Inhofe’s Road to Clean, Affordable Energy
Nicolas Loris /
U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) has been among the most effective opposition voices against cap-and-trade global warming legislation in recent years, and his rebuttal to Al Gore’s global warming assertions are spot on. Yet, the Senator from Oklahoma is an advocate for a clean environment. It just so happens that he recognizes that nuclear energy is the best way to provide American’s with affordable, emissions-free electricity.
And that was the subject of a speech that the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee delivered on the floor of the United States Senate yesterday. While hearing global warming skepticism on Capitol Hill is unusual enough, Senator Inhofe took his independent voice a step further by giving an entire speech on nuclear energy (or energy policy in general) without advocating corporate handouts, subsidies, or mandates. Senator Inhofe instead chose to focus on the benefits of nuclear and how the nation might better address some of the regulatory hurdles that unnecessarily raise costs and give rise to the need for subsidies to begin with.