WE'RE GONNA NEED A DEEPER CAVE:

White House open to nuclear as 'clean energy' (PATRICK REIS, 12/7/10 , Politico)

The Obama administration may consider caving to GOP demands to include nuclear and some coal production in a “clean energy standard,” Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday.

A national "clean" or "renewable" energy standard would require utilities to purchase a percentage of their electricity from nonfossil fuel sources and is seen as one of the administration's few options for a broad energy policy after the death of the cap-and-trade bill.