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Showing Original Post only (View all)Former EPA leader: ‘Irresponsible’ for US to halt nuclear power [View all]
Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Carol Browner said it would be irresponsible for the U.S. to take nuclear power off the table if it is serious about tackling climate change.
Speaking at a Washington event hosted by The Hill and Nuclear Matters, Browner called herself a lifelong environmentalist who now supports nuclear energy.
Browner, who led the EPA under President Clinton, also worked on climate and energy policy for President Obama during his first years in office and explained her shift on nuclear policy on Friday. I think climate change is the biggest problem the world has ever faced, Browner said.Here in the U.S., if we were to take off the table an existing source of carbon-free energy, it would simply be irresponsible, she said.
If you had asked her thoughts 20 years ago, Browner said, she would probably not be pro-nuclear. In the course of thinking about it, I realized it wasnt a responsible decision given my belief about climate change, she said.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/221787-former-epa-chief-irresponsible-if-us-takes-nuclear-power-off-the
Speaking at a Washington event hosted by The Hill and Nuclear Matters, Browner called herself a lifelong environmentalist who now supports nuclear energy.
Browner, who led the EPA under President Clinton, also worked on climate and energy policy for President Obama during his first years in office and explained her shift on nuclear policy on Friday. I think climate change is the biggest problem the world has ever faced, Browner said.Here in the U.S., if we were to take off the table an existing source of carbon-free energy, it would simply be irresponsible, she said.
If you had asked her thoughts 20 years ago, Browner said, she would probably not be pro-nuclear. In the course of thinking about it, I realized it wasnt a responsible decision given my belief about climate change, she said.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/221787-former-epa-chief-irresponsible-if-us-takes-nuclear-power-off-the
Smart lady.
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Fukushima has not only killed starfish but irradiated dolphins in the Atlantic.
zappaman
Oct 2014
#1
I know that you and reality had a messy divorce due to irreconcilable differences...
FBaggins
Oct 2014
#24
And you still think that's somehow connected to demon cores at Fukushima, right?
FBaggins
Oct 2014
#25