Words: Clinton advocates ending tax breaks for oil companies and investing more in alternative energy sources, promoting energy independence by 2020. She is uncertain about nuclear energy until waste and cost issues are addressed. She favors ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. “We can create millions of new jobs if we go toward renewable energy. Those are not jobs that will be outsourced.” Clinton opposes oil and gas leases in ANWAR.

Actions: Clinton voted AGAINST terminating CAFE standards within 15 months (2002), FOR targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010 (2003), AGAINST the Bush administration’s energy policy (2003), FOR banning drilling in ANWR (2005), FOR factoring global warming into federal project planning (2007), FOR making oil-producing and -exporting cartels illegal (2007), and FOR removing oil and gas exploration subsidies (2007). The Campaign for America’s Future has given Clinton a rating of 100%.

More about: Energy Policy, Hillary Clinton.