Where the candidates stand part 2....Hillary Clinton--with special guest Ralph Nader!

Well, Barack continues to roll and Mrs. Clinton is skating on thin ice. And to make matters more complicated, Ralph Nader has entered the race. Mr. Nader is very passionate about the environment and a little nutty, so I decided to add him to the list.

Let's cut straight to the chase, Senator Clinton believes:

• Like Obama, wants a cap and trade system for emissisions with 100% of the credits being auctioned off. Says this will help her goal of reducing greenhouse emmissions 80% of 1990 levels by 2050
• Raise fuel economy standards to 40 mpg by 2020 and 55 mpg by 2050.
• Wants to require utilities to generate 25% of their power from renewable resources by 2025 or 2030.
• Cut foreign oil imports by 2/3 projected level by 2030
• Create 5 million jobs in clean energy industry in next 10 years."green-collared" jobd
• Wants 60 billion gallons biodfuel use by 2030
• Opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
• Require all new government buildings built from 2009 on be zero emission buildings.
• Create a National Energy Council to ensure implemtation of her energy plan
• Create a $50 billion Strategic Energy Fund to invest in clean energy. This is a centerpoint of her energy policy. She plans on raising the money over ten years by repealing tax breaks given to oil companies and taxing excess profits (read about a related plan). This money would be used to fund various energy projects that will help America become energy independent

Mrs. Clinton has the most varied and specific plan of the candidates so please look around and see what she has to say. Many of these candidates speak about the same issues and similar solutions, but up close they all have very different stances.

• Senator Clinton's official stance from her official website.
• A good summary from the always informative Daily Green.
• Clinton's energy fact sheet and interview from Grist Online.
• League of Conservation Voters presidential candidate guide.
• Project vote smart information
• Voting record for energy, environment, and everything else

Hillary talks about her Strategic Energy Fund:

Hilldog talks about clean energy investing and how she will get it done:

Mrs. Clinton talks about energy independence:
Hillary talks about her carbon-neutral campaign and answers other question about reducing emissions. Tough to hear....

Ralph Nader is an unconventional politician with unique ideas. He really doesn't like large corporations, especially oil, and has some pretty radical ideas on reducing pollution compared to mainstream politicians. Since there is no chance of him to legitimly challenge any other presidential candidate, I will only provide you with links if you are curious. He is quite an entertaining character, I will give him that"

• His official presidential candidacy website.
• Ontheissues.org sums up Naders positions (quite well in fact)

Ralph Nader announces his presidency on Meet the Press:

Ralph Nader and Chris Mathews go at it, quite entertaining:

Al-jazeera English talks to Mr. Nader:

Ralph Nader gives his opinions on the presidential candidates to Democracy Now! (informative, liberal talk show)