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of all the candidates, arizona's senator john mccain talks a good green game, but in effect, has one of the least environmentally friendly records. the non-partisan league of conservation voters releases annual score cards for every member of congress, and for the past two years, john mccain has scored a big, fat zero, due to not showing up for any of the votes that lcv considered environmentally significant – including those having to do with the future of clean energy in the u.s. and saving americans money at the gas pump. mccain, like his opponent barack obama, acknowledges the link between human activity and global warming, and supports reducing emissions by cap and trade – whereby companies have a certain number of permits (like credits) for their annual output of greenhouse gas emissions, and can buy and sell extra permits from each other. mccain wants to use the cap and trade system to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and further reduce by 60 percent emissions levels by 2050 (obama wants to further reduce by 80 percent). like with any other candidate, we like to look at how they live, or put their money where their mouth is. in the senator's case, the money is substantial, but unlike, say, billionnaire warren buffet, who lives in the same house he bought for $31,000 in omaha, nebraska (albeit he owns a private jet), it appears that there is nary a house or car that john mccain has mouthed "no" to.

of all the candidates, arizona's senator john mccain talks a good green game, but in effect, has one of the least environmentally friendly records. the non-partisan league of conservation voters releases annual score cards for every member of congress, and for the past two years, john mccain has scored a big, fat zero, due to not showing up for any of the votes that lcv considered environmentally significant – including those having to do with the future of clean energy in the u.s. and saving americans money at the gas pump. mccain, like his opponent barack obama, acknowledges the link between human activity and global warming, and supports reducing emissions by cap and trade – whereby companies have a certain number of permits (like credits) for their annual output of greenhouse gas emissions, and can buy and sell extra permits from each other. mccain wants to use the cap and trade system to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and further reduce by 60 percent emissions levels by 2050 (obama wants to further reduce by 80 percent). like with any other candidate, we like to look at how they live, or put their money where their mouth is. in the senator's case, the money is substantial, but unlike, say, billionnaire warren buffet, who lives in the same house he bought for $31,000 in omaha, nebraska (albeit he owns a private jet), it appears that there is nary a house or car that john mccain has mouthed "no" to.