Shot: May 13, 2015: Bush Opposes Yucca Mountain
“The ex-Florida governor told reporters after a Reno town hall meeting Wednesday he believes a high-level nuclear waste repository should be built only where the state and local communities have reached a consensus that they want it there.”
Chaser: Nov. 2006: Bush Supported Yucca Mountain
“But he has had a position in the past: He was for it.
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“The group [CASEnergy Coalition] was led by ex-New Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman, but Bush was consistently listed as a member. The coalition consistently pushed for the dump to be accelerated.
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“What’s more, those emails Bush recently released show he was fully briefed on Yucca Mountain during this time, so he shouldn;t have a reason to study it now. Team Jeb knew as far back as 2002 how controversial the issue was, as an aide advised him in an email.
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“Bush can’t avoid his past on the repository, which was finally approved by a guy with the same last name in the White House. I don’t believe in the sins of the brother being visited on the brother, but Jeb appears to have had the same position as W.”
Published: May 14, 2015