The Senate is considering providing the nuclear industry with over $500 billion in subsidies for new nuclear power development. The subsidies are included in a much-touted bipartisan climate change bill. One aide to Senator Joseph Lieberman described the plan as “the most historic incentive for nuclear in the history of the United States.” John Passacantando of Greenpeace criticized the Senate for including the nuclear subsidies in a climate change bill. He said, “Nuclear power is a dirty and dangerous distraction from real global warming solutions.”