America dependency to foreign oil is a threat to our Security. Yet Sen McCain voted against a plan that would have reduced imports of foreign oil .

Renewable Energy

With wind energy becoming a part of life here, it's interesting to note that in 2002 and again in 2005, Sen. McCain voted 4 times against funding for wind and solar energy He has vote against requiring utilities nationwide to generate 10 percent to 20 percent of their electricity from renewable energy resources.

Sen. McCain wants to greatly increase the use of nuclear energy to solve our energy problem and would cut ethanol subsidies.

It is becoming clear that a President McCain would be another four years of Bush Policies towards the environmental and global warming issues. Can the world really stand four years of John McCain?

I think NOT!

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