How Green is Your 2008 Presidential Candidate?

In no particular order, here are thoughts and voting records from the leading 2008 presidential candidates on Energy & Oil and the Environment:

Edwards:
Protect ANWR, lead in global warming battle. (Mar 2004)
Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
Voted NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)
Voted NO on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. (Apr 2000)

McCain:
Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska’s ANWR. (Nov 2005)
Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)
Voted YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill. (Mar 2003)
Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
Voted YES on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)

Clinton:
Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska’s ANWR. (Nov 2005)
Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)
Voted YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill. (Mar 2003)
Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
Voted NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)

Thompson:
Solar system is warming, not earth. (Apr 2007)
Voted YES on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
Voted YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)
Voted YES on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on defunding renewable and solar energy. (Jun 1999)

Paul:
Voted NO on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
Voted NO on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)

Obama:
Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska’s ANWR. (Nov 2005)
Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)

Romney:
No-regrets policy: biofuel, nuclear power, drill ANWR. (Jun 2007)
Develop alternative energy but also drill in ANWR. (Dec 2006)

Huckabee:
Follow Boy Scout rule: leave earth better than we found it. (May 2007)
The earth is the Lord’s; we are merely its caretakers. (Jan 2007)

Giuliani:
Nuclear power is dangerous, but nobody’s died from it. (Mar 2007)