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

Environmental Progress

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. Loss of Nuclear Plants Threatens Reliability, Affordability, and Sustainability The U.S.

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. NOAA erases ‘human activity’ from news release on soaring greenhouse gases. Science’s Communication Problem. Updated: Trump pick for USDA science post has drawn darts for lack of technical background. 2017.06.20. 2017.06.21.