Make no mistake, though: The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 isn't the comprehensive energy strategy this editorial board advocates and this nation urgently requires. The bill is long on environmental policy mandates but short on energy. ...
No energy or environmental bill can be complete without a serious and comprehensive strategy to develop nuclear energy, essentially a carbon-free but reliable power source. ...
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It's unlikely that this very complicated bill will be ready for the full House to consider by Memorial Day, as Waxman and Markey had hoped, but however long it takes, Congress needs to press forward with a plan to wean the nation from dirty energy.
The time for talk is over, and Congress owes it to our future to pass a better-balanced energy bill this year.
— The Dallas Morning News
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