Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Robert Ebel, a senior adviser with the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal, "Senator's Broad Range of Energy Policies Defies Categories."
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Robert Ebel, a senior adviser with the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal, "Senator's Broad Range of Energy Policies Defies Categories."
In environmentally conscious Portland, Ore., he praised wind power. In Texas oil country he supported more drilling. In rural Missouri he urged more nuclear power. In California he praised fuel-efficiency standards.
"It's all over the map," said Bob Ebel, a senior adviser and energy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "I'm just sort of scratching my head."
In general, the Republican presidential candidate has been reluctant to support mandates, tax credits and subsidies aimed at boosting alternative fuels, saying that government interference distorts the market.
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