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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

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As a result, 1,280 people died from cold from unaffordable electrical power, researchers calculate, between 2011 and 2014. [24] With funding from Bill Gates, the analytical group Breakthrough Energy Sciences last week estimated the U.S. 26] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Accessed March 5, 2020. [26]