Riley pushes for federal energy bill
By Bo Petersen
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley joined a few other "green" South Carolina mayors today to push support for a controversial energy bill with a cap-and-trade for carbon emissions. The bill is due to come up for vote in the U.S. Senate next week.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is the reason for the push. He's considered a key swing vote in a bill roundly expected to die to a filibuster on the Senate floor, at least until next year, said Katrina Managan, National Wildlife Federation legislative representative.
Riley said he hoped the mayors' effort would cause Graham and other senators to take another look at the bill.
"Let the American citizens have a vote on it this year and not next year," Riley said.
The senator has met with the mayors on the issue and values their opinion, said Kevin Bishop, Graham's communications director. "He's taking a 'wait and see' on this legislation. He wants to have a debate." Graham wants the bill to have a very strong nuclear energy component, Bishop said.
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Carolina_Politics (anonymous) says...
Apparently Joe Riley wants the standard of living for the residents of Charleston to be severely crippled in the coming years because that is exactly what the Lieberman-Warner Climate Bill will do if it is passed. It will be an economic disaster for the entire country, a knee jerk reaction to satisfy the Chicken Little climate change alarmists.
I don't suspect that Graham will vote for this bill with his reelection vote coming in less than two weeks. It could actually cost him the election. If he votes for it Witherspoon will absolutely seize on that and blast the state with last minute ads nailing him for it. Conservatives will have a fit and he'll lose the primary election. Of course, maybe I shouldn't be saying any of this. After all, I want Graham to lose.
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May 30, 2008 at 8:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
zoomru (anonymous) says...
Mayor .......!!!
Those fumes from the Sofa Super Store must have left you as high as AL Gore-basm!!! Come on Jimmy Neutron!! If we would just use a little NEW technology around here, Carbon would be the least of your problems. Are you on life support and your medic is slipping some fun stuff in your TUBES????
Where were you Mayor concerning the COAL Fired Plant for the PEE DEE region?? Talk about a Carbon Footprint? Do you know the impact of railing all that coal from West Virginia? Maybe your bending over for Mr robert Byrd TOO!!
What is your stand on windfarms ...WHAT?? If we had a 10 mile wide wind turbine farm from Little river to Savannah river...maybe we could tell certan people to kiss off??
....and don't give us that EYE-SOrE song and dance..think of it as giving countries to the east the finger! I'm certain 4 or 8 dollar gas will make those turbines seem romantic!!!
Get Busy....JIMMY!!
May 30, 2008 at 11:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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