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Graham, Unhappy with GOP Position on Carbon, Prepares to Push Nukes and Renewables. By Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire, 12/14/10. “Sen. Lindsey Graham is concerned that the Republican Party faces political dangers by resisting efforts to reduce carbon dioxide and other air pollution… [He] is designing an agenda for next year featuring a ‘clean energy standard’ for utilities, which rewards increased nuclear and renewable power alike. Similar ideas have failed because they tended to dilute incentives for wind and solar. But under an increasingly conservative Congress, many advocates see that outcome as a potential victory, under reduced expectations.”