2008 Lieberman-Warner-Carper pro-nuclear amendment likely starting point for current industry money grabs and regulatory rollbacks
An amendment to the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill of 2008 is a likely starting place for current efforts to further subsidize the nuclear power industry and rollback "meddlesome" safety regulations. The Lieberman-Warner climate bill died a sudden death, when Senate Republicans filibustered it in June 2008. However, the pro-nuclear omnibus amendment would have been the first that Republicans, joined by Indpendent Lieberman and Democrat Carper, would have offered to the bill. A national coalition of environmental groups, including Beyond Nuclear, opposed the pro-nuclear amendment, taking a firm stand against any further taxpayer subsidies for the nuclear power industry.