"In short, the selection of Yucca Mountain has failed, the time for debate on this site is over, and it is time to start exploring new alternatives for safe, long-term solutions based on sound science."

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How does this woman do it?  To jump from state to state and stump speeches to stump speeches, yet still have time to do her Senatorial business?  She was in MA, then NH, and back to D.C. for the hearing.

The environment... an issue nearest and dearest to my heart:

Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and Barbara Boxer held a contentious hearing to shut down Yucca Mountain dump site.  Environmentalists have been fighting to close Yucca Mountain for about 30 years.

http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7293434

"Senator Hillary Clinton was one of the harshest voices. She grilled nuclear experts over what she sees as a shoddy process. Nevada Senator John Ensign broke from the party line though to blast the Bush administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

'What we should not do is push an incomplete application for a flawed site through a rushed site and an incoherent process,'" said Sen. Clinton.

It is possible that the site will be shut down within a year.

However, the Democrat's push will likely face an uphill battle from Bush, the GOP Senate and many states that are invested in nuclear plants.

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cross posted from Nevada Caucus 2008

I just saw John Edwards on Meet the Press. That's the one Sunday morning show I do get to watch over here in Germany (it's on CNBC Europe) besides the overtly long and boring Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

After Iraq and health care I was surprised that Russert turned his attention to the Nevada caucus and one of the main issues in Nevada (if not the main issue) - Yucca Mountain. (Russert did however ignore the Iowa issue - ethanol). He pointed out that Edwards cast differing votes in his Senate days on the use of Yucca Mountain as a national nuclear waste site. And, yes, Edwards did fall right into the 'I voted for it before I voted against it' trap.

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