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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

They have caused electricity prices to rise 50 percent in Germany since 2007, the first year it got more than 10 percent of its power from subsidized wind, solar, and biomass. Despite their substantial negative environmental impact, the federal government has repeatedly given the wind industry special rights.

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. Finally, the premature closure of nuclear power plants, often in the name of fighting climate change, results in greater air pollution.

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