Factcheck.org is great resource for analyzing candidates’ green claims
In past presidential elections, it was often difficult for the public to be made aware of misleading statements made by the candidates. The main check and balance was usually one’s opponent, who was often viewed by the public as equally biased. However, the nonprofit website factcheck.org solves this problem by taking an analytical look at some of the candidates’ most egregious claims. Given the important role the candidates’ position on the environment is going to play in this election, factcheck.org is a great resource, as it was last week in parsing through Sen. McCain’s recent claims regarding his green policies.
Upon a closer analysis, factcheck.org found that McCain made a series of misleading and inaccurate statements regarding the environment and his green policies last week.
Factcheck.org found that McCain:
“…said that ending a moratorium on offshore oil drilling “would be very helpful in the short term in resolving our energy crisis.” But according to a government report, offshore oil wouldn’t have much of an impact on supply or prices until 2030.
McCain tried to paint Obama as an opponent of nuclear power, yet Obama has said he is open to nuclear energy being part of the solution and has supported bills that contained nuclear subsidies.
He has soft-pedaled the “cap” portion of his cap-and-trade proposal for greenhouse gases, even denying that it would be a mandate. The cap is a mandatory limit, however, and McCain even says so on his Web site.
McCain’s new ad, running this week, rightly says that he bucked his party in supporting action on climate change years ago. But its images of windmills and solar panels are misleading in that he supports subsidies for nuclear power, which isn’t pictured, and opposes them for wind and solar energy.
McCain continues to say that a suspension of the federal gas tax will lower prices for consumers, though hundreds of economists say he is wrong.”
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