One Republican, Unhappy With His Party's Position on Carbon, Prepares a New Agenda - NYTimes.com

By EVAN LEHMANN of ClimateWire

Published: December 14, 2010

"Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, 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."